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② 次の英文を読んで,下の各問いに答えなさい。
It is a well-known fact that most Japanese students cannot converse (1) English. This is
sometimes because they have nothing to say and are poor conversationalists even in Japanese: in order
to talk, one must usually have something to talk about! But often their lack of fluency in English is the
result of a kind of false modesty: they are unwilling to "show off" their knowledge of English in front
5 (3) other Japanese. Or they simply fear to make mistakes, and this fear prevents them (4)
expressing themselves fluently. It is a fear frequently expressed in the unnecessary apology: "Please
excuse my bad English" or "I wish I could speak better English." Also, when I am with a group of
Japanese students for the first time - perhaps we have met casually on the street or on a train-and
one boy in the group starts trying to speak to me in English, his brave efforts are nearly always met
10 with laughter from his friends who probably know less English than he does.
(1) (①) (③) (④)に入る適当な語を次の中から1つずつ選び、記号
