英検２級をリスニングで解いてみる

 

英検２級の長文問題をリスニングで解いてみるってどうでしょう？

東大や東京外国語大のリスニング問題に近いレベルではと思います。

 

(1) What is one reason the monarchs fly to California's central coast?

  1 The temperature is warm on the coast.

  2 It is too hot in southwestern Canada.

  3 It is a good place for them to plant milkweed.

  4 There have been changes in the Canadian environment.

(2) Milkweed plants are difficult to find partly because

  1 the butterflies lay their eggs on them.

  2 their number has been reduced by almost 50%.

  3 they are the only source of food for farmers.

  4 the fields where they grow have been used for new buildings.

(3) Why is the Monterey pine important to the monarch?

   1 It cures the butterfly's diseases.

   2 It reduces the amount of chemicals.

   3 It helps control the monarch's environment.

   4 It makes sure the monarch is orange and black.

(4) To protect the butterfly's environment,

  1 pine trees are being planted in forests.

  2 experts live in the forest to do research.

  3 people give money to farmers to do research.

  4 farmers are trying to control the temperature.

(5) Which of the following statements is true?

  1 The monarch butterflies damage the farmers' crops.

  2 The monarch butterfly flies south to escape California's winter.

  3 When monarchs come out of the eggs, they eat the milkweed.

  4 The monarchs reach California in the middle of summer.