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人名・地名由来の英単語40(sandwich・boycott…)確認問題集

人名・地名由来の英単語の確認問題27問。文脈で語を選び、確かな由来と俗説を見分け、単位語まで押さえる。

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Ⅰ 空所に入る最も適切なものを選べ

  1. 1
    Many customers decided to the company's products after it was accused of using child labor.
  2. 2
    All the milk sold in this store has been to kill harmful bacteria.
  3. 3
    The coach's passionate speech the tired players into action.
  4. 4
    Our new principal is something of a who often ignores tradition and does things her own way.
  5. 5
    Critics warn that the city's plan to watch citizens with thousands of cameras is .
  6. 6
    His plan to end world hunger by himself within a year was admirable but completely unrealistic.
  7. 7
    The politician was truly : he would lie to or betray anyone to gain power.
  8. 8
    The undefeated champion finally met his when he lost to a young newcomer.
  9. 9
    The novel describes a where there is no crime, no poverty, and no war.
  10. 10
    People who cannot see can read by touching patterns of raised dots.
  11. 11
    Water freezes at 0 degrees .

Ⅱ 語の由来について、最も適切なものを選べ

  1. 12
    sandwich の名のもとになったのは?
  2. 13
    cheeseburger の -burger はどのようにして生まれたか。
  3. 14
    denim の語源とされる町は?
  4. 15
    salmonella(サルモネラ菌)の名のもとになったのは?
  5. 16
    guillotine の名のもとになったギヨタンについて正しいものは?
  6. 17
    七面鳥が turkey と呼ばれるようになった理由として有力な説は?

Ⅲ 科学者の名前が単位になった語として、空所に最も適切なものを選べ

  1. 18
    This LED bulb uses only 9 of power.
  2. 19
    The frequency of a sound wave is measured in .
  3. 20
    Force is measured in , a unit named after the scientist who described the laws of motion.

Ⅳ 次の英文を読み、問いに答えよ

The word boycott comes from the name of Charles Boycott, a land agent in Ireland. In 1880, when he refused to lower rents for poor farmers, local people decided to have nothing to do with him. Workers would not work for him, shops would not sell to him, and even the postman stopped delivering his mail. The protest attracted so much attention that his name soon became a word meaning "to refuse to deal with a person or an organization." Today, people boycott companies and events all over the world.

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boycott という語は、アイルランドの土地管理人チャールズ・ボイコットの名に由来する。1880年、彼が貧しい農民の地代を下げるのを拒んだとき、地元の人々は彼と一切関わらないことに決めた。労働者は彼のために働かず、商店は彼に物を売らず、郵便配達人でさえ彼の郵便を届けなくなった。この抗議は大きな注目を集めたため、彼の名前はまもなく「人や組織との取り引きを拒む」という意味の言葉になった。今日では、世界中の人々が企業やイベントをボイコットしている。

  1. 21
    下線部 have nothing to do with him の意味に最も近いものを選べ。
  2. 22
    Why did local people act against Charles Boycott?
  3. 23
    Which of the following agrees with the passage?

Ⅴ 日本語に合うように空所に適語を1語入れよ

  1. 24
    その牛乳は低温殺菌されている。= The milk is .
  2. 25
    消費者はその会社の製品の不買運動をした。= Consumers the company's products.
  3. 26
    政府は、国民が常に監視されるオーウェル的な社会を作った。= The government created an society in which citizens were always watched.
  4. 27
    選挙には勝ったが、犠牲が大きすぎる、いわゆる「ピュロスの勝利」だった。= He won the election, but it was a victory.
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