IELTS ACADEMIC READING
IELTS Reading Matching information の解き方と練習問題
Matching information は、例・理由・比較・説明など、ある情報がどの段落に書かれているかを問う形式です。matching headings と違い、答えは本文の順に並んでいません。
例・理由・比較など、ある情報がどの段落に書かれているかを探します。同じ段落を 2 回以上使うことも、一度も使わない段落があることもあります。
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解き方
- 設問の文を読み、それがどんな種類の情報か（例・原因・日付・比較・定義）を見極めます。
- 探す手がかりになる語や考えを選び、それがどう言い換えられそうかを考えます。
- 段落をざっと見てその内容を探し、見つけたら文をていねいに読んで、正確に合っているかを確かめます。
- 同じ段落を 2 回以上使うことも、一度も使わない段落があることもある点を覚えておきます。
よくある間違い
- 答えが本文の順に並んでいると思い込む。たいていは順不同です。
- その話題に触れた最初の段落で止まってしまう。問われている具体的な情報は、別の段落にあるかもしれません。
- 情報の種類を無視する。例を問う設問には、話題に触れているだけでなく、実際に例を挙げている段落が必要です。
練習問題 1 問（解答つき）
本文を読んで答えを決めてから、解説を開いてください。どの問題も examplat の問題集から選んだもので、本番と同じ形式で作っています。
本文を読む
A Library for Everyone A In the early nineteenth century, a new book could cost as much as a labourer earned in a week. Working people who wanted to read usually had to join a subscription library, paying an annual fee that many could not afford, or rely on the few volumes owned by their church. B In the 1860s, a wealthy mill owner offered the town enough money to establish a library that anyone could use without charge. A disused chapel was converted for the purpose, and its reading room, stocked with daily newspapers, was soon crowded with workers who came in during their lunch hour. C Not everyone welcomed the gift. Several members of the town council argued that running costs would have to be paid from local taxes, which they wanted to keep low. Others worried that easy access to novels would distract workers from more serious reading. D Borrowing was strictly controlled at first. A reader had to obtain the signature of a local householder, who promised to pay for any book that was lost. Children under fourteen were not allowed to borrow, and readers could not browse: they chose a title from a printed catalogue and waited while a librarian fetched it. E Over the following decades, these rules were gradually relaxed. Shelves were opened to the public so that readers could look through the books themselves, a separate room was set aside for children, and the number of loans each year rose many times over.
Reading Passage "A Library for Everyone" has 5 paragraphs, A–E. Which paragraph contains the following information? NB You may use any letter more than once. an objection based on the cost to local people
- Paragraph A
- Paragraph B
- Paragraph C
- Paragraph D
- Paragraph E
正解と解説を見る
The answer is Paragraph C. Council members argued that 'running costs would have to be paid from local taxes'.
- Incorrect. A mentions the price of books and subscription fees, but these are not objections to the library.
- Incorrect. Paragraph B describes the gift that created the free library and its busy reading room; it contains no objection about cost.
- Correct. Council members argued that 'running costs would have to be paid from local taxes'.
- Incorrect. Paragraph D describes the strict early borrowing rules; it contains no objection about cost.
- Incorrect. Paragraph E describes how the rules were relaxed and use increased; it contains no objection about cost.
コツ: 'Objection' = 'argued that... which they wanted to keep low'. A cost mentioned as a fact is different from a cost used as an argument.
よくあるご質問
1 つの段落が 2 つ以上の問題の答えになることはありますか。
はい。指示文に別の定めがない限りあり得ます。指示文には、同じ記号を 2 回以上使ってよいと書かれていることが多いです。
matching information と matching headings はどう違いますか。
matching headings は各段落の要旨を問います。matching information は特定の情報がどこにあるかを問うもので、その情報は段落のごく一部のこともあります。
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