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hirashin

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Dear native English speakers,
I've created the mid-term exam.
I'd appreciate it if someone would check it.

問1 (ア)~(ウ)のうち、最も強く発音する母音が、左の語と同じものを記号で選びなさい。
(1)de・ve・lop (ア)re・spon・si・ble (イ)veg・e・ta・ble (ウ)en・cour・age
(2)world (ア)suf・fer (イ)or・der (ウ)cer・ti・fy
(3)ex・ist (ア)meant (イ)e・nough (ウ)ci・ti・zen

問2 次の( )に一語ずつ書き入れ、日本語の意味になる英文を作りなさい。it'sのような短縮形は一語とします。 (1)あなたは犬が好きですか。( ) you ( )( )?
(2)おばが電話してきたとき、私は英語の勉強をしていた。
( ) my ( ) called me, I ( )( ) English.
(3)トムは野球があまりうまくない。
Tom ( )( ) baseball very ( ).
(4)あなたは毎日テレビを見ていますか?
( ) you ( ) TV ( )( )?
(5)私の父はたいてい5時に起きます。
My father ( )( )( )( ) five o'clock.
(6)あなたの車にはエアコンは付いていますか?はい、付いています。
( ) your car ( ) an air conditioner? Yes,( )( ).
(7)昨日、私の姉と私は、その公園に電車で行った。
My sister and I ( )( ) the park ( ) train ( ).
(8)雨が降り始めたとき、私は公園の中を歩いていた。
( ) it began to ( ), I ( )( ) in the park.
(9)私達は、日曜日は学校に行きません。
We ( )( )( ) school ( ) Sundays.
(10)その生徒達は、今、数学の勉強をしています。
The students ( )( )( ) now.
(11)そのアメリカ人の男の子は、日本のことをよく知っている。
The ( ) boy ( )( ) lot ( ) Japan.
(12)トムとジムは毎週水曜日にここに来るんですか。
( ) Tom and Jim ( )( )( ) Wednesday?
(13)去年、私の祖父母は、ロンドンに住んでいました。
My ( )( )( ) London ( ) year.
(14)50年前は、空が本当にきれいだった。(50は綴りで書くこと)
The ( )( ) really beautiful ( ) years ( ).
(15)おじが私を訪ねてきたとき、私はピアノを弾いていた。
( ) my ( ) visited me, I ( )( ) the piano.

問3 次の( )に一語ずつ書き入れ、日本語の意味になる英文を作りなさい。
(1)この寄付は、あなたとそのアフリカの子ども達をつなぐことができます。
This ( ) can ( ) you ( ) the ( ) schoolchildren.
(2)TFTプロジェクトは、小暮真久によって2007年に始められました。
The TFT project ( )( )( ) Kogure Masahisa ( ) 2007.
(3)アップルコンピュータの創始者であるスティーブ・ジョブズは、1955年にサンフラン シスコで生まれた。
Steve Jobs, the ( ) of Apple Computer, ( ) born ( ) San Francisco ( ) 1955.
(4)TFTが提供する昼食は、健康的でもあり栄養もある。
The lunches TFT ( ) are both ( )( )( ).
(5)もし、私があなただったら、この車を買うだろう。
( ) I ( ) you, I ( )( ) this car.
(6)これらの車は、エチオピア、ウガンダやマラウイのような発展途上国に送られる。
These cars will ( ) sent ( ) such ( ) countries
( ) Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi.
(7)私達は、食べるものが十分にない人達を助けるべきです。
We ( ) help those ( ) don't ( )( ) food.
(8)彼は、良い考えを思いついた。
He came ( )( ) a good ( ).
(9)私の父によると、この食べ物はインドで人気があるそうだ。
( )( ) my father, this food ( ) popular ( )
India.
(10)その生徒達を助けるためには、一食当たり20円の寄付で十分だ。
A ( ) of twenty yen ( ) meal is ( ) to ( )
the schoolchildren.
(11)200万円で、全ての費用をまかなうことができる。
( )( ) yen can ( ) all the ( ).
(12)このコンピュータはインターネットに繋がっていない。
This computer ( )( )( ) the Internet.
(13)その会社は、プロジェクトを完成することができなかった。
The ( )( )( ) the ( ).
(14)その男性は、ウガンダという遠い国からはるばるやって来た。
The man came ( ) the ( ) from a ( ) country
( ) Uganda.
(15)私は2005年に東京に引っ越した。そこには、私の祖父母が住んでいた。
( ) 2005 I ( )( ) Tokyo, ( ) my grandparents lived.

問4 [ ]の語を並び替えて、日本語の意味になる英文を完成し、解答欄に書きなさい。
ただし、文頭の語もすべて小文字にしてあるので注意すること。
(1)この国では、多くの人が貧困で苦しんでいる。
In this country, [ of / suffer / a / from / people / number / large ] poverty.
(2)私達が昨日このレストランで食べた料理はとてもおいしかった。
The meal [ was / we / this restaurant / had / yesterday / at ] very good.
(3)その会社の創設者は誰ですか。
[ the company / is / who / the founder / of ]?

問5 ( )の中に当てはまる語句を記号で選びなさい。
(1)Our speed now is 80 kilometers ( ) hour.
(ア)for (イ)in (ウ)per
(2)They have enough food, but on the ( ) hand they don't have enough clean water.
(ア)another (イ)other (ウ)different
(3)This man is also known ( ) a musician.
(ア)in (イ)for (ウ)as
(4)Overeating can ( ) many kinds of diseases.
(ア)cause (イ)exist (ウ)suffer
(5)Microsoft was ( ) by Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1975.
(ア)find (イ)found (ウ)founded

問6 ( )の中に一語ずつ入れて、(a)と(b)の文がほぼ同じ意味になるようにしなさい。[1点]
(a)There are more than 7 billion people on the Earth.
(b)More than 7 billion people ( ) on the Earth.

問7 次の文を読んで、あとの問いに答えなさい。

How can those (1)( in , with, on ) plenty of food help those who don't have enough? Some people in Japan came up with a simple but very effective answer to that question.

(a)According to the United Nations, more than 900 million people worldwide are thought to be undernourished. On the other hand, a large number of people in <1> countries, which include Japan and the U.S., suffer from health problems caused by <2>.
A Japanese project known (2)( for, as, to ) "Table for Two"(TFT) is trying to address
(b)( exists / that / the / imbalance / between ) the rich and not-so-rich parts of the world. The name (c)( that / is / to / suggest / meant ) a person in a developed country and a person in a developing country can eat at the same <3> table. In Japan, you can order a meal (4)( certify ) as healthy by TFT. A <4> of twenty yen per meal (5)( order ) in Japan is then sent to such <5> countries as Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi, where the money is used to pay for healthy school lunches. In this way, TFT (3)( encourages, discourages, disappoints ) healthy eating here in Japan and (6)( provide ) nutritious meals for schoolchildren in distant countries.

The TFT project was started in the cafeterias of six Japanese <6> in 2007. The founders of the project determined that the twenty yen was enough to cover the cost of one school lunch in a developing country. Kogure Masahisa, the founder of TFT, says that this small donation can connect us to the less fortunate far <7>: "Giving twenty yen (7)( show ) that we are responsible <8> of the world."
The school lunches TFT provides are both hot and nutritious. Meals such as corn-flour cakes with a sauce of beans and <9> are (8)( serve ) regularly. If this service (9)( be ) stopped, the children would just eat <10> food such as bananas or tomatoes.

[1] <1>~<10>に当てはまる語を下の選択肢から記号で選びなさい。
ア)virtual イ)uncooked ウ)citizens エ)developing オ)developed
カ)overeating キ)vegetables ク)companies ケ)away コ)donation

[2] (1)(2)(3)の( )に当てはまる語句を一つずつ選び解答欄に書きなさい。

[3] (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)の動詞を適切な形に変えなさい。

[4] 下線部(a)の文を日本語に訳しなさい。

[5] (b)(c)の下線部の語を並び替えて、意味の通る英文にしなさい。

[6] 上の文の内容と合っているものにはT、合っていないものにはFを書きなさい。
(a) The meals TFT provides are usually uncooked food such as bananas and tomatoes.
(b) The TFT project, which is founded by Kogure Masahisa, was stopped in 2007.
(c) The school lunches TFT provides include corn-flour cakes with a sauce of beans and vegetables.
(d) There is an imbalance between developed and developing countries.

Thank you in advance.

Hirashin
 
問1 (ア)~(ウ)のうち、最も強く発音する母音が、左の語と同じものを記号で選びなさい。
My Japanese is terrible. Does this mean to choose the word (ア、イ、ウ) that has stress at the same place as the word by the number? That can't be right, that would mean that multiple answers need to be chosen:

1. ア、ウ
2. ア、イ、ウ
3. イ

I'm sure I probably just don't understand the question.

問2 次の( )に一語ずつ書き入れ、日本語の意味になる英文を作りなさい。it'sのような短縮形は一語とします。
My answers:

(1)あなたは犬が好きですか。( do ) you ( like )( dogs )?
(2)おばが電話してきたとき、私は英語の勉強をしていた。
( When ) my ( aunt ) called me, I ( was )( studying ) English.
(3)トムは野球があまりうまくない。
Tom ( doesn't )( play ) baseball very ( well ). If I got this right, it's a hard question. It took me several minutes to think of that possibility. The more usual way to say this is "Tom is not very good at baseball."
(4)あなたは毎日テレビを見ていますか?
( Do ) you ( watch ) TV ( every )( day )?
(5)私の父はたいてい5時に起きます。
My father ( usually )( gets )( up )( at ) five o'clock.
(6)あなたの車にはエアコンは付いていますか?はい、付いています。
( Does ) your car ( have ) an air conditioner? Yes,( it )( does ).
(7)昨日、私の姉と私は、その公園に電車で行った。
My sister and I ( went )( to ) the park ( by ) train ( yesterday ).
(8)雨が降り始めたとき、私は公園の中を歩いていた。
( When ) it began to ( rain ), I ( was )( walking ) in the park.
(9)私達は、日曜日は学校に行きません。
We ( don't )( go )( to ) school ( on ) Sundays.
(10)その生徒達は、今、数学の勉強をしています。
The students ( are )( studying )( math ) now.
(11)そのアメリカ人の男の子は、日本のことをよく知っている。
The ( American ) boy ( knows )( a ) lot ( about ) Japan.
(12)トムとジムは毎週水曜日にここに来るんですか。
( Do ) Tom and Jim ( come )( here )( every ) Wednesday?
(13)去年、私の祖父母は、ロンドンに住んでいました。
My ( were )( living )( in ) London ( last ) year.
(14)50年前は、空が本当にきれいだった。(50は綴りで書くこと)
The ( sky )( was ) really beautiful ( fifty ) years ( ago ).
(15)おじが私を訪ねてきたとき、私はピアノを弾いていた。
( When ) my ( uncle ) visited me, I ( was )( playing ) the piano.

I'll look at the rest later.
 
Thank you very much for the help, Julimaruchan. I appreciate it.

(3)トムは野球があまりうまくない。
Tom ( doesn't )( play ) baseball very ( well ). If I got this right, it's a hard question. It took me several minutes to think of that possibility. The more usual way to say this is "Tom is not very good at baseball."

Oh, I didn't know that. This should be deleted.

(13)去年、私の祖父母は、ロンドンに住んでいました。
My ( were )( living )( in ) London ( last ) year.

Your answer looks strange.
My answer is :
My ( grandparents )( lived )( in ) London ( last ) year.
Does it sound off?
 
Ah yeah, just a mistake on my part there. Sorry about that! Your answer is what I would use too if I was paying attention properly.
 
問3 次の( )に一語ずつ書き入れ、日本語の意味になる英文を作りなさい。
This seems more vocabulary-oriented than grammar-oriented, so I'm skipping this. A lot of these are words I don't know, and I don't think it'll help you to see what I find in a dictionary or Google Translate.

問4 [ ]の語を並び替えて、日本語の意味になる英文を完成し、解答欄に書きなさい。
ただし、文頭の語もすべて小文字にしてあるので注意すること。
(1)この国では、多くの人が貧困で苦しんでいる。
In this country, [ a large number of people suffer from ] poverty.
(2)私達が昨日このレストランで食べた料理はとてもおいしかった。
The meal [ we had at this restaurant yesterday was ] very good.
(3)その会社の創設者は誰ですか。
[ Who is the founder of the company ]?

問5 ( )の中に当てはまる語句を記号で選びなさい。
(1)Our speed now is 80 kilometers (per ) hour.
(ア)for (イ)in (ウ)per
(2)They have enough food, but on the (other ) hand they don't have enough clean water.
(ア)another (イ)other (ウ)different
(3)This man is also known (as ) a musician.
(ア)in (イ)for (ウ)as
(4)Overeating can (cause ) many kinds of diseases.
(ア)cause (イ)exist (ウ)suffer
(5)Microsoft was (founded ) by Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1975.
(ア)find (イ)found (ウ)founded

I've got to say, #5 is straight-up evil. 😆 It's at a level where I wouldn't be surprised to find it on the ACT. A lot of young native speakers would legitimately be tripped up by this, both because "to found" is an uncommon word and because it's seen alongside "find".

問6 ( )の中に一語ずつ入れて、(a)と(b)の文がほぼ同じ意味になるようにしなさい。[1点]
(a)There are more than 7 billion people on the Earth.
(b)More than 7 billion people ( are/live/exist/reside) on the Earth.
 
Thank you for your ongoing help.
I've got to say, #5 is straight-up evil. 😆 It's at a level where I wouldn't be surprised to find it on the ACT. A lot of young native speakers would legitimately be tripped up by this, both because "to found" is an uncommon word and because it's seen alongside "find".
What so you mean by "straight-up evil" and "the ACT"?

I'll change 問6 into this. Would it have only one answer?
(a) More than 7 billion people exist on the Earth.
(b) ( ) are more than 7 billion people on the Earth.
 
"Straight-up" is a slang expression that means "truly". Using a slang expression like that is one way to express intentional hyperbole. So in that context, I meant to hyperbolically refer to the question as "evil" because it's a trick question. ("Evil" is used hyperbolically a fair amount in casual conversation.)

The ACT is just a standardized test that Americans take usually in 11th grade (it's used by colleges and universities to evaluate applicants):

ACT (test) - Wikipedia

So in short, I was just saying that the question is tricky and somewhat advanced.

I'll change 問6 into this. Would it have only one answer?
(a) More than 7 billion people exist on the Earth.
(b) ( ) are more than 7 billion people on the Earth.
Yes, only "There" works in that case.
 
Thank you for the help and explanation, Julimaruchan.

I didn't know about the ACT though I knew a little about the SAT.

By the way, wouldn't any of the following sentences be used ?
(a1) He can't play baseball very well.
(a2) He doesn't play baseball very well.
(b1) He can't speak English very well.
(b2) He doesn't speak English very well.

And I'd like you to check the English sentences I made for 問7[6] if you have time.

(a) The meals TFT provides are usually uncooked food such as bananas and tomatoes.
(b) The TFT project, which is founded by Kogure Masahisa, was stopped in 2007.
(c) The school lunches TFT provides include corn-flour cakes with a sauce of beans and vegetables.
(d) There is an imbalance between developed and developing countries.
 
By the way, wouldn't any of the following sentences be used ?
(a1) He can't play baseball very well.
(a2) He doesn't play baseball very well.
(b1) He can't speak English very well.
(b2) He doesn't speak English very well.
Yeah, all of those would be used. "He isn't very good at Baseball" and "His English is not very good" are just far more common.
 
And I'd like you to check the English sentences I made for 問7[6] if you have time.

(a) The meals TFT provides are usually uncooked food such as bananas and tomatoes.
(b) The TFT project, which is founded by Kogure Masahisa, was stopped in 2007.
(c) The school lunches TFT provides include corn-flour cakes with a sauce of beans and vegetables.
(d) There is an imbalance between developed and developing countries.
B seems to mix up past tense with present tense. It's in a way that native speakers would do it that way too, so not a massive deal, but I think it should be:

"The TFT project, which had been founded by Kogure Masahisa, was stopped in 2007."

C describes something unfamiliar to me, but the "sauce of beans and vegetables", is that literally beans and vegetables mashed together? That's what it sounds like. I'd also be more likely to call it a paste than a sauce, but it's not terribly important as long as you can explain what it is.

Nothing else wrong or weird I can see here.
 
Thank you very much for your great help, Julimaruchan. (^o^)/

"The TFT project, which had been founded by Kogure Masahisa, was stopped in 2007."

How about this? Would it sound off to you?
The TFT project, founded by Kogure Masahisa, was stopped in 2007.

C describes something unfamiliar to me, but the "sauce of beans and vegetables", is that literally beans and vegetables mashed together?

It's from the textbook. So I'm not sure what it is like.
 
Would you check my answers to 問3?
問3
(1)This ( donation ) can ( connect ) you ( to ) the ( African ) schoolchildren.
(2)The TFT project ( was )( started )( by ) Kogure Masahisa ( in ) 2007.
(3)Steve Jobs, the ( founder ) of Apple Computer, ( was ) born ( in ) San Francisco ( in ) 1955.
(4)The lunches TFT ( provides ) are both ( healthy )( and )( nutritious ).
(5)( If ) I ( were ) you, I ( would )( buy ) this car.
(6)These cars will ( be ) sent ( to ) such ( developing ) countries ( as ) Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi.
(7)We ( should ) help those ( who ) don't ( have )( enough ) food.
(8)He came ( up )( with ) a good ( idea ).
(9)( According )( to ) my father, this food ( is ) popular ( in ) India.
(10)A ( donation ) of twenty yen ( per ) meal is ( enough ) to ( help )
the schoolchildren.
(11)( two )( million ) yen can ( cover ) all the ( cost ).
(12)This computer ( isn't )( connected )( to ) the Internet.
(13)The ( company )( couldn't )( complete / finish ) the ( project ).
(14)The man came ( all ) the ( way ) from a ( distant ) country
( called ) Uganda.
(15)( In ) 2005 I ( moved )( to ) Tokyo, ( where ) my grandparents lived.
 
The answers look correct to me.
(6.) These cars will be sent to developing countries such as Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi.
(11.) Two million yen can cover all the costs. (this on is slightly difficult because "cost" can be a collective noun depending on the context. with the words "all the" though it makes it sound as if there are multiple costs. You could use cost if it's collective of the costs of a certain thing. For example, "Two million yen can cover the entire cost of the project.")
 
Thank you for the help, OoTmaster.
(6.) These cars will be sent to developing countries such as Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi.

The textbook goes like this:
A donation of twenty yen per meal ordered in Japan is then sent to such developing countries as Ethiopia, Uganda, and Malawi, where the money is used to pay for healthy school lunches.

Does this sentence sound odd to you?
 
It sounds odd to me. I don't think it's incorrect you will just hear "such as" much more often. So to most native speakers I feel it would sound odd.
 
It sounds odd to me. I don't think it's incorrect you will just hear "such as" much more often. So to most native speakers I feel it would sound odd.

Oh is that so? I didn't know that. Thanks for the help, OoTmaster.
 
For what it's worth, I don't think it's weird at all. I've personally used that structure several times, if I'm not mistaken.
 
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