英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習 第16セット｜会話15問＋説明文15問【独自台本・全訳・解答】

英文：Girl: I booked two places for the astronomy workshop online. / Boy: Did you receive a confirmation email? / Girl: Not yet. I only got a message saying they received my request. / Boy: You should wait. A request doesn’t guarantee a place, and they will email accepted students by Friday.　和訳：女子：天文講座に2人分をネットで申し込んだ。男子：確定メールは？ 女子：受付メッセージだけ。男子：金曜までに確定者へ連絡するから待つべき。申込だけで席は確約されない。

正解：A. She has applied but is not yet confirmed.　Request received but confirmation not yet sent。

英文：Man: I borrowed an e-book from the library. May I extend the loan? / Woman: Yes, if no one else has reserved it. / Man: Someone is waiting for it now. / Woman: Then I’m afraid you can’t extend it. It will become unavailable on Sunday evening.　和訳：男性：電子書籍の延長はできる？ 女性：ほかの予約者がいなければ可能。男性：すでに待機者がいる。女性：延長不可で日曜夕方に使えなくなる。

正解：B. Another person has reserved it.　Extension is conditional on no reservation. Someone is waiting。

英文：Boy: Can I send my poster as a photograph? / Girl: The teachers need a PDF so they can print it clearly. / Boy: Is the deadline still Wednesday? / Girl: Yes, at five. The file must be uploaded, not emailed to the teachers.　和訳：男子：ポスターを写真で提出していい？ 女子：鮮明に印刷するためPDFが必要。締切は水曜午後5時、教師にメールせずアップロード。

正解：C. A PDF through the upload system　PDF uploaded by Wednesday at five。

英文：Girl: Can I use the electric cutting tool in Saturday’s repair class? / Man: Only trained adults may operate that machine. / Girl: What can I do instead? / Man: You can learn to sew small tears in bags. The center will provide needles and thread.　和訳：女子：土曜の修理講座で電動切断工具は使える？ 男性：訓練された大人だけ。代わりに袋の小さな破れを縫え、針と糸は提供する。

正解：D. Learn to sew small tears　Sewing is the permitted activity; electric tool restricted。

英文：Woman: The school concert begins at six, right? / Boy: Yes, but audience members must collect tickets at the desk by five forty-five. / Woman: Do we need to pay again? / Boy: No, the tickets are free. Just show the email you received.　和訳：女性：学校コンサートは6時開始？ 男子：そうだが受付で5時45分までにチケットを受け取る。女性：再度支払い？ 男子：無料で、受信メールの提示だけ。

正解：A. Collect tickets by 5:45 and show their email.　Collect by 5:45 / free tickets / show email。

英文：Man: How much is a ticket to the nature museum? / Woman: The regular bus fare is four dollars, but students pay half price. / Man: I have a valid student card. / Woman: Then it costs two dollars. Please show the card when boarding.　和訳：男性：自然博物館行きバスは何ドル？ 女性：通常4ドル、学生は半額。男性：学生証がある。女性：2ドルで乗車時に学生証提示。

正解：B. Two dollars　Half of four dollars is two dollars。

英文：Girl: Did our hiking trip move from the station to the sports center? / Boy: No, the meeting place is still the station. Only the train departure time has changed. / Girl: Is it earlier? / Boy: Yes, it leaves at eight twenty instead of eight forty. Please come by eight.　和訳：女子：遠足の集合は駅からスポーツセンターに変わった？ 男子：場所は駅のまま、電車が8時40分から8時20分に早まった。8時までに来て。

正解：C. The train departure time　Departure changed from 8:40 to 8:20; meeting location unchanged。

英文：Man: I’d like to help at the community garden on Sunday morning. / Woman: The morning group is full, but there are two places in the afternoon group. / Man: I have another plan after lunch. / Woman: Then you could sign up for next Saturday’s morning session instead.　和訳：男性：日曜午前に菜園を手伝いたい。女性：午前は満員で午後は2席。男性：午後は用事がある。女性：それなら次の土曜午前に申し込める。

正解：D. Next Saturday morning　The proposed feasible alternative is next Saturday morning。

英文：Boy: Our plants grew faster after we changed the soil. / Girl: That’s interesting, but the room also became warmer. / Boy: So the new soil may not be the only reason? / Girl: Right. Let’s compare temperatures and try more experiments before making a claim.　和訳：男子：土を変えたら植物が早く育った。女子：興味深いけど室温も上がった。男子：土だけが原因ではない？ 女子：そう。温度を比較し追加実験しよう。

正解：A. Collect more evidence before deciding on the cause.　Temperature change is another possible factor; more tests needed。

英文：Girl: The guidebook says the art center is beside the train station. / Boy: That was true last year. The center moved near the public library in spring. / Girl: Where can I find updated directions? / Boy: Check the center’s official website before you leave.　和訳：女子：案内本では美術センターは駅隣。男子：昨年はそうだが春に図書館近くへ移転した。最新の道順は公式サイトで確認して。

正解：B. Near the public library　Moved near public library in spring。

英文：Boy: Our class has downloaded the vocabulary app many times. / Girl: Does that prove everyone’s vocabulary improved? / Boy: Not really. The teacher plans to compare quiz answers before and after students use it. / Girl: That’s more useful than counting downloads alone.　和訳：男子：クラスは単語アプリを何度もダウンロードした。女子：それで全員の語彙が増えた証拠？ 男子：違う。使用前後の小テストを比較する。女子：ダウンロード数より役立つね。

正解：C. Vocabulary quiz results before and after use　Pre/post quiz results measure understanding。

英文：Woman: Can my eleven-year-old son join the repair workshop alone? / Man: Children under twelve must attend with an adult. / Woman: His sister is sixteen. Is she old enough? / Man: No, the accompanying person must be eighteen or older.　和訳：女性：11歳の息子は一人で修理講座へ？ 男性：12歳未満は大人同伴。16歳の姉でもいい？ 男性：同伴者は18歳以上が必要。

正解：D. A person aged eighteen or older　Adult accompanying person must be 18 or older。

英文：Girl: I missed the reading club last week. Can I still join the next meeting? / Boy: Of course. The club meets every Wednesday, and you don’t need to attend every time. / Girl: Is there an application fee? / Boy: No. Just bring the book you’re reading.　和訳：女子：先週の読書会を欠席したけど次も参加できる？ 男子：毎水曜で毎回出る必要はない。費用なし、今読んでいる本を持参する。

正解：A. Attendance every week is not required.　No need to attend every time; free and bring reading book。

英文：Man: The technician estimated that fixing the projector would cost eighty dollars. / Woman: Is that the final amount? / Man: No, the repair company will check the parts tomorrow and send a final price. / Woman: We should wait before deciding whether to repair or replace it.　和訳：男性：プロジェクターの修理は80ドルの見積もり。女性：確定金額？ 男性：まだ。明日部品を確認し最終価格が届く。女性：修理か交換かの判断はそれから。

正解：B. An initial estimate　The estimate is not a final price。

英文：Girl: I counted eighteen butterflies in the garden this morning. / Boy: Last week I counted only twelve, but I watched for half an hour. How long did you watch? / Girl: One whole hour. / Boy: Then the counts aren’t directly comparable without considering the different observation periods.　和訳：女子：今朝チョウを18匹数えた。男子：先週は12匹だけど観察時間は30分だった。女子：私は1時間。男子：時間が違うので単純比較はできない。

正解：C. Observation times were different　30 minutes vs one hour differ。

英文：A library tested opening thirty minutes earlier on weekdays during a school examination period. Students welcomed the extra study time, but staff members had to change their morning duties. During the first week, forty-five visitors came before the normal opening time. The following week, thirty-eight used the early period. The library decided not to judge success after only two weeks. It planned to compare attendance over a longer time and consider staff costs.　和訳：図書館は試験期間に平日の開館を30分早めて試行した。生徒には好評だったが職員の朝の仕事が変更された。初週早朝利用45人、翌週38人で、わずか2週間では成否を判断せず、長期の利用と職員負担を調べる予定だった。

正解：C. Thirty-eight　Thirty-eight the following week。

英文：A town orchestra planned to perform outdoors on Sunday afternoon. Strong winds were forecast, so the performance was moved to the community hall. The original starting time of three o’clock remained the same. Organizers emailed ticket holders and explained that their tickets were still valid. They also asked visitors to use the hall’s north entrance because the usual door was being repaired.　和訳：町のオーケストラは日曜午後の屋外公演を強風予報で地域ホールへ変更した。開始3時とチケットの有効性は変わらず、通常入口が工事中なので北入口を使うよう連絡した。

正解：D. The starting time　Three o’clock unchanged despite venue move。

英文：At a community repair event, volunteers inspected ninety small household items. Fifty could be repaired with simple tools, twenty needed specialist help, and the remaining twenty could not be fixed safely. The organizers recorded these groups separately so residents would not confuse the number of objects collected with the number successfully repaired. They also warned people not to open equipment with damaged batteries.　和訳：地域の修理会では家庭用品90点を点検し、50点が簡単な道具で修理可能、20点が専門家対応、残る20点は安全に修理不可だった。回収数と修理成功を分けて記録し、損傷した電池のある機器を開かないよう注意した。

正解：A. Fifty　Fifty simple repairs。

英文：A school science club compared temperatures in a shaded area and an open area of its garden. The shaded area was cooler on the day of testing. However, the teacher explained that the result might change with the wind or time of day. The students decided to repeat measurements at similar times over several weeks. They wanted to avoid claiming that one afternoon’s result explained conditions throughout the year.　和訳：科学部は菜園の日陰と日なたの気温を比較し、その日は日陰の方が涼しかった。しかし風や時刻で結果が変わり得るため、同じ時刻で数週間測定し、1日の結果で年間を説明しないことにした。

正解：B. Repeat measurements under comparable conditions　Repeat measurements at similar times。

英文：A school started a program in which older students read stories to younger children. After the first few sessions, many participants said they had enjoyed listening. The teacher was pleased, but she did not assume that enjoyment proved improvement in reading skills. She prepared short questions before and after the program and planned to compare the answers. She also asked older students to explain difficult words simply.　和訳：学校は年上の生徒が年下の子に読み聞かせる活動を始めた。楽しかったという感想が多かったが、読解力向上の証拠とはせず、活動前後の理解問題の結果を比べ、難しい単語をやさしく説明することにした。

正解：C. To check learning rather than only enjoyment　Pre/post comprehension questions assess learning。

英文：A town introduced a digital map of its historic buildings and walking routes. Several tourists found the map useful, but some routes included stairs that were not suitable for wheelchair users. Volunteers checked accessibility and reported closed paths. The town then added alternative routes and clear notes about entrances. Officials said the map should be updated whenever road repairs changed the available paths.　和訳：町は史跡のデジタル地図を導入したが、階段があり車いす利用者に向かない道もあったため、ボランティアが通行可能性を確認し代替ルートと入口案内を追加した。工事があれば更新する必要がある。

正解：D. To improve access for visitors with mobility needs　Stairs and closed paths created access barriers。

英文：A community center offered bicycles for short local trips. During one month, one hundred people registered, but only sixty bicycles were borrowed. The manager explained that registration numbers could not be used as the number of actual trips. Staff planned to ask members why they had not used the service and to check whether bicycle locations were convenient.　和訳：地域センターは短距離移動用の自転車を提供し、100人が登録したが実際の貸出は60回だった。登録数を実利用回数と同一視せず、未利用の理由と配置の便利さを調べる予定だ。

正解：A. Registration and actual borrowing are different measures　Registration is not the number of trips。

英文：A coastal nature group organized a weekend walk to watch seabirds. Participants were told to use binoculars and stay away from nesting areas. Children under thirteen had to come with an adult, and no one was allowed to feed the birds. Organizers planned to cancel the outdoor walk only if the weather became unsafe. Light rain by itself would not lead to cancellation.　和訳：海岸の自然団体は野鳥観察を計画。巣から離れ双眼鏡を使い、13歳未満は大人同伴で給餌は禁止。危険な天候だけで中止し、小雨のみでは中止しない。

正解：B. They were not allowed to feed the birds　No one allowed to feed birds。

英文：A community refrigerator received seventy donated food packages. Volunteers checked every package before sharing it. Forty-five were suitable for distribution, fifteen needed to be transferred to another service with special storage, and ten had to be removed. Organizers stressed that receiving a package did not mean it could automatically be handed to residents.　和訳：地域の共有冷蔵庫に食品70包が届き、45包は配布可能、15包は特別保管できる別サービスへ移し、10包は撤去された。寄付を受けたことと安全に配れることは別と説明した。

正解：C. Forty-five　Forty-five suitable for distribution。

英文：A science museum introduced tablets with short explanations of exhibits. Many visitors borrowed them, but some returned the devices after only a few minutes. The museum wanted to know whether the explanations had actually improved understanding. Staff therefore prepared brief questions about the exhibits and planned to compare visitors’ answers. They said that borrowing a tablet did not prove learning.　和訳：科学博物館は展示説明のタブレットを貸し、多くが借りたが数分で返す人もいた。貸出だけでは理解度を証明できないため、展示について短い質問を用意し回答を比較する予定だった。

正解：D. Whether visitors understood the exhibits　Comprehension rather than borrowing frequency。

英文：A student council received a budget of eight hundred dollars for school events. It planned to spend five hundred dollars on safety equipment and two hundred on materials. The remaining one hundred dollars would be kept for unexpected costs. Students were asked to check prices carefully and obtain approval before buying anything. The council explained that the planned amounts were not the same as final expenses.　和訳：生徒会は予算800ドルで、安全器材500ドル、材料200ドルを計画し、残る100ドルを予備費にした。購入前に価格確認と承認を要し、予定額と最終支出を区別していた。

正解：A. One hundred dollars　800−500−200＝100ドル。

英文：A school held an evening presentation for families. The main entrance was closed for repairs, so visitors were asked to enter through the west door. The presentation started at seven, but families had to arrive by six forty-five to check in. The school provided printed programs and did not charge admission. Parents were reminded that the start time had not changed.　和訳：学校の夜の説明会は正面入口が工事で閉鎖され、西口を利用する。開始は7時で受付は6時45分まで。資料が支給され入場無料、開始時刻自体は変更なし。

正解：B. The west door　West door replaces closed main entrance。

英文：Students asked residents which local environmental problems they cared about. Among eighty respondents, fifty selected rubbish and forty selected traffic pollution. Respondents could choose more than one problem. The teacher warned the students that adding fifty and forty would not reveal the number of different people who selected these issues, because some people had selected both.　和訳：生徒は住民80人に関心のある環境問題を尋ね、50人がごみ、40人が交通公害を選んだが複数選択可能だった。単純合計では異なる回答人数は分からず、両方選んだ人がいる。

正解：C. Some respondents selected both issues　Multiple selections create overlap。

英文：A history museum offered ninety-minute guided tours. Visitors who arrived more than fifteen minutes after the scheduled start were asked to join a later tour if a place was available. The museum explained that guides could not restart the tour for late arrivals because other visitors were already listening. Participants were advised to arrive early for check-in.　和訳：歴史博物館は90分のツアーを開き、開始から15分を超えて遅れた人には空きがあれば次の回を案内した。途中から最初に戻すことはできないため早めの到着が推奨された。

正解：D. They may be offered a later tour if space remains　Later tour only if space is available。

英文：A local sports club planned to paint its outdoor benches on Saturday. The forecast predicted heavy rain, so the club postponed the work until the following weekend. Members were told that the indoor training session on Saturday would still take place at its normal time. The organizer sent two separate messages so volunteers would not confuse the postponed outdoor activity with the unchanged indoor session.　和訳：スポーツクラブは土曜に屋外ベンチを塗装する予定だったが大雨予報で翌週末に延期。一方、土曜の室内練習は通常どおり行われるので、混同しないよう別々に連絡した。

正解：A. The outdoor bench-painting work　Only outdoor work postponed; indoor unchanged。