Q1. The new marketing campaign was launched to ______ the company’s presence in the Asian market.
A. extend
B. extensive
C. extension
D. extensively
Q2. The manager requested that all employees ______ their expense reports by the end of the day.
A. submit
B. submits
C. submitted
D. will submit
Q3. ______ his excellent performance, Mark was promoted to senior analyst within a year.
A. Although
B. Because
C. Due to
D. Despite
Q4. The report must be completed and ______ to the head office by Friday.
A. submit
B. submitting
C. submitted
D. submits
Q5. The conference was postponed ______ the flight cancellations caused by the storm.
A. because
B. due to
C. although
D. since
Q6. The company offers a flexible work schedule to ensure that employees can maintain a good work-life ______.
A. balance
B. balanced
C. balancing
D. balances
Q7. Ms. Tanaka will not attend the meeting ______ she has another appointment with a client.
A. unless
B. because
C. while
D. although
Q8. The technician must double-check the machine before it is ______ into operation.
A. put
B. putting
C. puts
D. to put
Q9. Our company’s new advertising strategy is designed to attract ______ customers.
A. potential
B. potentially
C. potentials
D. potentiality
Q10. The CEO stated that the company’s future success depends ______ innovation and teamwork.
A. of
B. on
C. to
D. with
✅ 解答・詳しい解説
Q1 → A. extend
🎯 目標スコア：850点
“to + 動詞の原形” は目的を表す不定詞。
→ 「アジア市場での存在感を拡大するために」→ extend が正解。
Q2 → A. submit
🎯 目標スコア：900点
“request that + S + 原形動詞” は仮定法現在。
→ 動詞は原形の submit。
Q3 → C. Due to
🎯 目標スコア：870点
「優れた業績が原因で」→ 原因を表す前置詞 due to。
Despite は「〜にもかかわらず」で反対の意味。
Q4 → C. submitted
🎯 目標スコア：860点
“be + p.p.” の受動態構文。
→ 「完成し提出されなければならない」→ submitted。
Q5 → B. due to
🎯 目標スコア：850点
「嵐によるフライトの欠航が原因で」→ due to が自然。
Q6 → A. balance
🎯 目標スコア：800点
“work-life balance” は定番表現。名詞が必要。
Q7 → B. because
🎯 目標スコア：830点
「〜なので」→ 理由を表す接続詞。
他の選択肢では文意が合わない。
Q8 → A. put
🎯 目標スコア：880点
“be + p.p.” の受動態→ “be put into operation”（稼働に入れられる）。
Q9 → A. potential
🎯 目標スコア：860点
“attract + 形容詞 + 名詞” の形→ potential customers（見込み客）。
Q10 → B. on
🎯 目標スコア：840点
“depend on”＝「〜に依存する」。熟語を正確に覚える。
🎯 スコア換算の目安
| 正答数 | 予想スコア範囲 |
|---|---|
| 10問 | 950〜990点 |
| 8〜9問 | 880〜940点 |
| 6〜7問 | 800〜870点 |
💡 学習ポイントまとめ
- 仮定法現在（request, suggest, insistなど）は原形！
- due to / because of などの原因表現の使い分け
- 受動態 + to 不定詞（be submitted, be put など）は頻出
- コロケーション（work-life balance, potential customer）を覚える
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