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（東京・東海・中四国・福岡会場）
英　語
（60 分）
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（リスニング問題）　この問題は試験開始 10 分後に始まる。
これから放送する対話文は、ある外国の店でのケイコ（Keiko）と店員（clerk）によるも
のである。次の設問 A と設問 B にそれぞれ答えよ。なお、対話文と設問 A の質問は 2 度放
送される。また、放送中に問題用紙にメモをとってもかまわない。
設問Ａ対話文の内容について英語で 4 つの質問を行う。それぞれの質問に対する最も適
当な答えを選び、記号で答えよ。
（１）
（ア）One.
（イ）Two.
（ウ）Three.
（エ）Four.
（２）
（ア）Because Yumi didn’t like the color of the *figure.
＊）figure：置き物
（イ）Because the figure was very expensive.
（ウ）Because Yumi liked dogs better than cats.
（エ）Because Yumi had many cat figures.
（３）
（ア）Yumi *was crazy about dogs.　＊）be crazy about：～に夢中である
（イ）Yumi didn’t want shirts with cat prints on them.
（ウ）Yumi wanted a blue cat *pin.　＊）pin：ブローチ、ピン
（エ）Yumi wanted a cheap present.
（４）
（ア）Because the clerk couldn’t give her a *discount.　＊）discount：割引
（イ）Because the blue cat pin was too expensive to buy.
（ウ）Because she didn’t have to buy a present for Yumi.
（エ）Because she was returning to Japan two days later.
設問Ｂケイコは青い猫のブローチを包装代も含めていくらで買うことになったのか。その
金額を算用数字を用いて答えよ。
―　1　―
２
次の英文をよく読み、本文の内容に合う最も適当な英文を 4 つ選び、記号で答えよ。
（＊は、
あとに注釈のあることを示す。）
In the 15th century, a family with 18 children lived in a small village in Germany.
The family was very poor, but Durer had a dream when he was very young. He wanted
to be an artist. Of course, he knew his father couldn’t pay for his education.
But Durer refused to give up his dream, and one day he knocked on the door of a
famous artist. To his surprise, he was invited to become an *apprentice, and then he
met Hans, an *eternal friend. The two encouraged each other during the difficult times
to do their best, but they had trouble even buying things.
*At this rate, they would both fail. One day, they talked seriously about their future.
They both understood the situation. But they couldn’t just walk away from their
dreams. They talked until they reached a *conclusion.
One would go on to art school, and the other one would work to pay the *tuition. It
was a necessary but difficult decision. Each of them tried to *convince the other that
he should be the one to work and send the other to school. But finally, Hans made the
decision. Durer would go to school first, and Hans would work in the *coal mine. They
would do this for four years, they agreed.
From that day, Durer and Hans worked hard. Durer spent all his energy on painting,
and Hans worked in dark and dangerous mines night and day to pay for Durer’s
education.
With Hans’s support, Durer’s paintings began to sell little by little, until he was able
to open an *exhibition. It was clear to everyone that his future was bright.
Finally, Durer *made a triumphant return to his hometown, and the first thing he did
was to go to Hans’s home.
“Hans, I’m finished. Now it’s my turn to support you,” he said.
“Thank you, Durer,” Hans replied. “I’m so happy for your success, but look at my
hands...”
When Durer looked, he saw hands that had long held a hammer in the mines, *gnarled
hands, *crooked fingers that could never move freely. He saw hands that would never
hold a brush again. The *stunned Durer turned and left.
He realized that his success had been built on the *sacrifice of Hans. He felt a deep
*sin for stealing Hans’s life as an artist. Hans would never hold a brush again. He felt
he could never meet Hans again. He was too ashamed. But in deep sadness, Durer
returned to Hans’s home to ask for *forgiveness.
A light came from his room. Looking into the room, he saw Hans *praying with his
heart and placing his gnarled hands together.
―　2　―
“Dear God,” Hans prayed, “Durer feels so sad because of me, but I’m happy with my
life – I can walk with Durer. Please bless Durer. He shouldn’t *blame himself. Please
always bless him.”
Albrecht Durer is one of the most famous painters ever. His works hang in museums
around the world. But his most famous painting is a simple one called “The Praying
Hands.”
The hands aren’t the delicate hands of an artist. They are the gnarled hands of a
miner in prayer – the hands of someone who worked and prayed only for the success of a
friend.
＊）
apprentice：見習い　eternal：永遠の　at this rate：この調子では　conclusion：結論　tuition：授業料　convince ～ that…：～に…を納得させる
coal mine：炭鉱　exhibition：個展　make a triumphant return：意気揚々と戻る
gnarled：ごつごつした　crooked：曲がった　stunned：ぼう然とした
sacrifice：犠牲　sin：罪　forgiveness：許し　pray：祈る　blame：責める
（ア）
Durer gave up becoming an artist because his family was too poor to pay for his
education.
（イ）
Durer and Hans were able to buy enough things for painting because they
encouraged each other.
（ウ）
Durer and Hans decided that Durer would go to art school first and Hans would
work in the coal mine.
（エ）
Four years after Durer spent all his energy on painting, Hans began to go on to
art school.
（オ）
Hans was able to open his exhibition because Durer bought his paintings little by
little.
（カ）
When Durer made a triumphant return to his hometown, he told Hans to become
an artist next time.
（キ）
Hans wasn’t able to become an artist because he worked too hard in the coal mine
to hold a brush again.
（ク）
Durer stole Hans’s dream of becoming an artist and was so ashamed that he
didn’t return to Hans’s home.
（ケ）
Though Durer asked Hans to forgive him, Hans blamed him for sacrificing Hans’s
life as an artist.
（コ）
The Praying Hands painted by Durer are Hans’s hands placed together to pray
only for the success of Durer.
―　3　―
３
次の英文は、酸性の水（acidic water）についての英文である。本文をよく読み、あとの
問いに答えよ。
（＊は、あとに注釈のあることを示す。）
I was in sixth grade, and I needed to do a science-fair project. I was worried about the
environment even then and the environmental problem to be worried about was acid
rain at that time. You remember acid rain? Air pollution causes rain to become more
acidic and damages the forests.
I decided to do an experiment about acid rain for the science fair. In the experiment,
I used two sets of plant and gave standard *tap water to one of them, and more acidic
water (
①
) the other. Unsurprisingly, the plant which was given the acidic water
grew poorly. (
②
) the plant which was given the standard tap water didn’t do well
either.
So that experiment wasn’t so successful, but it gave me a great idea: more acidic water
can be dangerous to plants. And ③ that may happen to many sea creatures because
CO2 *emitted by humans makes the ocean more acidic. あ　The ocean has got about
1/3 of *carbon that humans have sent into the air, and the carbon makes the ocean more
acidic. い　But even such small changes will make big differences ― especially on
the weakest creatures. う　え　American *researchers caught a lot of young *Atlantic longfin squids in the
ocean. They took the squids back to the *lab. Some were kept in *tanks with a *pH of 8
(the pH level of the ocean today) ― 7 is *neutral, anything under 7 acidic and anything
over 7 *basic, so the ocean now is (
④
). The other squids were kept in tanks with
a pH level of 7.3 ― the level that the ocean might finally reach in the next 100 to 200
years.
They found that the eggs of squids in the more acidic tanks took about 24 hours longer
to *hatch. That’s not good ― ⑤if it takes the eggs longer time to hatch, fish and other sea
creatures will get more chances to eat them. Those young squids were also smaller than
the squids which were grown in the more basic water, and those in the acidic tanks had
strange shapes of body.
So a more acidic ocean might not be ( ⑥ ) for squids. That’s bad for the squid, but
squids are also a key part of the *marine food chain, so it’s also bad for the other sea
creatures. And it’s not so great for us because squids are eaten all over the world. Of
course, we already know that more acidic ocean ― and climate change ― won’t be good
for us.
―　4　―
＊）
tap water：水道水　emit：排出する　carbon：炭素　researcher：研究者
Atlantic longfin squid：イカの一種　lab：研究所　tank：水槽
pH：ペーハー ( 溶液の酸性・アルカリ性の強さを示す )　neutral：中性 ( の )
basic：アルカリ性 ( の )　hatch：孵 ( ふ ) 化する　marine food chain：海の食物連鎖
問１（　①　）
（　②　）（　⑥　）に入る最も適当な語を選び、記号で答えよ。
（　①　）
：（ア）to
（エ）from
（　②　）
：（ア）And
（エ）Finally
（　⑥　）
：（ア）careful
（エ）healthy
（イ）in
（ウ）for
（オ）at
（イ）So
（ウ）But
（オ）Especially
（イ）dirty
（ウ）hard
（オ）serious
問２下線部③が指す内容を 25 字以内の日本語（句読点を含む）で答えよ。
問３次の英文を入れるのに最も適当な箇所はどこか。本文中の　あ　～　え　より選び、
記号で答えよ。
Right now those changes in the ocean are still small.
問４（ ④ ）に入れるのに最も適当な語を本文中から抜き出して答えよ。
問５下線部⑤を日本語にせよ。ただし、them の指すものを明らかにすること。
問６本文の内容に合う最も適当な英文を２つ選び、記号で答えよ。
Acid rain makes the air more acidic and damages the forests.
（ア）
The ocean becomes more acidic because it gets all of the carbon humans
（イ）
make.
American researchers kept groups of squids in tanks with different levels of
（ウ）
pH.
The ocean might finally reach pH 6 in the next 100 to 200 years.
（エ）
The eggs in the more acidic tanks were smaller than those in the more basic
（オ）
water.
The more acidic ocean is not good for squid and the other sea creatures, and it
（カ）
will also be bad for humans.
―　5　―
４
次の英文をよく読み、あとの問いに答えよ。（＊は、あとに注釈のあることを示す。）
When a team was caught in traffic in New York’s Times Square, one of the members,
Paul Archer, saw that the taxi meter climbed to more than $100,000. Over the past 13
months, Mr. Archer and two college friends, Mr. Purnell and Mr. Ellison, have traveled
more than 32,000 miles around the world from London to New York, in a black Londonstyle taxi. They named the taxi Hannah. As many taxi drivers do, they have taken the
*scenic route.
Since leaving the U.K. in February last year, the team has driven into a *snow bank in
Finland, hit a street light in China, and experienced problems with local police officers
and soldiers from Russia to Iran to the United States. The team hasn’t had a serious
accident yet. Along the way, they have given rides to ① countless people, though none
were actually *charged for the ride. “
A
,” says Mr. Archer. He is a business college
student and his goal is to *set a new world’s record for the longest taxi ride. And his
another goal is to get money through ② corporate sponsorships for the British *Red
Cross.
The *previous record was a 21,691-mile, four-month taxi ride from London to Cape
Town, South Africa. It was set in 1994 by Jeremy Levine and Mark Aylett, of the U.K.,
and Carlos Arrese of Spain. At the end of the trip the taxi meter read $64,645.
Mr. Archer and his friends got the idea for the trip as they were leaving a British
restaurant a few years ago. ③ (how / of / them / one / go / a taxi meter / wondered / high
/ could). Soon after, they bought the 19-year-old taxi for $2,000 and started planning the
trip. Not long after starting the trip, they discovered they left all their maps at home.
So they have depended on computers. “Most of the routes were pretty simple.
B
,”
says Mr. Purnell, a member of the team.
There have been other difficulties, such as finding ships to move over the sea between
different *continents. At Singapore their taxi was carried by a ship at a cost of $3,000.
The trip from Sydney to California, also in a ship, cost $6,000, and the taxi was held for
nearly two weeks. Mr. Archer and his team’s record was over the old record four months
ago along a road at the foot of the Himalayas. While in Tibet, they decided to set a
second record for the highest taxi ride below Mount Everest.
As *proof of their total distance that they have traveled, the team keeps one notebook
that records the names of all the places they have passed through, and the other guest
book in which many *comments were written by people who have met ④ them along the
way. And, of course, the meter is always running. Around 2 p.m. Monday, as they drove
through New York, that meter hit $109,954.
Later in Brooklyn, a police car came as he tried to *pull a U-turn on a street to get
back to the Brooklyn Bridge.
―　6　―
“Where are you going?” an officer shouted from his car.
“　C　,” Mr. Archer replied.
“Well, you keep on going,” the officer said back.
Turkey has had the highest prices at the gas stations, but those in the U.S. are the
lowest. ⑤ Of all the troubles, Iran came closest to ending the trip.
The team passed over the *Iranian border in mid-August, about a week after the
relationship between Iran and the U.K. got worse. From Iran, Mr. Archer and Mr.
Purnell flew to Dubai to get a *visa to enter Pakistan. ⑥ On their return, they were not
allowed to enter again and sent back to Dubai. A few days earlier, they say, the Iranian
secret police looked for the taxi and Mr. Archer. Instead, Mr. Ellison, who already had a
visa to enter Pakistan and stayed behind in Iran, was forced to go for the Pakistan-Iran
border without ⑦ the other two. But he wasn’t alone. A strong soldier followed him to
the border.
“ ⑧ I’ve never been so happy to see a taxi,” Mr. Archer says. He met the taxi with Mr.
Ellison on the Pakistan side of the border.
By the end of their trip, Mr. Archer and his team will have traveled nearly 50,000
miles through 39 countries, four continents and more than 40 international borders.
And what will they do when they reach the finish line back in London? “　D　,” says
Mr. Archer.
＊）
scenic route：景色のいいルート　snow bank：雪のふきだまり　charge：請求する
set：達成する　Red Cross：赤十字　previous：前の　continent：大陸
proof：証明　comment：コメント　pull a U-turn：U ターンをする　Iranian border：イランの国境　visa：ビザ（入国許可証）
問１下線部①と②の意味に最も近いものを選び、記号で答えよ。
①：（ア）a couple of
（ウ）so many
（イ）a few
（エ）a dozen
②：（ア）paintings by companies （イ）spaces by companies
（ウ）exchanges by companies （エ）gifts by companies
問２本文中の　A　～　D　に入る最も適当な英文を選び、記号で答えよ。
Around the world
（ア）
I will fly to the U.K. as soon as possible
（イ）
We wouldn’t want to get into trouble with any local taxi drivers
（ウ）
I guess we’ll have to get real jobs or something
（エ）
Just go a thousand miles down this road, then turn left
（オ）
―　7　―
問３下線部③の（　）内の語（句）を、本文の内容に最も合うように並べかえて、完
成させよ。ただし、文頭に来る語も小文字で示してある。
問４下線部④と⑦が指しているものをそれぞれ選び、記号で答えよ。
④：（ア）the other guests
（イ）comments in the notebook
（ウ）Mr. Archer and two members（エ）the names of all the places
⑦：（ア）Mr. Archer and Mr. Purnell （イ）Mr. Ellison and Mr. Purnell
（ウ）the taxi and Mr. Archer
（エ）the two Iranian secret police officers
問５下線部⑤を日本語にせよ。
問６下線部⑥の説明として最も適当なものを選び、記号で答えよ。
イランからドバイに戻ってきたとき
（ア）
ドバイからパキスタンに戻ってきたとき
（イ）
パキスタンからイランに戻ってきたとき
（ウ）
ドバイからイランに戻ってきたとき
（エ）
問７下線部⑧について、なぜアーチャーがそのように言っているのか。最も適当なものを
選び、記号で答えよ。
この旅ではもう会えないと思っていたタクシーに会えたから。
（ア）
トラブル続きの長旅で不運を招くタクシーに会いたくなかったから。
（イ）
１台のタクシーで旅をしているとその他のタクシーは目に入らないから。
（ウ）
国境あたりで兵士に奪われたタクシーを見つけることができたから。
（エ）
問８次の問いに対して、本文の内容と一致する答えを選び、記号で答えよ。
（１）
In addition to setting a new record, what do Mr. Archer and his two friends
want to do?
They want to drive on all continents.
（ア）
They want to earn money for college.
（イ）
They want to get money for the Red Cross.
（ウ）
They want to find jobs with the Red Cross.
（エ）
（２）
After they got the idea for the trip, what was the first thing the group did?
They started testing old taxi meters.
（ア）
They worked part-time jobs.
（イ）
They started looking for a new taxi.
（ウ）
They bought a used taxi.
（エ）
―　8　―
５
次の日本文を英語に直せ。
① こんな寒い日には１杯のコーヒーほどいいものはない。
② 君は 3 か月前に買った車をもう売ってしまったのですか。
③ メアリー（Mary）って見た感じは物静かだけど、意見ははっきり言うよね。
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