英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習30問｜会話15問・説明文15問の独自台本と全解説

Woman: I thought the library workshop started at two. Man: It did, but the instructor’s train has been delayed. Woman: Will it be canceled? Man: No. The staff have moved it to three thirty, and the room is still the same.

正解：B Its starting time.

英文の意味：女性：講座は2時開始だと思っていました。男性：そうでしたが、講師の列車が遅れました。女性：中止ですか。男性：いいえ、3時30分開始に変更され、部屋は同じです。

判断の根拠：2時から3時30分へ開始時刻が変更。room is still the same が場所変更を否定している。

Boy: Have you seen my blue notebook? I left it on the desk after science class. Girl: I brought the books to the staff room, but I did not see a notebook. Boy: Then I’ll ask the science teacher before I go home.

正解：A Ask his science teacher.

英文の意味：男子：青いノート見なかった？理科の後に机に置いた。女子：本は職員室へ運んだけどノートは見なかった。男子：では帰宅前に理科の先生に聞くよ。

判断の根拠：I’ll ask the science teacher before I go home が直接の根拠。

Woman: How much does it cost to enter the science museum? Man: Tickets are twelve dollars for adults and eight for students. Woman: My son and I are both students. Man: Then you’ll pay sixteen dollars altogether.

正解：C Sixteen dollars.

英文の意味：女性：科学館の入場料は？男性：大人12ドル、学生8ドルです。女性：息子も私も学生です。男性：合計16ドルです。

判断の根拠：学生8ドル×2人で16ドル。大人料金に引きずられない。

Girl: Are you joining us at the park on Saturday? Boy: I’d like to, but my speech contest is on Monday, so I need to practice. Girl: You could come for an hour in the afternoon. Boy: That sounds possible if I finish preparing in the morning.

正解：D If he finishes his preparation.

英文の意味：女子：土曜公園へ来る？男子：月曜がスピーチコンテストだから練習が必要。女子：午後に1時間だけでも。男子：朝に準備を終えれば行けそう。

判断の根拠：if I finish preparing in the morning という条件付き。行くことは確定していない。

Man: We can take a taxi to the concert hall, but traffic is usually heavy at this time. Woman: The subway takes twenty minutes. We would have to walk another five minutes. Man: Let’s choose the subway. It’s more predictable.

正解：A He wants to avoid traffic delays.

英文の意味：男性：タクシーもあるけど今は渋滞する。女性：地下鉄なら20分と徒歩5分。男性：時間を読みやすい地下鉄にしよう。

判断の根拠：traffic is heavy と predictable の対比から交通渋滞を避けるため。

Woman: I bought these headphones yesterday, but the left side doesn’t work. Clerk: I’m sorry. Would you prefer a refund or another pair? Woman: I’d like to exchange them. I need headphones for an online meeting tomorrow.

正解：B Exchange the headphones.

英文の意味：女性：昨日買ったヘッドホンの左側が動かない。店員：返金と交換どちらが良いですか。女性：明日のオンライン会議に必要なので交換してください。

判断の根拠：I’d like to exchange them が直接の根拠。refund は選ばなかった。

Boy: The forecast said it would rain all day. Girl: It stopped an hour ago, and the sun is coming out. Boy: Should we still cancel our bike ride? Girl: Let’s wait until the roads dry. We can go later if it’s safe.

正解：C Waiting for safer road conditions.

英文の意味：男子：一日雨予報だった。女子：一時間前に止んで晴れてきた。男子：自転車は中止？女子：路面が乾くまで待とう。安全なら後で行ける。

判断の根拠：Let’s wait until the roads dry が要点。晴れ始めた＝即出発ではない。

Teacher: Your history reports were due today, but the online system has stopped working. Student: Should we print them and bring them tomorrow? Teacher: No. Keep your files and upload them when the system is available again. I’ll send the new deadline by email.

正解：D Keep their files until online submission works.

英文の意味：教師：レポートは今日が締切だったがシステム停止。生徒：印刷して明日持参？教師：不要。ファイルを保存し、システム復旧後アップロード。新しい期限はメールで送る。

判断の根拠：Keep your files and upload them when the system is available again。印刷不要、新期限は未提示。

Woman: There are still seats for the six o’clock film, but the front rows are almost full. Man: I prefer to sit farther back. Is the eight thirty showing less crowded? Woman: Yes, especially in the middle rows. Man: Let’s book that one.

正解：A The eight thirty showing.

英文の意味：女性：6時の映画は席があるが前方はほぼ満席。男性：後ろがよい。8時30分は空いている？女性：中央列に余裕あり。男性：そちらを予約しよう。

判断の根拠：that one は8:30の回を指す。6時は最初の選択肢だが採用しなかった。

Boy: The school is looking for volunteers to help younger students with reading. Girl: I’d like to help, but I can only come on Thursdays. Boy: That’s fine. The sessions are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and you only need to attend once a week.

正解：B On Thursdays.

英文の意味：男子：学校で低学年の読書支援を募集。女子：木曜日なら可能。男子：火曜と木曜の開催で週1回出席でよい。

判断の根拠：Thursdaysとone time per weekを組み合わせる。両日参加ではない。

Customer: Does this soup contain nuts? I have an allergy. Server: The recipe doesn’t use any nuts, but it’s made in a kitchen that also handles them. Customer: Thanks for telling me. I’ll choose something else to be safe.

正解：C There may be a risk of nut contact.

英文の意味：客：スープにナッツは入る？アレルギーがある。店員：材料には使いませんが、同じ厨房で扱います。客：念のため別の料理にします。

判断の根拠：ingredients have no nuts でも同じ厨房で扱うことへの懸念がある。安全に関する条件を聞く。

Girl: I’ll design the poster for the charity concert. Can you write the announcement for the school website? Boy: Sure, but I don’t know the ticket price yet. Girl: The teacher will confirm it tomorrow. You can write the rest today.

正解：D The ticket price.

英文の意味：女子：慈善コンサートのポスターを作るから、学校サイトの告知文を書いて。男子：入場料がまだわからない。女子：先生が明日確認するので他を先に書ける。

判断の根拠：don’t know the ticket price yet が答え。

Mother: You have been memorizing vocabulary lists for an hour. Are you remembering the words? Son: I know their meanings, but I forget how to use them. Mother: Why don’t you write a short sentence with each word? Son: I’ll try that tonight.

正解：A Using words in original sentences.

英文の意味：母：単語帳を一時間見て覚えられた？息子：意味は分かるが使い方を忘れる。母：各単語で短文を作ってみたら？息子：今夜やってみる。

判断の根拠：write a short sentence with each word が提案。

Boy: Is the dinosaur room on the second floor? Staff: It used to be there, but we’re repairing that area. The dinosaur models are temporarily on the ground floor, next to the shop. Boy: Great, thanks. I almost went upstairs.

正解：B On the ground floor.

英文の意味：男子：恐竜展示は2階？職員：以前はそうだが修理中で、いまは1階の売店の隣に仮設。男子：2階に行くところだった。

判断の根拠：used to be の旧所在地と temporarily の現所在地を分ける。

Woman: I left my bicycle at your shop yesterday. Will it be ready by noon? Mechanic: We have the replacement part, but we need another two hours to finish. Woman: That’s fine. I’ll collect it after lunch, around three.

正解：C Around three o’clock.

英文の意味：女性：昨日預けた自転車は正午までにできる？修理人：部品はあるが完成まであと2時間。女性：昼食後の3時頃に取りに来ます。

判断の根拠：around three が収集時刻。noonは最初の希望。

The North Street Library has opened a small exchange shelf near its entrance. Visitors can leave books in good condition and take other books home without paying. The library asks people not to leave damaged books or magazines. During the first month, more than two hundred books were exchanged, so the staff plan to add another shelf next spring.

正解：D Add another exchange shelf.

英文の意味：北通り図書館は入口付近に交換棚を設け、状態の良い本を無料交換できる。傷んだ本や雑誌は不可。初月に200冊以上交換されたため、来春棚を増設予定。

判断の根拠：plan to add another shelf next spring が直接の根拠。無料交換と有料販売を混同しない。

A city park will offer free bird-watching walks on the first Sunday of next month. Local volunteers will guide small groups along the river. Participants should bring comfortable shoes and a notebook, but binoculars will be provided. If heavy rain is expected, the walk will be postponed rather than held indoors. Registration closes three days before the event.

正解：A Binoculars.

英文の意味：市立公園は来月最初の日曜に無料の野鳥観察会を開催。靴とノートは持参、双眼鏡は貸与。大雨なら延期、登録は3日前締切。

判断の根拠：binoculars will be provided。持参物との区別を確認。

Students at East Hill School wanted to reduce electricity use in the gym. They noticed that the lights were sometimes left on after sports clubs had finished. The student council made reminder signs and asked club leaders to check the switches before leaving. After one month, the school reported lower electricity use, although changes in the weather could also have affected the result.

正解：B To encourage people to switch off lights.

英文の意味：体育館で部活動後も照明が点灯していたため、生徒会は退出前の消灯確認を呼びかける表示を作った。一か月後電力利用は減ったが天候も影響し得る。

判断の根拠：reminder signs とcheck the switchesが根拠。電力減少の唯一の原因と断定しない。

The community center’s international cooking class will take place on Saturday. Participants will work in small groups to prepare dishes from several countries. The center will provide the ingredients, and an experienced volunteer will explain each recipe. People with food allergies should contact the staff in advance. The organizers hope the event will help residents learn about one another’s cultures.

正解：C Inform the staff beforehand.

英文の意味：地域センターの国際料理教室は土曜開催。材料は施設側が用意し、経験者がレシピを説明。食物アレルギーがある人は事前に連絡。文化交流が目的。

判断の根拠：contact the staff in advance が直接の根拠。

Starting next Monday, the school bus will stop near the hospital instead of the old supermarket. The change was made because road repairs around the supermarket are expected to last for six weeks. Students who normally use that stop should arrive at the new location five minutes earlier than usual. The bus timetable for all other stops will remain unchanged.

正解：D Road repairs will affect the old stop.

英文の意味：次の月曜から学校バス停は旧スーパー前から病院近くへ変更。スーパー周辺の道路工事が6週間続くため。利用者は通常より5分早く新停留所へ。他は変更なし。

判断の根拠：because road repairs …が理由。旧停留所のみ変更。

At a local science fair, a group of students introduced a device that measures soil moisture. They wanted gardeners to know when plants needed water. The first version of the device sometimes gave incorrect readings, so the students tested it in several kinds of soil. The improved version worked more consistently, but they said further tests were needed before people could rely on it completely.

正解：A They tested the device in different soils.

英文の意味：科学発表会で生徒が土壌水分計を紹介。初版の測定誤差に気づき、異なる土壌で試験して精度向上。ただし信頼性確認には追加試験が必要。

判断の根拠：tested it in several kinds of soil を言い換えている。

A town has placed shared umbrellas at five public buildings. Residents may borrow one when it suddenly rains and return it to any of the participating buildings. The program was introduced because visitors often had to buy cheap umbrellas that they later threw away. Volunteers inspect the umbrellas weekly. If too many are not returned, the town may change the borrowing rules.

正解：B To reduce unnecessary umbrella purchases and waste.

英文の意味：町は5つの公共施設に共有傘を設置。急な雨で借りて参加施設のどこへでも返せる。使い捨て傘購入と廃棄を減らすためで、週次点検する。未返却が多ければルール変更を検討。

判断の根拠：because visitors … buy cheap umbrellas … threw away が目的に対応。

During Reading Week, students at Willow School were invited to recommend a book without revealing its ending. The library displayed the recommendations beside each book. Students could then choose titles they had not considered before. Teachers noticed that some students borrowed books outside their usual favorite genres. The school plans to repeat the activity but has not yet decided whether it will last one or two weeks.

正解：C Some students tried unfamiliar types of books.

英文の意味：読書週間に生徒は結末を明かさず本を推薦し、図書館は書評を展示。一部の生徒が普段読まないジャンルを借りた。次回は行う予定だが期間は未定。

判断の根拠：outside their usual favorite genresが unfamiliar types of books に対応。

A railway station has begun testing signs that show transfer directions in several languages. The station serves many international visitors, and staff had received questions about which platform to use. During the test, workers will observe where passengers stop to read the signs. The railway company will not decide on permanent signs until it has reviewed the results and collected feedback.

正解：D Review observations and feedback.

英文の意味：駅は複数言語の乗換表示を試験中。旅行者の利用が多く質問が増えていた。利用状況を観察し、結果と意見を確認してから恒久設置を判断。

判断の根拠：not decide … until reviewed the results and collected feedback。試験導入と正式採用を区別。

A health center is offering twenty-minute walking routes for people who cannot easily exercise for a full hour. Volunteers tested three routes and chose paths with benches and few steep hills. The program is free, but participants must register so the center can estimate group sizes. Organizers say the short routes may encourage more people to try regular exercise, although they have not yet measured long-term effects.

正解：A To help estimate the number of people in each group.

英文の意味：健康センターは1時間運動しにくい人向けに20分歩行コースを用意。ベンチがあり坂の少ない経路を選び、参加は無料だが人数把握のため登録必須。長期的効果は未測定。

判断の根拠：register so the center can estimate group sizes が根拠。

The art museum is holding a workshop where children can create postcards using recycled paper. Families should reserve places online because the room holds only twenty people. The museum will supply all the materials. After the workshop, children may display their postcards in a small exhibition or take them home. Staff ask parents to let children choose what to do with their own work.

正解：B The workshop has limited space.

英文の意味：美術館では再生紙のはがき作りを実施。部屋は20人までなのでオンライン予約が必要。材料は館側が提供し、完成作品の展示・持ち帰りは子どもが選ぶ。

判断の根拠：because the room holds only twenty people。スペース制約のため。

Students at River School studied how much food was left on lunch trays. For one week, they weighed the leftovers after each meal and asked classmates why food was sometimes uneaten. Many students said portions were too large. The school then let students choose between two portion sizes. The amount of leftovers fell the following week, but teachers planned to continue measuring it.

正解：C It offered two portion sizes.

英文の意味：学校では昼食の食べ残しを計測し、量が多すぎるとの意見を受けて2種類の盛り付け量を選択できるようにした。翌週食べ残しは減ったが計測継続予定。

判断の根拠：choose between two portion sizes。food wasteが減少したという結果と区別。

Visitors to the city science museum can join short guided tours every Saturday. The tours introduce experiments that are difficult to understand from signs alone. Each tour lasts about twenty-five minutes and is included in the regular admission fee. Visitors should meet the guide near the entrance five minutes before the tour. Groups are limited to ten people, so some visitors may have to wait for the next tour.

正解：D Near the museum entrance.

英文の意味：科学館の土曜案内ツアーは約25分で入館料に含まれる。開始5分前に入口付近で集合。定員10名のため次の回を待つこともある。

判断の根拠：near the entrance five minutes before the tour の場所に注目。

A local music club organizes free performances at a senior center once a month. Students who join the club practice together after school and talk with residents after each concert. Several members say they have become more confident about speaking in front of others. The club’s leader believes the visits are valuable not only for the audience but also for the students, who learn to listen to people with different experiences.

正解：A Greater confidence speaking to others.

英文の意味：地元の音楽クラブは高齢者施設で月1回無料演奏。生徒は練習し、演奏後に住民と交流。一部の生徒は人前で話す自信がついたと言い、指導者は双方に価値があると考える。

判断の根拠：become more confident about speaking in front of others が正解の根拠。

Green Valley School has installed two water stations so students can refill their reusable bottles. The school hopes the stations will reduce the number of plastic bottles thrown away after lunch. At first, many students did not know where the stations were located. The student council placed clear signs in hallways and included a map in the school newsletter. Teachers are now recording how often the stations are used.

正解：C By putting up signs and a map.

英文の意味：学校は水筒に給水できる2か所の設備を設置。位置がわからない生徒が多かったので生徒会は廊下に標識を掲示し校内ニュースに地図を載せた。利用頻度は調査中。

判断の根拠：placed clear signs … included a map。二つの行動が含まれる。