【大問１】英検準2級（2023-3）

Silvia tried to buy some concert tickets online. However, she could not ( 　) the website

because many other people were trying to use it at the same time.

• deliver
• access
• increase
• embarrass

Oh no! A page of my math textbook has fallen out! We can fix it with some of this ( ).

• bacon
• tape
• soil
• mass

Are you happy that you moved to a different part of the city? I like my new ( ). It’s quiet, the people who live there are friendly, and it’s convenient for shopping, too.

• climate
• entrance
• neighborhood
• monument

Excuse me. How do I get to Parkville Station? Take this train to Anderson Station. Then, you need to ( ) to one of the trains that go to Colby Station. They all stop at Parkville Station.

• boil
• transfer
• cause
• achieve

Harvey is so tall that he can touch the ( ) of his bedroom even when he is standing on the floor.

• ceiling
• crossing
• medium
• stadium

The company’s profits have grown ( ) because sales of its products have gone up by about 5 percent each year for the last 10 years.

• steadily
• willingly
• falsely
• angrily

Was your soccer game ( ) by the heavy rain? Luckily, the game had already finished by the time it started raining.

• hoped
• supposed
• affected
• warned

Brenda loves fantasy stories about witches. She read a story about a girl who had ( ) powers and used them to help her friends.

• magic
• general
• wealthy
• bitter

Although Mike and his brother often fought when young, their ( ) has gotten better since they grew up.

• population
• material
• relationship
• chapter

Honey, what do you think of this blue dress? It ( ) the color of your eyes.

• matches
• joins
• lifts
• serves