PSAT PSAT-Reading

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PSAT PSAT-Reading 試験概要:

PSAT PSAT-Reading 試験シラバストピック:

PSAT-Reading試験について受験前に知っておきたいこと

PSAT-Reading試験の概要を教えてください

PSAT-Reading試験は、「PSAT/NMSQT (予備SAT/全米奨学金資格テスト)」認定を取得するための試験です。認定レベルは大学進学前 / 高校生向け標準化テストに位置づけられています。関連する認定にはPSAT/NMSQT Math Section、SAT (Digital SAT Suite)などがあり、キャリアパスに合わせた学習計画を立てやすい資格体系となっています。Jpshikenでは、この試験に対応した258問の練習問題を用意しています。

PSAT-Reading試験の問題数と試験時間はどれくらいですか？

PSAT-Reading試験の問題数は54、試験時間は64 分となっています。問題数を試験時間で割ると1問あたりに使える時間は意外と短く、読み込みに時間のかかる長文問題では特にペース配分が重要です。Jpshikenのテストエンジンには制限時間つきの模擬試験モードがあるため、本番と同じ時間設定で258問の練習問題を解きながら、時間切れを防ぐ解答リズムを身につけられます。

PSAT-Reading試験の合格点と受験料はいくらですか？

PSAT-Reading試験の合格基準点は該当なし (合否基準なし)、受験料はUSD 18 (米国における標準受験料、学校によって異なる場合があります)です。万が一不合格になった場合、再受験には再度全額の受験料が必要になるため、本番前に十分な得点力があるか確認しておくことが大切です。Jpshikenの模擬試験で繰り返し自己採点し、安定して合格基準を上回る状態になってから受験を申し込むことをおすすめします。

PSAT-Reading試験に受験資格はありますか？

PSAT-Reading試験の受験条件について、公式情報では次のように案内されています。必須の前提条件はありません。通常、高校生（10〜11年生）が受験します。。受験条件は変更される場合があるため、お申し込みの前に公式ページで最新の要件をご確認ください。

PSAT-Reading試験の申し込み方法を教えてください

PSAT-Reading試験は、以下の公式窓口からお申し込みいただけます。

• PSAT/NMSQT 申し込み情報

試験方式は認定されたテストセンター（学校）での実施、Bluebookアプリによるデジタル配信です。申し込みのタイミングや会場の空き状況は時期によって変わるため、受験予定日が決まったら早めに手続きを済ませるのがおすすめです。

PSAT-Reading試験の公式トレーニングはありますか？

PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test - Readingの対策として、公式では以下のトレーニングが推奨されています。

• Khan Academy 公式SAT練習問題

公式トレーニングで基礎を固めたうえで、Jpshikenの258問の練習問題を解けば、知識の定着度を本番形式で確認できます。

購入前にPSAT-Reading練習問題を試すことはできますか？

はい、Jpshikenでは無料サンプルをご用意しており、購入前に問題の傾向や解説の構成をご確認いただけます。また、ご購入後は365日間の無料更新サービスが付いているため、試験内容の改訂にも追加費用なしで対応できます。更新期間の終了後も、継続更新を50%割引でご利用いただけます。

万が一PSAT-Reading試験に合格できなかった場合はどうなりますか？

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PSAT-Reading試験ではどのようなトピックが出題されますか？

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PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test - Reading 認定 PSAT-Reading 試験問題：

問題 #1
Also the Emperor became more and more excited with curiosity, and with great suspense one awaited the
hour, when according to mask-law, each masked guest must make himself known. This moment came,
but although all other unmasked; the secret knight still refused to allow his features to be seen, till at last
the Queen driven by curiosity, and vexed at the obstinate refusal; commanded him to open his Vizier. He
opened it, and none of the high ladies and knights knew him. But from the crowded spectators, two
officials advanced, who recognized the black dancer, and horror and terror spread in the saloon, as they
said who the supposed knight was. It was the executioner of Bergen. But glowing with rage, the King
commanded to seize the criminal and lead him to death, who had ventured to dance, with the queen; so
disgraced the Empress, and insulted the crown. The culpable threw himself at the Emperor, and said:
"Indeed I have heavily sinned against all noble guests assembled here, but most heavily against you my
sovereign and my queen. The Queen is insulted by my haughtiness equal to treason, but no punishment
even blood, will not be able to wash out the disgrace, which you have suffered by me. Therefore oh King!
allow me to propose a remedy, to efface the shame, and to render it as if not done. Draw your sword and
knight me, then I will throw down my gauntlet, to everyone who dares to speak disrespectfully of my king."
All of the following would qualify to support the secret knight being labeled a "criminal" 1st paragraph
EXCEPT:

A. he was executioner of Bergen.
B. he danced and fraternized with royalty.
C. he disobeyed the mask-law.
D. he represented himself as a knight.
E. he was physically in the saloon.

問題 #2
He was a un-common small man, he really was. Certainly not so small as he was made out to be, but
where IS your Dwarf as is? He was a most uncommon small man, with a most uncommon large Ed; and
what he had inside that Ed, nobody ever knowed but himself: even supposin himself to have ever took
stock of it, which it would have been a stiff job for even him to do. The kindest little man as never growed!
Spirited, but not proud. When he travelled with the Spotted Baby though he knowed himself to be a nat'ral
Dwarf, and knowed the Baby's spots to be put upon him artificial, he nursed that Baby like a mother. You
never heerd him give a ill-name to a Giant. He DID allow himself to break out into strong language
respectin the Fat Lady from Norfolk; but that was an affair of the 'art; and when a man's 'art has been
trifled with by a lady, and the preference giv to a Indian, he ain't master of his actions.
He was always in love, of course; every human nat'ral phenomenon is. And he was always in love with a
large woman; I never knowed the Dwarf as could be got to love a small one. Which helps to keep 'em the
Curiosities they are.
One sing'ler idea he had in that Ed of his, which must have meant something, or it wouldn't have been
there. It was always his opinion that he was entitled to property. He never would put his name to anything.
He had been taught to write, by the young man without arms, who got his living with his toes (quite a
writing master HE was, and taught scores in the line), but Chops would have starved to death, afore he'd
have gained a bit of bread by putting his hand to a paper. This is the more curious to bear in mind,
because HE had no property, nor hope of property, except his house and a sarser. When I say his house,
I mean the box, painted and got up outside like a reg'lar six-roomer, that he used to creep into, with a
diamond ring (or quite as good to look at) on his forefinger, and ring a little bell out of what the Public
believed to be the Drawing-room winder. And when I say a sarser, I mean a Chaney sarser in which he
made a collection for himself at the end of every Entertainment. His cue for that, he took from me: "Ladies
and gentlemen, the little man will now walk three times round the Cairawan, and retire behind the curtain."
When he said anything important, in private life, he mostly wound it up with this form of words, and they
was generally the last thing he said to me at night afore he went to bed.
He had what I consider a fine mind--a poetic mind. His ideas respectin his property never come upon him
so strong as when he sat upon a barrel-organ and had the handle turned. Arter the wibration had run
through him a little time, he would screech out, "Toby, I feel my property coming--grind away! I'm counting
my guineas by thousands, Toby--grind away! Toby, I shall be a man of fortun! I feel the Mint a jingling in
me, Toby, and I'm swelling out into the Bank of England!" Such is the influence of music on a poetic mind.
Not that he was partial to any other music but a barrel-organ; on the contrary, hated it.
He had a kind of a everlasting grudge agin the Public: which is a thing you may notice in many
phenomenons that get their living out of it. What riled him most in the nater of his occupation was, that it
kep him out of Society. He was continiwally saying, "Toby, my ambition is, to go into Society. The curse of
my position towards the Public is, that it keeps me hout of Society. This don't signify to a low beast of a
Indian; he an't formed for Society. This don't signify to a Spotted Baby; HE an't formed for Society. I am."
Which selection best interprets "Chops would have starved to death, afore he'd have gained a bit of bread
by putting his hand to a paper" 4th paragraph

A. He would starve before borrowing money to buy bread.
B. He would starve before he would agree to anything.
C. He would starve before wrapping paper around food showing distrust in the preparation of same.
D. He would starve before he would accept charity from anyone.
E. He would starve before signing a performance contract as a phenomenon.

問題 #3
Although often confused with each other, global warming and ozone depletion are two separate problems
threatening Earth's ecosystem today. Global warming is caused by the build-up of heat-trapping gases in
the atmosphere. It was dubbed the "greenhouse effect" because it is similar to a greenhouse in that the
sun's rays are allowed into the greenhouse but the heat from these rays in unable to escape. Ozone
depletion, however, is the destruction of the ozone layer. Chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons and
methyl bromide react with ozone, leaving a "hole" in the ozone layer that lets dangerous UV rays through.
Both are serious threats to life on Earth. While the greenhouse effect maintains the appropriate
temperature for life on Earth, problems are exacerbated when the quantity of greenhouse gases in the
Earth's atmosphere increases drastically. When this occurs, the amount of heat energy that is insulated
within the Earth's atmosphere increases correspondingly and results in a rise in global temperature.
An increase of a mere few degrees Celsius does not appear very threatening. However, numbers can be
deceiving. When you consider that the Ice Age resulted from temperatures only slightly cooler than those
today, it is obvious that even very subtle temperature changes can significantly impact global climate.
Global warming threatens to desecrate the natural habitats of organisms on Earth and disturb the stability
of our ecosystem. The climate changes that would result from global warming could trigger droughts, heat
waves, floods, and other extreme weather events.
Like most other environmental problems, humans are the cause of global warming. The burning of fossil
fuels is largely responsible for the increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Every time someone drives a car or powers their home with energy derived from power plants that use
coal, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide
and methane have risen meteorically since preindustrial times, mainly due to the contributions of factories,
cars, and large-scale agriculture. Even if we immediately stopped emitting greenhouse gases, we would
continue to see the effects of global warming for decades because of the damage we have already
inflicted.
Despite the pessimistic outlook, there are things that can be done to reduce global warming. Although the
problem may seem overwhelming, individuals can make a positive difference in combating global
warming. Simple things like driving less, using public transportation, and conserving electricity generated
by combustion of fossil fuels can help reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. It is important to realize
that it is not too late to make a difference.
If everyone does what they can to reduce their contributions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, the
efforts of people around the world will act in concert to thwart the progression of global warming. If the
effort is not made immediately, the delicate global ecosystem could be thrown irreversibly out of balance,
and the future of life on Earth may be jeopardized.
As used in this passage, exacerbated (line 19) means

A. exasperated
B. embittered
C. improved
D. annoyed
E. worsened

問題 #4
The storyteller's __________ anecdotes earned her the __________ attention of the crowd.

A. meandering. .distracted
B. moribund. .lucid
C. compelling. .rapt
D. poignant. .abrasive
E. pointed. .spellbound

問題 #5
In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured,
garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to
do, and I hereunto append the result. I have a lurking suspicion that Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth; that
my friend never knew such a personage; and that he only conjectured that, if I asked old Wheeler about
him, it would remind him of his infamous Jim Smiley, and he would go to work and bore me nearly to
death with some infernal reminiscence of him as long and tedious as it should be useless to me. If that
was the design, it certainly succeeded. I found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the barroom stove
of the old, dilapidated tavern in the ancient mining camp of Angel's, and I noticed that he was fat and
bald-headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance.
He roused up and gave me good-day. I told him a friend of mine had commissioned me to make some
inquiries about a cherished companion of his boyhood named Leonidas W.
Smiley--Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley--a young minister of the Gospel, who he had heard was at one time a
resident of Angel's Camp. I added that, if Mr. Wheeler could tell me anything about this Rev. Leonidas W.
Smiley, I would feel under many obligations to him.
What is the significance of the information "he was fat and bald-headed, and had an expression of
winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance" in 2nd paragraph to the narrator?

A. Wheeler's unassuming nature allowed the narrator to let his guard down to Wheeler's garrulous side.
B. This allowed the narrator to be reassured due to Wheeler's "tranquil countenance."
C. Wheeler's winning gentleness calmed the narrator allowing an open discussion as to his business.
D. The narrator was hesitant about meeting someone unknown and his countenance settled his nerves.
E. This made the narrator feel reassured that his friend from the East was serious.

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