1　Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

⑴　The tickets for the concert sold out in only thirty minutes.
＝ The tickets for the concert sold out in no more than thirty minutes.

⑵　It will cost you not more than 5,000 yen to repair the radio.
＝ It will cost you 5,000 yen at the most to repair the radio.

2　Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

⑴　私は真実がわかると，怒るというより悲しくなりました。
＝ When I found out the truth, I was more sad than angry.

⑵　そのデパートの販売戦略は成功に終わった。
＝ The department storeʼs sales strategy resulted in success.

⑶　夜が近づいたので，私たちは家路についた。
＝ With〔As〕 night coming〔came〕 on, we started for home.

3　Put the words in parentheses in the correct order.

⑴　ジョンは指導力においてクラスメイトよりも優れている。
John is ( his classmates / superior / leadership / to / in ).
→ John is superior to his classmates in leadership.

⑵　キャシーはそのうわさを聞いて，いっそう息子のことが心配になった。
Cathy ( more / all / worried / the / felt ) about her son after she heard the rumor.
→ Cathy felt all the more worried about her son after she heard the rumor.

⑶　ヒロシはその２つのうち難しいほうのトピックをレポートに選んだ。
Hiroshi chose ( topic / difficult / of / more / the two / the ) for his report.
→ Hiroshi chose the more difficult topic of the two for his report.

Put the Japanese sentences into English, referring to the passage. Use the words in the parentheses, changing their form if necessary.

⑴　 鉄道網の発達により，多くの人々が一度に遠方へ移動することが可能になった。（railroad network, allow）

⑴　The development of railroad networks allowed large numbers of people at a time to move to distant places.

⑵　 地球の外の宇宙に関する私たちの知識が増えるにしたがって，宇宙計画の目的はより特定的（specific）で明確なものになってきている。（as, outside, purpose）

⑵　As our knowledge of space outside the Earth has grown, the purposes of space projects have become more specific and clear.