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(1) We want to(空欄）in English.
1. make oneself understand
2. make oneself understood
3. make ourselves understand
4. make ourselves understood
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(2) The (空欄)was a dog barking in the distance.
1. sound only to hear
2. only sound to be heard
3. only sound to have heard
4. sound only to have been heard
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(3) A study shows that Japanese women bow more often than
men and their bows last one-and-a half seconds, on average,(空欄) for men.
1. less than one second compared to
2. one second less than compared to
3. compared to one second less than
4. compared to less than one second
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解答
(1)正解4
We want to make ourselves
understood in English.
（訳）私達は英語で話を通じさせたい
<POINT>
make oneself undestood
「自分の言うことを（他人によって）理解される」を適切な形に変形させる
(2)正解は２
The only sound to be heard
was a dog barking in the distance.
（訳）耳に聞こえる唯一の音は
遠くで吠えている犬（の声）だけだった
POINT1
The only sound to be heard
= the only sound which was heard
POINT2
a dog barking in the distance
= a dog which was barking in the distance
（訳）遠くで吠えている（ところの）犬
(3)正解は2
A study shows that Japanese women bow more often than men and their bows
last one-and-a half seconds, on average , compared
to less than one second for men.
＜関連＞
compare A to B
1. AをBにたとえる（頻出）
私達はしばしば人生を航海にたとえる
We often compare life to a voyage[a journey].
=Life is often compared to a voyage[a journey].
2. =compare A with B
「AをBと比較する」
2の意味では知らない人も多いだろう。だが、「消去法の徹底」で割り切ってやると、すぐ解ける！受験界では、「AとBを比較する」はcompare
A with B だが、NHKの語学テキストなどでは頻出。
POINT
1. more than ⇔ less than〜「〜未満」
2. 「一秒未満」はless than one second
3. 「〜に比較されると」はcompare to しかない
4. 結局解答は、 compared to less than one second for men
「男性にとっての一秒未満に比較されると〜」
5. compared to less than〜は分詞構文。
=being compared to less than〜
=if they [their bows = the bows of Japanese women]are compared to less
than〜
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