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次の英文の( )に入れるのに最も適当なものを、1～4のうちから一つ選べ
- “I wish he wouldn’t speak so rudely. He makes me so angry.”
“Yeah, I can’t ( ) up with him either.”
1. catch 2. keep 3. put 4. take 【解答】[1998 センター試験]
- “Tom has a very ( ) mind.”
“Yes, he’s always thinking of new things to do.”
1. absent 2. active 3. alive 4. angry 【解答】[1998 センター試験]
- Mike’s friends were ( ) of his marriage.
1. unaware 2. unhappy 3. uninvited 4. unlikely 【解答】[1999 センター試験（追）]
- A ( ) is someone who has been hurt or killed in an accident or during a crime.
1. patient 2. rival 3. surgeon 4. victim 【解答】[1999 センター試験（追）]
- If you ( ) things in some way, you put them in order, usually to make them look attractive or tidy.
1. arrange 2. clean 3. leave 4. repair 【解答】[1999 センター試験（追）]
- “You’ve been driving for hours. Shall I take ( )?”
“No, that’s okay. I enjoy driving and I know you hate it, especially on the highway.”
1. back 2. on 3. over 4. up 【解答】[1999 センター試験]
- A ( ) is a down and up movement of the head used in many countries to show that you agree with or understand something.
1. nod 2. pat 3. shake 4. wink 【解答】[1999 センター試験]
- If you ( ) a place to somebody, you let them use it as long as they regularly pay you a certain amount of money.
1. borrow 2. give 3. lend 4. rent 【解答】[1999 センター試験]
- Susie and her sister are so ( ) that they could almost be twins.
1. alike 2. double 3. near 4. same 【解答】[2000 センター試験（追）]
- When you ( ), you speak very quietly, so that only a person close by can hear.
1. cry 2. pronounce 3. sigh 4. whisper 【解答】[2000 センター試験（追）]