Review L14 Ex A2-ExB

数学の試験は思ったほど難しくはなかった。

The math test was not ___ ____ _____ I expected.

Answer explanation

数学の試験は思ったほど難しくはなかった。
【解答】
 The math test [exam] was not as difficult [hard] as I (had) expected [I (had) thought it would be].
（別解）
 The math test [exam] turned out [proved] to be easier than I (had) expected it to be [than expected].

統計によれば，中国の人口は日本の約10倍である。

Statistics show that the population of China is about ten times ___ ____ ___ that of Japan..

Answer explanation

統計によれば、中国の人口は日本の約10倍である。
【解答】
 Statistics [The statistics] show [indicate] that the population of China is about ten times as large as Japan's[that of Japan].
（別解1）
 According to (the) statistics, the population of China is about ten times as large as Japan's.
（別解2）
 Statistics show that the population of China is about ten times larger than that of Japan.
（別解3）
 Statistics show that China has about ten times as many people as [as large a population as] Japan (does).
（別解4）
 Statistics show that there are about ten times as many people in China as (there are) in Japan.

年をとればとるほど、英語の勉強は困難になる

The older you get, the __________ learn English

• more difficult you

• more difficult it becomes for you to

• less difficult it becomes for you to

• more harder you

Answer explanation

年をとればとるほど、英語の勉強は困難になるThe older you get,the more difficult it becomes for you to learn English

年を重ねると、月日の流れがどんどん速くなる。

The older you get, the ____ _____ you feel time passes.

• more quickly

• more quicker

• less quickly

• more quick

Answer explanation

過去について知れば知るほど、過去から学ぶことの大切さを教えられます。

 The ____ we know about the past, the ____ we realize how important it is to learn from it.

• more - less

• more - more

• less - less

• more - better

Answer explanation

過去について知れば知るほど、過去から学ぶことの大切さを教えられます。
【解答】
 The more we know [learn] about the past [about history], the more we realize [find out / learn] how important it is to learn from it.
（別解1）
 The more we learn about the past, the more we realize that it is very important to learn form it.
（別解2）
 The more we know about the past, the more we realize the importance of learning from it.
（別解3）
 As we know more about the past, we will understand how important it is to learn (lessons) from it.

考えれば考えるほどその問題は難しく思われ、僕にはお手上げだった。

The more _____ I thought about the problem, the _____ difficult it seemed. 

• deeply- less

• more - deep

• deeply - more

• seriously - lesser

Answer explanation

考えれば考えるほどその問題は難しく思われ、僕にはお手上げだった。  
【解答】
 The more (deeply / seriously) I thought about the problem, the more difficult it seemed (to me).  Finally [In the end], I gave up trying to solve it [I gave it up].
（別解1）
 The longer I thought about the question, the more difficult I found it.  [Finally], I gave up trying to answer it [I gave it up].
（別解2）
 As I thought more about the problem, it became more difficult.  Finally, I thought (that) I was not able to solve it [I could not solve it].

外国語を身につけようとするとき、開始年齢が早ければ早いほど、その上達は早い。

When you want to learn a foreign language, the ____ you begin to study, the ____ you make progress in the language.

• ealier - faster

• early - faster

• earlier - fast

• more early - faster

Answer explanation

外国語を身につけようとするとき、開始年齢が早ければ早いほど、その上達は早い。
【解答】
 When you want to learn a foreign language, the ealier you begin [start] to study (it), the faster [the more rapidly / the more easily / the sooner / the earlier] you make progress in the language.
（別解1）
 If you try to learn other languages, the younger you are when you start, the more rapidly you [they] improve [progress].
（別解2）
 When you want to learn another lamguage, the earlier you begin to study it, the quicker [the faster] you progress is.
（別解3）
 It is easier to learn a foreign language when you are young.

^{去年の冬、長い休暇をとってロサンゼルスに行きましたが、 期待していたほど暖かくはありませんでした。}

 Last winter, I took a long vacation and went to Los Angeles.  However, it was not _______ I expected.

• warmer

• as warm as

• warmest

• more warm

Answer explanation

去年の冬、長い休暇をとってロサンゼルスに行きましたが、 期待していたほど暖かくはありませんでした。
【解答】
 Last winter(,) I took a long vacation [took a long time off] and went to Los Angeles.  However, it was not as warm as I (had) expected.
（別解1）
 Last winter(,) when I took a long vacation, I visited [went to] Los Angeles.  The city was not as warm as I (had) expected it to be.
（別解2）
 Last winter(,) I went to Los Angeles during [for] a long vacation, where the weather was not as warm as expected.

^{携帯電話で話しながら運転する人は、運転に集中する人よりも事故を起こす可能性が約4倍高いと言われている。}

 It is said those who are talking on the mobile phone while driving are about ________ to cause a traffic accident as those who are concentrating on driving.

• four times more as

• four times as more

• four times as likely

• four times likely as

Answer explanation

携帯電話で話しながら運転する人は、運転に集中する人よりも事故を起こす可能性が約4倍高いと言われている。
【解答】
 It is said (that) those who are talking on the mobile phone while driving are about four times as likely to cause a traffic accident as those who are concentrating [focusing] on driving.
（別解）
 People say that if you are talking on the mobile phone while at the wheel, you are about four times as likely to have a traffic accident as (you are) when you are concentrating on driving.

ナタリーの手紙を読めば読むほど、彼女の真意が分からなくなります

The ______ I read Natalie's letter, the ______ I understand what her real intention.

• more-more

• less-more

• less-less

• more - less

Answer explanation

ナタリーの手紙を読めば読むほど、彼女の真意が分からなくなります

The more I read Natalie's letter,the less I understand what her real intention.

When you read more about something, you are supposed to better understand the ideas written in it. So this sentence means that Natalie's letter may have words or language expressions that try to hide what her real purpose in writing the letter.

何かについて詳しく読むと、そこに書かれている考えをより深く理解できるはずだ。つまりこの文章は、ナタリーの手紙には、彼女が手紙を書いた本当の目的を隠そうとする言葉や表現があるかもしれないということを意味している。