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SET 7 · 7.0–7.5+ · 60 minutes

IELTS Reading 練習問題 — Set 7 解答・根拠

抽象的な論考と複数情報の照合を含む上級フルテストです。

3 passages · 40 questions · Sushitan original

Reading Passage 1 · Questions 1–13

Reading the History Locked in Lake Mud

Choose the correct heading, i–ix.

1. i Dating between fixed points

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph B.

Evidence: age–depth model between measured points

測定点の間を年代モデルで補います。

2. iv Correcting the message from plants

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph C.

Evidence: calibration data to correct ... biases

花粉の偏りを補正します。

3. ii A biological guide to water chemistry

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph D.

Evidence: species tolerate ... acidity, salinity and nutrients

珪藻が水質を示します。

4. vii Fire evidence at different scales

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph E.

Evidence: Fine particles ... large fragments

火災痕跡の距離・規模です。

5. vi Disturbance within the archive

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph F.

Evidence: animals mix ... currents move ... bubbles disrupt

堆積記録の乱れです。

6. v The value of disagreement with documents

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph G.

Evidence: disagreement forces researchers to reconsider

文書との不一致にも価値があります。

7. iii A record assembled, not discovered

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph H.

Evidence: material argument assembled from multiple proxies

複数指標から組み立てる記録です。

Do the statements agree with the information in the passage?

8. FALSE

Every centimetre of a sediment core is normally dated directly.

Evidence: rarely receives a date for every centimetre

全層を直接測るわけではありません。

9. FALSE

Diatoms alone can identify the source of increased nutrients.

Evidence: not which source caused the change

原因特定には他情報が必要です。

10. TRUE

Researchers may compare cores from several lake locations.

Evidence: collect several cores

本文と一致します。

Questions 11–13

Complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

A rapid flood may create a 11. thick layer. Large charcoal pieces usually indicate a fire closer to the 12. shore. Confidence grows when independent evidence shows 13. convergence.

11. thick
Evidence: thick layer
12. shore
Evidence: nearer the shore
13. convergence
Evidence: lies in convergence
Reading Passage 2 · Questions 14–26

The Problem with Measuring Quiet

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

14. Sound response depends on more than acoustic energy.

Why can equal average levels produce different experiences?

Evidence: pitch, duration, predictability, meaning and perceived control

反応は平均音圧以外にも左右されます。

15. The selected weighting may reduce their numerical importance.

Why can low-frequency complaints conflict with official readings?

Evidence: metric discounts precisely the component residents notice

補正方式が低周波を小さく扱う場合があります。

16. They should not justify avoidable noise.

What caution is given about adding pleasant sounds?

Evidence: avoid using decoration to excuse an unnecessarily noisy source

好ましい音で騒音源を正当化してはいけません。

17. Appropriate low-level sound may be valuable.

What is the writer’s main point about urban quiet?

Evidence: intelligible, appropriate sounds at low intensity

完全無音ではなく適切な音環境です。

Which paragraph contains the following information?

18. Paragraph C

a case where the chosen metric may exclude what people detect

Evidence: metric discounts ... residents notice

指標と知覚のずれです。

19. Paragraph G

a warning that monitoring locations may reflect existing political voice

Evidence: more sensors where complaints are already organised

組織化された苦情地域にセンサーが偏ります。

20. Paragraph E

an example of participation changing tolerance

Evidence: consulted about timing

相談により受容が変わります。

21. Paragraph F

an explanation of why silence can reduce information

Evidence: auditory information to judge

音は周囲判断に必要です。

22. Paragraph B

several statistics used to reveal temporal patterns

Evidence: maximum levels, event counts ... proportion of time

時間変化を見る複数指標です。

Questions 23–26

Complete the summary. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Sound response includes meaning and perceived 23. control. Low-frequency noise may also be experienced as 24. vibration. Social research can record which activity was 25. interrupted. Fair policy must not allow citywide averages to hide particular 26. neighbourhoods.

23. control
Evidence: perceived control
24. vibration
Evidence: produces vibration
25. interrupted
Evidence: activity was interrupted
26. neighbourhoods
Evidence: particular neighbourhoods
Reading Passage 3 · Questions 27–40

When Expertise Becomes Collective

Do the statements agree with the views of the writer?

27. NO

Modern complex systems have made individual specialist knowledge unnecessary.

Evidence: Expertise has not disappeared from individuals

個人知は残りつつネットワークに依存します。

28. YES

Standardisation can occasionally suppress reports of unusual situations.

Evidence: excessive standardisation can prevent workers from reporting

本文と一致します。

29. NO

Transactive memory requires every team member to learn identical facts.

Evidence: do not all memorise the same facts

誰が知っているかを共有します。

30. NO

Professional diversity always improves decisions without additional effort.

Evidence: not automatically productive

共通言語等が必要です。

31. YES

Formal indicators can overlook valuable practical knowledge.

Evidence: technician ... may understand ... better

本文の例と一致します。

32. NO

Distributed knowledge removes organisational responsibility after failure.

Evidence: Organisations are responsible

むしろ接続設計に責任があります。

Questions 33–40

Complete the summary. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Networks combine 33. partial knowledge. Checklists can reduce 34. ambiguity, but teams also need routes for exceptions. Transactive memory identifies where 35. expertise resides. Boundary workers should preserve meaningful 36. differences. Credentials are useful but 37. imperfect. Remote archives may omit contextual 38. cues and undervalue coordination. Organisations should protect 39. dissent. Collective expertise manages rather than removes 40. dependence.

33. partial
Evidence: partial knowledge
34. ambiguity
Evidence: reduce ambiguity
35. expertise
Evidence: where expertise resides
36. differences
Evidence: preserving differences
37. imperfect
Evidence: imperfect measures
38. cues
Evidence: contextual cues
39. dissent
Evidence: protecting dissent
40. dependence
Evidence: management of it