穴埋めエクササイズ 問081 (2016/10/11更新)
- 【2016/10/11】
- 以下の空欄に入る最も適切なものを選択肢(1)~(3)の中から選んでください。
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- Thousands of people [ ] when the company declared it would restructure the entire organization.
- (1) fired
- (2) was fired
- (3) were fired
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- 【答え】
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(3) were fired
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- 【解説】
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- (3) were fired
- 文脈から、空欄には受け身を表す受動態が入ることがわかります。主語のThousands of peopleは複数なので、(3) were firedが正解となります。
- Thousands of people were fired when the company declared it would restructure the entire organization.
- 訳:会社が組織全体の再編を発表したとき、何千人もの人々が解雇されました。
- ●その他の選択肢●
- (1) fired(受動態ではないので×)
- (2) was fired(wasは単数形なので×)