英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習 第54セット｜会話15問＋説明文15問【独自30台本・全訳と解答】

Transcript: W: Is the history lecture still in the room next to the main entrance? M: No. That room is being painted, so we will use the upstairs conference room. The lecture still begins at two. W: I’ll tell my classmates to go upstairs.

正解：A. In the upstairs conference room
根拠：upstairs conference room。
和訳：女：歴史講演は正面入口の隣？男：その部屋は塗装中なので上階の会議室へ変更。開始は2時のまま。女：友達に伝える。

Transcript: M: Have you finished the map for our town project? W: Almost. I discovered that the hospital’s opening date was wrong, so I am checking the original newspaper. M: Please correct the date before you print the display.

正解：B. Check and correct an opening date
根拠：checking original newspaper, date wrong。
和訳：男：町の地図は完成？女：ほぼ。病院の開設年が違うと分かり原本新聞を確認中。男：印刷前に訂正して。

Transcript: W: Should I bring safety gloves to tomorrow’s science workshop? M: The center will provide gloves. You need to bring a notebook and a water bottle, though. W: All right. I already have both.

正解：C. Safety gloves
根拠：center provides gloves。
和訳：女：明日の理科講座に手袋は持参する？男：センターが用意。ノートと水筒が必要。女：両方持っている。

Transcript: M: I used to catch the bus beside the museum. Is that still correct? W: No. Repair work has moved the stop to the south side of the public park. The bus still leaves every thirty minutes. M: I’ll walk to the park.

正解：D. South of the public park
根拠：south side of public park。
和訳：男：前は博物館横のバス停で乗っていた。今も？女：工事で公園南側へ移った。30分間隔は同じ。男：公園へ行く。

Transcript: W: The old notice says the library opens at nine on Saturday. M: The new notice says nine thirty because the staff need extra time for equipment checks. W: Then I’ll arrive a little after nine thirty.

正解：A. 9:30
根拠：new notice nine thirty。
和訳：女：旧通知は土曜9時開館。男：新通知は器具点検のため9時半。女：9時半少し過ぎに行く。

Transcript: M: Can I share the school interview video today? W: The recording is finished, but we are still checking its captions and permissions. The approved version should be ready tomorrow. M: I’ll wait for the final file.

正解：B. Tomorrow
根拠：approved version ready tomorrow。
和訳：男：学校インタビュー動画を今日共有できる？女：録画は完成だが字幕と許可を確認中で承認版は明日予定。男：待とう。

Transcript: W: I applied for the museum’s special tour. Is my place confirmed? M: Not yet. The tour has only sixteen places, and accepted visitors will receive an email on Friday. W: I’ll wait before buying a ticket.

正解：C. An acceptance email
根拠：accepted visitors will receive email Friday。
和訳：女：特別ツアーに応募した。席は確定？男：定員16で金曜に採用者へメールする。女：券はまだ買わない。

Transcript: M: I thought the photography session started at eleven. W: That’s when the main exhibition opens. The small workshop begins at ten fifteen, and you should arrive ten minutes early. M: I’ll be there at ten five.

正解：D. 10:05
根拠：he says ten five。
和訳：男：写真講座は11時開始？女：それは本展示の開始。小講座は10時15分で10分前集合。男：10時5分に行く。

Transcript: W: Did you check all six weather sensors? M: Yes, but two had damaged covers. We can use the other four today. W: I’ll record that in our equipment log.

正解：A. Four
根拠：six minus two＝four。
和訳：女：天候センサー6台を確認した？男：2台のカバーが傷んでおり今日は残り4台を使える。女：器具記録に書く。

Transcript: M: The history club wants to post your family’s old photo on its website. Is that okay? W: We agreed to classroom display, but public online use needs separate permission. M: I’ll ask the club to contact your family again.

正解：B. Separate online publication permission
根拠：public online use separate permission。
和訳：男：歴史部が家族の古写真をサイトへ載せたい。よい？女：教室展示は同意したけどネット一般公開には別許可が必要。男：部へ再連絡を求める。

Transcript: W: Can my younger brother repair this old electric fan at the beginner’s workshop? M: Electrical repairs must be handled by trained workers. He can practise sewing a loose button instead. W: I’ll bring the jacket with a loose button.

正解：C. A jacket
根拠：bring jacket with loose button。
和訳：女：弟は初心者講座で古い電気扇風機を修理できる？男：電気修理は訓練済み作業員が必要。代わりにボタン付けならよい。女：上着を持参する。

Transcript: M: Is Mika presenting the results at tomorrow’s meeting? W: She prepared the charts, but Taro is responsible for the presentation. I’ll check the microphone. M: I’ll ask Taro about his speaking time.

正解：D. Taro
根拠：Taro responsible for presentation。
和訳：男：明日の結果発表はミカ？女：ミカは図表作成で発表はタロウ担当。女はマイクを確認する。男：タロウに時間を聞く。

Transcript: W: Are we still going to the wetland at eight tomorrow? M: Heavy rain is expected, so the outdoor observation has been canceled. Instead, a nature lecture will be held in the library at nine. W: I’ll go to the lecture.

正解：A. A nature lecture at the library
根拠：nature lecture library at nine。
和訳：女：明日8時の湿地観察は行く？男：大雨予報で屋外観測は中止。代わりに9時から図書館で自然講座。女：講座へ行く。

Transcript: M: We took ninety photographs during the school event. Can we put them all online? W: We only have sharing permission for sixty. The rest must stay private until we check with the people shown. M: Let’s separate the approved images.

正解：B. Sixty
根拠：permission for sixty。
和訳：男：行事で写真90枚撮った。全部ネット公開できる？女：60枚だけ共有許可があり、残りは写る人への確認まで非公開。男：承認済みを分けよう。

Transcript: W: Did all fifty registered people attend the reuse workshop? M: No, eight were absent, so forty-two attended. We also recorded how many items were repaired separately. W: That’s useful for the final report.

正解：C. Forty-two
根拠：50 minus 8 equals 42。
和訳：女：登録50人は全員リユース講座へ来た？男：8人欠席なので42人出席。修理品の数は別に記録。女：報告に役立つ。

Transcript: A town introduced an instrument-lending library for children who wanted to try music lessons. During its first month, staff recorded two hundred loans. Some families borrowed more than one instrument, so the librarian said this was not the number of different households served. Volunteers inspected each item when it was returned. The town planned to compare maintenance costs, actual borrowers, and damaged equipment before deciding whether to expand the service.

正解：A. They were not 200 different households
根拠：loans not unique households。
和訳：町は子ども向けの楽器貸出を始め初月200回の貸出を記録した。複数楽器を借りる家庭もあり異なる200家庭を意味しない。返却時に器具を点検し、保守費・固有借用者・損傷品を比較して拡大を判断する。

Transcript: A school history club received forty historical documents to organize. Thirty-three had been scanned by Friday, but seven still needed cleaning and careful handling. The teacher asked students to check dates against old newspapers rather than guess from photographs. The club could use approved images in class, while online publication required separate permission. Students planned to attach sources to every public description.

正解：B. Seven
根拠：40 minus 33 equals 7。
和訳：学校の歴史部は40資料の整理を担当し金曜までに33点をスキャン、7点は清掃と丁寧な扱いが必要。写真から年を推測せず古新聞と照合した。授業利用とネット公開の許可は別で、公開説明には出典を付ける予定だった。

Transcript: Students measured water temperatures at two points near a beach. One afternoon, the water by a concrete wall was warmer than the water near a sandy area. A student claimed that the wall caused the difference, but the teacher explained that depth and observation time might also matter. The group planned to use more similar conditions and repeat the measurements before discussing causes.

正解：C. Other conditions might explain the temperature difference
根拠：depth and time could also matter。
和訳：生徒は海辺の2地点で水温を測り、コンクリート壁近くが砂地より暖かかった。壁が原因と主張する生徒もいたが水深や観察時刻も関係する可能性があり、条件をそろえて再測定する予定となった。

Transcript: A local theater tested captions for an educational performance. Twelve volunteers watched the first version. Nine said that the captions were easy to follow, but three found the text too fast. Staff adjusted the timing and planned another test. The organizer explained that positive comments from a small trial could not prove the captions were suitable for every visitor.

正解：D. Adjust caption timing
根拠：adjusted timing and planned another test。
和訳：劇場は教育上演の字幕を12人で試し、9人は読みやすいと回答したが3人は速すぎると答えた。職員は表示時刻を直し再試験する。少人数の好結果は全来訪者への適合を証明しない。

Transcript: A neighborhood center held a free workshop about repairing simple furniture. Forty-eight people registered, but only forty-one attended. Several participants brought electrical devices, which were not suitable for the beginners’ session. The instructor asked them to contact qualified technicians instead. The center recorded completed repairs separately from attendance and did not claim that every repair would last for years.

正解：A. Forty-one
根拠：forty-one attended。
和訳：地域センターの家具修理講座は登録48人・出席41人。電気器具を持参した人もいたが初心者向けではなく技師へ相談するよう案内した。修理完了件数と出席人数を分けて記録し、修理の長期耐久を保証しなかった。

Transcript: A park prepared a new map showing paths to an observation deck. During a trial, some visitors found that the shortest route included stairs. Staff identified a longer route with a gentle ramp and asked people with different mobility needs to test it. The park did not announce that every path was fully accessible before collecting broader feedback and completing a final safety inspection.

正解：B. A longer route with a gentle ramp
根拠：longer route gentle ramp。
和訳：公園は展望台への新地図を作ったが短い道には階段があった。職員は緩いスロープを使う長い経路を特定し多様な移動ニーズの人で試した。広い意見と最終安全検査が済むまで全道を利用しやすいとは断定しない。

Transcript: A school invited students to a digital science workshop. Sixty people submitted online applications, but ten were missing signed permission forms. The school asked those applicants to provide the documents by Thursday. Staff also explained that receiving a form did not automatically mean acceptance, because the optional experiment had only thirty places. Accepted students would receive a confirmation email on Friday.

正解：C. Friday
根拠：email on Friday。
和訳：学校のデジタル科学講座へ60人応募したが10件の署名済み許可書が欠けていた。木曜までに提出を求め、書類受領だけでは定員30人の希望制実験に採用されたことにならず、採用者へ金曜に確認メールを送る予定だった。

Transcript: A town closed an old pedestrian bridge after workers found damage to a railing. Repairs were completed on Tuesday, but a safety inspection was still scheduled for Thursday. Officials asked residents to use a marked alternative route until the inspection confirmed the bridge was safe. The town warned that completing repairs was not the same as final approval to reopen.

正解：D. After the safety inspection confirmed it was safe
根拠：inspection required before reopening。
和訳：町は欄干損傷により歩道橋を閉鎖し修理は火曜に完了したが検査は木曜予定。安全確認までは指定の迂回路を使うよう求めた。修理完了は再開の最終承認ではない。

Transcript: A librarian invited one hundred students to answer a survey about reading habits. Sixty replied, and thirty-six respondents said they read for at least twenty minutes each day. The librarian explained that sixty percent of respondents reported this habit, but this did not mean sixty percent of all invited students did. The school planned to contact nonrespondents before making a broader statement.

正解：A. 60%
根拠：36÷60＝60%。
和訳：司書は100人へ読書調査を送り60人が回答、そのうち36人が毎日20分以上読むと答えた。回答者の60％だが招待者全体の60％とは限らず、未回答者に連絡してから広い結論を出す予定だった。

Transcript: Students created a timeline of an old railway station. The first label said the station opened in 1918. A historical newspaper showed that construction began in 1918 but passengers first used the building in 1920. The students corrected the label and added the newspaper as a source. They also asked permission before using old photographs on the school’s public website.

正解：B. 1920
根拠：passengers first used in 1920。
和訳：生徒は旧駅の年表を作り、最初の開業年1918年は実は着工で乗客利用開始は1920年と分かった。ラベルを訂正して古新聞を出典に付け、写真の学校サイト公開前には許可を確認した。

Transcript: A library tested opening a study room on two evenings each week. During the first month, seventy-five reservations were made, but only sixty-two visits were recorded. Some people booked several times. The manager decided to measure unique visitors as well as reservations before expanding the service. The town approved another month of testing, not daily opening.

正解：C. Unique visitors
根拠：measure unique visitors separately。
和訳：図書館は週2回の夜間自習室を試した。予約75件に対し来訪62回で重複予約者もいたため固有の利用者も計測することにした。町が承認したのは追加1か月の試行で毎日開館ではない。

Transcript: Students joined a community gardening activity after completing a safety lesson. A volunteer noticed broken glass near the planting area and told the supervisor instead of touching it. A trained worker removed the glass. The teacher reminded everyone that following safety rules was more important than planting the largest number of flowers.

正解：D. A trained worker
根拠：trained worker removed glass。
和訳：生徒は安全講習修了後に菜園活動へ参加した。職員が植栽区域近くの割れたガラスに気づき、自分で触れず監督へ知らせ、訓練済みの作業員が撤去。植えた花の数より安全規則が重要だった。

Transcript: A town tested bicycle sharing near a railway station. During one month, staff recorded four hundred rentals. Officials warned that this did not mean four hundred unique users, since one person could borrow a bicycle more than once. The town planned to compare operating costs, safe parking areas, and unique users before considering permanent expansion.

正解：A. They did not equal 400 different users
根拠：repeat rentals possible。
和訳：町は駅近くで自転車共有を試し、月400回貸し出した。同じ人が複数回借りるため異なる400人ではない。費用・安全な駐輪・固有利用者数を比べ恒久拡大を判断する予定だった。

Transcript: A community center organized a language exchange for teenagers. Volunteers reminded participants to ask politely when they did not understand an answer. They also explained that photographs or recordings could be shared publicly only if the people involved had given permission. A finished recording was not automatically approved for online publication.

正解：B. Permission from people involved
根拠：people involved permission。
和訳：地域センターは十代の言語交流を企画。返答が分からない時は丁寧に聞き返し、写真・録音は関係者の許可がある場合だけ一般公開できる。録音が完成しても公開承認済みとは限らない。

Transcript: A school planned an outdoor astronomy observation for Saturday. The first forecast predicted clear skies, but the latest official forecast expected heavy rain. The teacher canceled the outdoor activity and arranged an indoor lesson about stars at the same starting time. Students were asked to use the updated notice rather than the earlier plan.

正解：C. An indoor lesson about stars
根拠：indoor lesson about stars。
和訳：学校は土曜の屋外星空観察を企画したが最新の公式予報は大雨となった。教師は屋外を中止して開始時刻は同じまま室内の星の授業へ変更した。生徒は古い計画でなく更新通知を使うよう求められた。