リスニング問題は，2つのパートに分かれています。パートIでは，音声を聞いて空所を補充します。音声は1回しか流れません。
Part I Intensive Listening
音声を聞いて，空所を埋めるのに最も適切な選択肢を1つ選び，その番号を解答欄21から30にマークしてください。まず，Part 1の英文に目を通してください。音声は1分後に流れます。
Much of the world knows that John Lennon was the guiding spirit of the Beatles, who were one of most popular influencers in the 1960s, before ( 21 ) in 1970. Some fans blamed the breakup on Yoko Ono, who was said to have had a strong influence over Lennon, and with whom he ( 22 ) the 1970s. By 1975. John and Yoko had become unavailable to the press, but John decided to come forward ( 23 ) and to promote an album he made with Yoko. Double Fantasy. I interviewed Lennon for the September 1980 issue of the Rolling Stone Magazine.
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①break in an upbeat ②breaking up bitterly
③breaking up fittingly ④ending up bitterly
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①worked closely with throughout ②worked closely without
③works close with throughout ④worked closely without thought
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①to miss varied rumors ②to diminish various rumors
③to list various rumors ④to dismiss various rumors
At the beginning of my interview, he was still quiet and sleepy. He waited for the coffee to take hold of a body that was ( 24 ) on sushi, French cigarettes, and chocolate bars. Lennon was far more open, honest, and humorous than I had expected him to be. He was prepared to talk frankly about everything. ( 25 ), the complicated and misunderstood relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono emerged as the primary factor in both of their lives. John sincerely wondered why people didn’t believe them when they said, ”( 26 ).”
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①otherwise used operating ②another wise operation
③otherwise used to operating ④other prize used to operate
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①As the interview was processed ②As the interview progressed
③As the interval progressed ④As the interview pressed on
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①We’re simply in love ②We’re symbols of love
③Weird symbol of love ④We’re seemingly in love
Yoko Ono was born in 1933 in Tokyo. Her father, Eisuke. came from a long line of samurai warrior-scholars, and he was a classical pianist before becoming a banker. Her parents, ( 27 ) Yoko’s musical talent, enrolled her in piano lessons from the age of 4. She also attended kabuki performances with her mother, Isoko, ( 28 ) shamisen and koto. Yoko joined her family in New York in 1952 and began to study at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College. Ono’s parents approved of her college choice, but disapproved of her lifestyle and scolded her for making friends with people whom ( 29 ) John Lennon first met Yoko Ono’s parents in 1971, a year after the Beatles split up. Despite being world famous, Yoko’s parents were not impressed by John, who ( 30 ) of the family’s nobility or prestige.
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①determining to develop ②determine to envelope
③determined development ④determined to develop
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①whose trained in ②who was trained in
③who was training in ④who would train in
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①they followed beneath her ②they felt were breathing hard
③they fell beneath her ④they felt were beneath her
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①didn’t have any idea ②did nothing to think
③didn’t have ideas ④didn’t note half ideas
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