英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習 第25セット｜会話15問＋説明文15問【独自台本・全訳・解答】

英文：Girl: Is the documentary starting at four thirty? / Boy: Yes, but students who are helping with the sound system must arrive by four. / Girl: I’m only watching it. / Boy: Then you can enter the hall from four fifteen.　和訳：女子：ドキュメンタリーは4時30分開始？ 男子：はい。ただし音響を手伝う生徒は4時集合。女子：私は鑑賞だけ。男子：なら4時15分から入場できる。

正解：A. 4:15 p.m.　一般鑑賞者の入場は4:15。上映開始4:30と区別。

英文：Man: Does a bus ticket to the science museum cost six dollars? / Woman: That’s the regular price. Students pay four dollars if they show a student card. / Man: I left my card at home. / Woman: Then you need to pay six dollars today.　和訳：男性：科学博物館行きバスは6ドル？ 女性：通常は6ドルで学生証提示なら4ドル。男性：学生証を忘れた。女性：今日は6ドル。

正解：B. Six dollars　学生証がないので通常料金6ドル。

英文：Boy: Can I give the field trip form to our coach on Friday? / Girl: The school office needs it by Thursday at five. Friday is too late. / Boy: Is an email enough? / Girl: No, you must submit the signed paper form.　和訳：男子：遠足の書類を金曜にコーチへ渡していい？ 女子：学校事務室に木曜5時までに提出。メールではなく署名済み紙の書類が必要。

正解：C. The signed paper form by Thursday　署名済み紙の書類を木曜17時まで。

英文：Woman: Will the telescope event still be outdoors tonight? / Man: We expect strong winds, so the observation will be replaced by an indoor astronomy talk. / Woman: Does it still begin at seven? / Man: Yes. Only the activity has changed.　和訳：女性：天体観察は今夜も屋外？ 男性：強風予報で屋内の天文講話に変更。開始7時は変わらない。

正解：D. An indoor astronomy talk will begin　屋内の講話へ代替し、開始時刻は7時。

英文：Girl: I reserved the practice room online. Can I use it now? / Boy: Did you get the acceptance email? Your first message only says that your request was received. / Girl: I haven’t received an acceptance yet. / Boy: Then you need to wait for confirmation.　和訳：女子：音楽練習室をネット予約したから今使える？ 男子：最初のメッセージは申込受理の通知のみ。受入確定メールがないなら待つ必要。

正解：A. It has been requested but not confirmed　申込受理は利用枠の確定ではない。

英文：Man: Can my twelve-year-old daughter join the beach clean-up alone? / Woman: Children under thirteen need an adult who is at least eighteen. / Man: Her older brother is seventeen. / Woman: He isn’t old enough. A parent or another qualified adult must join her.　和訳：男性：12歳の娘は海岸清掃へ一人で参加できる？ 女性：13歳未満は18歳以上の大人の同伴が必要。17歳の兄は条件を満たさない。

正解：B. An adult aged eighteen or older　同伴者は18歳以上の大人。

英文：Boy: Can I post pictures of our exchange students on the school blog? / Girl: Only if every student shown in the photos agrees. / Boy: The teacher gave permission already. / Girl: You still need permission from the students themselves.　和訳：男子：交流生の写真を学校ブログに掲載できる？ 女子：写っている生徒全員の同意が必要。教師の許可だけでは足りず本人にも確認。

正解：C. Permission from the students in the photographs　写っている生徒本人の許可が必要。

英文：Girl: The map says the bus leaves beside the art museum. / Boy: That stop is closed for repairs. Please use the temporary stop outside the post office. / Girl: Has the departure time changed? / Boy: No, the bus still leaves at eight ten.　和訳：女子：地図ではバスは美術館横から？ 男子：工事で閉鎖され郵便局前の臨時停留所へ。出発8時10分は変更なし。

正解：D. Outside the post office　停留所だけが郵便局前に変わった。

英文：Girl: My talk lasts four minutes and twenty seconds. Will that be acceptable? / Boy: The limit is four minutes, so you’ll need to shorten it. / Girl: By twenty seconds at least? / Boy: Yes, and keep the evidence and conclusion.　和訳：女子：発表は4分20秒だが許容範囲？ 男子：制限は4分なので最低20秒削り、根拠と結論は残す。

正解：A. Shorten her talk by at least twenty seconds　4分20秒−4分＝20秒。

英文：Woman: I completed the community center’s online registration form. / Man: Great. Did you check the confirmation screen? / Woman: It says my request was received but hasn’t been approved. / Man: Then please wait for the email before attending the class.　和訳：女性：地域センターのネット登録を終えた。男性：確認画面は？ 女性：申込受理だが未承認と表示。男性：講座に来る前にメールを待って。

正解：B. Wait for approval by email　受理と承認を区別。

英文：Boy: May I take photos of the chemistry demonstration? / Girl: Yes, from the marked viewing area, but flash photography isn’t allowed. / Boy: Could I move closer to the chemicals? / Girl: No. Only trained staff can approach the equipment.　和訳：男子：化学実演を撮影していい？ 女子：指定見学場所からフラッシュなしなら可能。薬品には訓練職員以外近づけない。

正解：C. Taking photographs without flash from the viewing area　見学区域からフラッシュなしの撮影のみ。

英文：Girl: Could I keep the borrowed microphone until Saturday? / Boy: Another group needs it on Friday, and staff must inspect it first. / Girl: So when should I bring it back? / Boy: By Thursday afternoon, please.　和訳：女子：借りたマイクを土曜まで使える？ 男子：金曜に他のグループが使い、事前点検が必要。木曜午後までに返却。

正解：D. Thursday afternoon　金曜の貸出前に点検するため木曜午後。

英文：Boy: A website says the new method always improves vocabulary scores. / Girl: Does it provide any test data? / Boy: No, it only describes one student’s experience. / Girl: We should find stronger evidence before including that claim in our report.　和訳：男子：新勉強法は必ず語彙成績が上がるというサイトを見た。女子：テストデータはある？ 男子：一人の経験談だけ。女子：報告書へ載せる前に強い証拠を探そう。

正解：A. Checking more reliable evidence　一人の感想だけでは効果は証明できない。

英文：Woman: Can I renew this book for another two weeks? / Man: Let me check. Someone has reserved it for Monday, so renewal isn’t possible. / Woman: When must I return it? / Man: By Sunday, so we can prepare it for the next borrower.　和訳：女性：この本を2週間延長できる？ 男性：月曜に次の予約があるので不可。次の貸出準備のため日曜までに返却。

正解：B. Someone else has reserved it　後続予約がある場合は延長できない。

英文：Boy: The usual walk from the station to the gym takes eight minutes. / Girl: The short bridge is closed, so we have to use the longer route, which takes fourteen minutes. / Boy: How much earlier should we leave? / Girl: At least six minutes earlier.　和訳：男子：駅から体育館までは通常8分。女子：橋が閉鎖され迂回路は14分。男子：何分早く？ 女子：最低6分。

正解：C. Six minutes　14−8＝6分。

英文：A town prepared emergency information in several languages. Printed guides showed important shelters and telephone numbers. However, staff explained that road conditions could change during severe weather. Residents were advised to check official updates rather than rely only on old maps. The town also invited volunteers to help people who found digital information difficult to use.　和訳：町は多言語の災害案内を作り、避難所と電話番号を載せた。ただし悪天候時に道路状況が変わり得るため古い地図だけでなく公式更新情報を見るよう勧め、デジタル案内が難しい人へのボランティア支援も用意した。

正解：D. Updated official information　最新の公式情報を確認すること。

英文：A public library introduced online lessons about computer skills. In the first month, 150 people signed up, but only 110 attended at least one session. Some had problems with their internet connections, while others changed their schedules. The librarians planned to ask why people had been unable to participate and provide printed instructions to those who needed them.　和訳：図書館のオンライン技能講座は初月150人が登録したが、実際に1回以上参加したのは110人。通信の問題や予定変更があったため、不参加理由を尋ね、紙の説明書を必要な人へ渡す予定。

正解：A. One hundred ten　実参加110人。登録150人とは違う。

英文：Students counted butterflies in a community garden. On one morning they counted twelve during a thirty-minute visit. The following week they counted twenty during a one-hour visit. Their teacher explained that the results could not be compared directly without considering observation time. The class planned to collect data for similar lengths of time over several weeks.　和訳：生徒は菜園で初回30分で12匹、翌週1時間で20匹の蝶を数えたが、観察時間が異なるため直接比較できず、同程度の時間で数週間記録することにした。

正解：B. The observation periods were different　30分と1時間では時間あたりの比較が必要。

英文：A local history museum invited residents to share old photographs. Staff made digital copies and returned the originals. Some owners wanted personal names and home addresses removed before the images were published. The museum therefore reviewed the information with each owner. It also prepared written descriptions so visitors could understand the pictures without listening to recorded explanations.　和訳：博物館は住民から昔の写真を借りて電子化し、原本を返却した。公開前に氏名や住所の削除を求める人がいたため所有者と確認し、録音が聞けない来訪者向けの文章説明も用意した。

正解：C. Removal of private details　公開前に個人情報の削除を求めた。

英文：A town installed water refill stations in three parks. The stations allowed visitors to fill reusable bottles. During the first month, the equipment recorded 900 uses. Officials explained that this figure did not necessarily represent 900 different people because visitors could refill bottles more than once. The town wanted to investigate how many disposable bottles were actually avoided.　和訳：町は3つの公園に給水所を置き、初月900回の利用が記録された。ただし同じ人が何度も使うため900人とは限らず、使い捨て容器が実際に何本減ったか調べたいと考えた。

正解：D. The number of refill uses　900は給水の利用回数。

英文：A community center collected fifty damaged household items for inspection. Twenty-five were suitable for simple repairs, fifteen needed professional help, and ten could not be repaired safely. Volunteers kept these categories separate and explained that collecting an item did not mean it had been successfully repaired. They also asked participants not to handle dangerous electrical parts.　和訳：地域センターは損傷した家庭用品50点を点検し、25点は簡単に修理可能、15点は専門家の支援が必要、10点は安全に修理できなかった。回収数と修理結果を混同せず危険な電気部品には触れさせなかった。

正解：A. Fifteen　専門対応が必要なのは15点。

英文：A museum planned a lecture about local architecture. It was originally scheduled for Room 3 at two o’clock. However, that room needed emergency repairs, so the lecture would be held in Room 7 at the same time. Visitors were asked to arrive ten minutes earlier to collect tickets. The museum confirmed that the lecture was still free.　和訳：建築についての博物館講演は当初2時に3号室の予定だったが修理のため同時刻に7号室へ変更。来訪者は券受取のため10分早く集合し、参加は無料のまま。

正解：B. Its room　2時と無料は変わらず会場だけ変更。

英文：A science club measured the temperature in a school garden after new trees were planted. The garden was cooler on a cloudy afternoon, but the teacher pointed out that clouds could have influenced the result. The students planned to repeat measurements under similar weather conditions before claiming that the trees had caused the change.　和訳：科学部は植樹後に菜園の気温を測り曇りの日に涼しかったが、曇り自体が影響した可能性があるため同じような天候で再測定してから木の効果を判断する予定だった。

正解：C. Cloud cover could have affected the temperature　雲が交絡要因で、木の単独の効果を断定できない。

英文：A school organized an English speech event. Each student could speak for up to four minutes and then answer one question. Short note cards were permitted, but reading a complete script from a phone was not allowed. The judges promised to provide written comments after the event. The winning speeches would be announced the following Monday.　和訳：学校は英語スピーチ大会を開催し発表は最長4分、質問1問。短いメモカードは使えるがスマホから全文を読むのは禁止。審査員の書面評価は大会後に提供し、優勝者は翌月曜発表。

正解：D. Read a full script from a phone　スマホから全文を読み上げることは禁止。

英文：A school opened an additional study room on Tuesday evenings. The room was used by thirty students in the first week and forty in the second. Teachers were pleased, but some students visited more than once, so the weekly totals were visits rather than necessarily unique students. They planned to compare the attendance records with students’ practice work to evaluate learning.　和訳：学校は火曜夕方に自習室を追加し、初週30回、2週目40回の利用記録があった。ただし同じ生徒が複数回来ているので実人数とは限らず、練習課題も比較して学習効果を評価する予定だった。

正解：A. Students’ practice work　学習成果を確かめるため練習課題を比較する。

英文：A town tested lights that became brighter when pedestrians approached. Some residents liked the system, while others worried that the path could be dark between visits. Officials measured electricity use and asked for opinions. They had not yet collected enough evidence to say the new lights were safer. The town planned to continue the trial before making a final decision.　和訳：町は人が近づくと明るくなる公園照明を試し、好評な人もいるが暗さを心配する人もいた。節電効果と意見を調べたものの安全性向上は未証明で、追加試行する予定。

正解：B. That the lights were safer　安全性は十分な証拠がない。

英文：A neighborhood center received seventy food packages from donors. After inspection, forty were ready for safe distribution, twenty needed special storage, and ten had to be removed. The organizers emphasized that the number of donations was different from the number that could be shared immediately. They also asked participants to disclose food allergies before accepting prepared meals.　和訳：地域センターが食品70包を受領したが、40包は安全な配布が可能、20包は特別な保管が必要、10包は撤去した。寄付数と即時配布数は違い、調理食品の受取前にアレルギー報告を求めた。

正解：C. Forty　即時配布可能40包。

英文：A town announced that a pedestrian bridge near the bus station would close for a week. Travelers could still reach the station by following an alternative path, but the walk would take about six extra minutes. The bus timetable would not change. The town asked residents to leave earlier and follow temporary safety signs during the repairs.　和訳：バス駅近くの歩道橋が1週間閉鎖され、迂回路で6分ほど余分にかかるがバスの時刻表は変わらない。住民は早く出発し安全標識に従う必要がある。

正解：D. About six extra minutes of walking　追加の徒歩6分。

英文：A nature center invited students to a photography workshop. The organizers provided printed guides and safety maps, but students were asked to bring their own cameras or phones. Children under thirteen had to attend with an adult. If dangerous winds developed, the outdoor activity would be replaced by an indoor lesson. Participants would receive an email before leaving home if the program changed.　和訳：自然センターは写真講座を開催。ガイドと安全地図は提供しカメラかスマホは持参、13歳未満は大人同伴。危険な強風なら屋内授業へ変更し、変更時は外出前にメールで連絡する。

正解：A. A camera or phone　カメラ・スマホは各自持参。

英文：A town library tried opening an hour earlier on Fridays during examination season. Students welcomed the change, but more staff hours were needed. The library decided to run the trial for four weeks and compare attendance with operating costs. It would not make the schedule permanent until it had reviewed the results and considered whether students had actually benefited.　和訳：町の図書館は試験季の金曜に1時間早い開館を4週間試行。生徒には好評だが職員費用も増えるので、出席数と費用と実際の学習便益を確認するまでは恒久化しない。

正解：B. Costs and benefits still needed evaluation　費用と便益の検証が必要。