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SET 8 · 7.0–8.0 · 60 minutes

IELTS Reading 練習問題 — Set 8 解答・根拠

長い段落と高密度の論証を読み切る発展フルテストです。

3 passages · 40 questions · Sushitan original

Reading Passage 1 · Questions 1–13

The Unfinished Science of Soil Carbon

Choose the correct heading, i–ix.

1. iii A large store with uncertain residence times

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph A.

Evidence: days or centuries

大きな貯蔵量と滞留時間の幅です。

2. ii Carbon protection as an environmental relationship

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph B.

Evidence: property of the soil environment

分子だけでなく環境が保護します。

3. iv Warming responses beyond the laboratory

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph C.

Evidence: sealed jar cannot reproduce

室内実験から野外への難しさです。

4. v Spatial variation and sampling depth

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph D.

Evidence: heterogeneous ... deeper layers

空間差と深度です。

5. vi A calculation changed by soil mass

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph E.

Evidence: percentage ... mass of soil

土壌質量を考える計算です。

6. viii Context and transferred inputs

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph F.

Evidence: depends on climate ... Compost also transfers

条件差と外部投入です。

7. i Why early gains cannot continue forever

Choose the correct heading for Paragraph G.

Evidence: finite capacity ... gains may slow

飽和で増加率が下がります。

Do the statements agree with the information in the passage?

8. FALSE

Chemically resistant molecules are the only long-lasting form of soil carbon.

Evidence: may persist not because it is chemically resistant

鉱物表面等による保護もあります。

9. TRUE

Surface sampling can miss an opposite change deeper in the soil.

Evidence: loss at depth that cancels a surface gain

本文と一致します。

10. FALSE

The passage states that reduced tillage increases total-profile carbon everywhere.

Evidence: may ... produce little change

一律増加ではありません。

Questions 11–13

Complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Field predictions must account for changing moisture and living 11. roots. Carbon percentages can mislead when management changes 12. bulk density. Policy should include emissions displaced from the measured 13. site.

11. roots
Evidence: attention to roots
12. bulk density
Evidence: Bulk density
13. site
Evidence: increased on a site ... displaced emissions
Reading Passage 2 · Questions 14–26

How Institutions Learn from Near Misses

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

14. They provide evidence when disasters are uncommon.

Why are near misses valuable in high-risk fields?

Evidence: disasters are rare and therefore provide limited data

重大事故が少ない中で弱点情報を得られます。

15. It may fail to distinguish error from reckless conduct.

What is the problem with a simple no-blame policy?

Evidence: distinguishes human error ... conscious disregard

行為の性質を区別する必要があります。

16. To avoid treating earlier signs as obviously predictive

Why should investigators reconstruct the view before the outcome?

Evidence: reduces hindsight bias

結果を知った後の過大評価を防ぎます。

17. It may conceal dependence on unsustainable effort.

What risk accompanies praise for staff adaptation?

Evidence: mistake exhausted workers for a reliable safety barrier

無理な努力を恒常化する危険です。

Which paragraph contains the following information?

18. Paragraph C

an indicator that can move in either direction for several reasons

Evidence: increase ... deteriorating safety ... willing to speak

報告数は多義的です。

19. Paragraph G

a benefit and a loss created by removing identifying detail

Evidence: de-identified ... anonymisation may remove

匿名化の両面です。

20. Paragraph F

a way technology may reproduce existing assumptions

Evidence: trained on ... categories ... hope to question

分類前提を再生産します。

21. Paragraph E

an example of recovery based on professional challenge

Evidence: nurse questions an unusual prescription

専門判断で事故を防ぎます。

22. Paragraph C

a reason incidents may be renamed

Evidence: relabeled ... to protect a target

数値目標を守るためです。

Questions 23–26

Complete the summary. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Reporting requires psychological 23. safety. Reviews should look beyond the person whose action is most 24. visible. Categories enable comparison while free text retains 25. context. Reporters need visible 26. feedback explaining decisions.

23. safety
Evidence: psychological safety
24. visible
Evidence: action is visible
25. context
Evidence: preserve context
26. feedback
Evidence: Learning requires feedback
Reading Passage 3 · Questions 27–40

The Politics of Maintenance

Do the statements agree with the views of the writer?

27. NO

Political systems tend to reward maintenance more visibly than new construction.

Evidence: New infrastructure attracts ... political credit. Maintenance rarely does

新設の方が評価されやすいです。

28. YES

Maintenance can change an object’s function and users.

Evidence: adapting ... changes who can use it

保守は継続的再設計でもあります。

29. NO

Delaying a minor repair always increases cost at a constant rate.

Evidence: nonlinear costs

損害は非線形に拡大します。

30. YES

Formal asset systems can omit observations made by local workers.

Evidence: caretaker may notice ... observations may no longer travel

現場知が伝わらない場合があります。

31. NO

Night-time road maintenance eliminates the inconvenience caused by repair.

Evidence: transferring noise to residents

不便を別の人に移すだけです。

32. NO

The author recommends predictive maintenance as the sole method.

Evidence: Combining ... is safer

複数方式の併用を勧めます。

Questions 33–40

Complete the summary. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Maintenance succeeds through the 33. absence of failure. Replacing parts can amount to continuous 34. redesign. Separate budgets may expand facilities while reducing 35. reliability. Contract division can block the travel of local 36. observations. Repair decisions distribute time, sleep and 37. safety. Predictive methods rely on trustworthy data and 38. models. Design should consider access and standardised replacement 39. parts. Some systems should be retired when they become obsolete or 40. harmful.

33. absence
Evidence: Its success is an absence
34. redesign
Evidence: continuous redesign
35. reliability
Evidence: less reliable
36. observations
Evidence: such observations
37. safety
Evidence: time, sleep and safety
38. models
Evidence: data and models
39. parts
Evidence: replacement parts
40. harmful
Evidence: obsolete or harmful