史上最強のボキャビルクイズ

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
(制限時間20分)

(1)To complete each item, choose the best word among the ten choices.

1.	Inevitably, a shouting match (　　　 ) between us and the bus driver.
2.	We hoped that our meeting would help us develop a trusting and fruitful (　　　 ).
3.	He has always been good, but now he has become a(n) ( 　　　) violinist.
4.	I was quickly tired of James Fenimore Cooper's (　　　 ) style.
5.	The first brigade that advanced to the east was merely a(n) (　　　 ) for the real attack.
6.	The writer is a liar and is always trying to (　　　 ) my reputation.
7.	The rebel leader made a(n) ( 　　　) plan to overthrow the government.
8.	It is not our aim to (　　　 ) our foe; we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations.
9.	That’s an interesting point, but it’s not (　　　 ) to our discussion.
10.	The female office workers exchanged (　　　 ) gossip over lunch.

consummate, decoy, diabolical, ensue, germane, innocuous, rapport, subjugate, verbose, vilify

10問×3点＝30点　

(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1.	My father began to show the (　　　 ) of old age when he turned sixty.
	1.ingredients 2. insinuations 3. infirmities 4. injections

2.	A person who is ( 　　　) is slow to adapt to a new way of life.
	1. nonchalant 2. intractable 3. insolent 4. invulnerable

3.	I can’t describe it, but there was a certain ( 　　　) feeling in the room that made us all uneasy.
	1. intact 2. intangible 3. integral 4. intensive

4.	A fear of (　　　 ), prevalent among nineteenth-century educators, was evident in their frequent exhortations on the need to protect adolescents from the premature acquisition of knowledge and abilities.
	1. illiteracy 2. precocity 3. barbarity 4. frivolity

5.	Much to the disappointment of shareholders, the company's stock value has only increased by a (　　　 ) 0.1 % over the past year.
	1. drafty 2. paltry 3. gaudy 4. binary

6.	The film critic apologized for her earlier ( 　　　) remark about the quality of Asian movies.
	1. penetrating 2. palatable 3. disparaging 4. decorous

7.	The buyers were very interested in our revolutionary product, but they ( 　　　) at high price. After careful consideration, we lowered it by 10%.
	1.opted 2. vetoed 3. parried 4. balked

8.	John, a bigot, was the (　　　 ) of narrow-mindedness and ignorance.
	1. epithet 2. epitaph 3. epicenter 4. epitome

9.	Some protesters began chanting slogans and (　　　 ) bystanders with eggs.
	1.pelting 2. pegging 3. peeling 4. peering

10.	Widespread hunger is just one of the (　　　 ) of the ongoing civil war.
	1. epilogues 2. digressions 3. aversions 4. ramifications

10問×3点＝30点　