問1. 次の(1)〜(3)の問いに対してそれぞれ正しい答えを一つ選び、その記号を記せ。
(1)
What is the first thing he acquired from these 30 days challenges?
ア He found he came to have much more new habits.
イ He became more carefull about he was doing.
ウ He came to have better memory about what he had done.
エ He came to like watching the news.
(2) According to the speaker, which of the following is true?
ア He could write a 15,000-word novel from scratch in 30 days.
イ He once dwelt in the computer, but he became more adventurous after 30-day challenges.
ウ He didn't go to bed until he wrote about 1600 words for each day.
エ He became one of the great American novelist after his challenge.
(3) We should make small, sustainable changes because...
ア they have tons of fun compared to big, crazy challenges.
イ they are very challenging to acchive.
ウ they are more likely to stick.
エ they'll make us more self-confidence than big challenges.
問2. 以下の文章が英文と一致するように空所 (1)~(3)を埋めよ。
I also figured out that if you really ( 1 ), you can do anything for 30 days. Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Every November, ( 2 ) try to write their own 50, 000-word novel fromscratch in 30 days. It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month. So I did. By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep ( 3 ) for the day. You might be sleep-deprived, but you'll finish your novel.
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文章全体の主題を読み取ることはそれほど難しくないでしょう。彼は多くのことを30 days challengeで学びましたが、(1)の問題では"first thing"という指定があるので注意が必要です。(2)では答えの根拠になる部分に"desk-dwelling computer nerd"という表現がありますが、その意味をよく考えてみてください。
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