Listening Test
1.They eat snakes.
2.They are very dangerous.
3.They are smarter than lions.
4.They can drink a lot of water.
Dictation
The hippopotamus is a large African animal. Hippopotamuses ( ) a lot of time standing in the water, and they look very ( ). However, experts say that these dangerous animals kill more people ( ) lions, crocodiles, or snakes. They often attack people who go swimming or come near (( )) boats.
Script
The hippopotamus is a large African animal. Hippopotamuses spend a lot of time standing in the water, and they look very peaceful. However, experts say that these dangerous animals kill more people than lions, crocodiles, or snakes. They often attack people who go swimming or come near them in boats.
語彙チェック
spend 時間 ～ing ：「時間を～することに費やす」
go ～ing：「～しに行く」
解説：なぜまちがえたのか？
The hippopotamus is a large African animal. Hippopotamuses spend a lot of time standing in the water, and they look very peaceful. However, experts say that these dangerous animals kill more people than lions, crocodiles, or snakes. They often attack people who go swimming or come near them in boats.
本文にexperts say that these dangerous animals kill more people than lionsとあるので、正解は…2.They are very dangerous.となります。
準２級から２級までは、本文の言い換えで選択肢ができているので、該当箇所を探せばできるようになりますね。特に、今回の問題も、these dangerous animals「危険な動物」と本文には形容詞と名詞で表現していたのを、選択肢ではthey are very dangerous.「カバは危険です」と文で（SVC）と、文の構造を換えて表現しているだけです。苦手意識のある人は、易しい問題で、言い換えに注意していくことが大切ですね。
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