2004 年度英語第１次試験問題
1. 次の英文を読み , 下記の設問に答えなさい。（18 点）
One area of confusion when talking about immigrants is deciding who exactly is a foreigner. Here the key distinction
ais between someone who is ‘foreign-born’ and someone who has a foreign nationality — that is, who travels on a passport
issued by another country. Any immigrant who naturalizes as a citizen of their new country immediately ceases to be a‘foreigner’ but he or she will always be foreign-born. According to the US census for 1990, 7.9% of the population wereforeign-born, but only 4.7% were still foreigners because the rest had become naturalized citizens. This means that theproportion of foreigners will depend to a certain extent on [become, how, to, is, a, it, citizen, easy]. In France,
sfor example, the proportion of residents who are foreigners has remained fairly stable since 1975, at 6 to 7%, but theproportion who are foreign-born is probably around 11%. In Germany on the other hand, naturalization has traditionallybeen more difficult so the proportion of foreigners remains ().

dA further complication is that some people regard anyone belonging to an ethnic minority (f) an immigrant, even

if they have been born in that country. In the United Kingdom around 6% of the population belong to a minority ethnic
group. The foreign-born however are only 4%, and many of those are ‘white’ people who have come from Europe,
Australia and elsewhere.
問１ .

下線部a を言い換えたものとして , もっとも適切なのは次の(ア)〜(エ)のどれか , 記号を○で囲め。

(ア) the number of foreigners(イ) the ethnicity of a foreigner(ウ) the lifestyle of a foreigner(エ) the definition of a foreigner

問２ .

sの括弧内の語を , 意味の通るように並べ換えなさい。

問３ .

空欄d に入るべき最も適切な語は , 次の(ア)〜(エ)のどれか , 記号を○で囲め。

(ア) lower(イ) higher(ウ) stable(エ) unstable

問４ . 空欄fに適切な１語を補いなさい。

(問５ .

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本文によると , 一般に「外国人」と呼ばれる人々が３種類いる。その３種類の人たちを簡潔に記しなさい。

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問６ . 本文の内容に合致するように , 次のq, wの文の空所に適切な数値を入れなさい。
q1990 年の合衆国の国勢調査において , 帰化を果たした者の人口比は〔w フランスにおける外国出生者の割合は , 英国の〔〕倍にはとどかないが , それに近い数値である。

2. 次の英文の空所に適切な語を補いなさい。（12 点）
a Student: When do we have to turn (Teacher: They’re () our assignments? （提出する）) next Friday. （締め切りである）

s I can’t distinguish one twin () the other.

d Student A: Do you have a date tonight?

Student B: Yeah. Ken asked me (f The (). We’re going to a new restaurant.

) price of commodities in Japan is terrible. （物価高）g It is rude to speak () your mouth full.

〕％である。

3. 次の英文を読み , 下線部 a, s を和訳しなさい。（10 点）
aMost of us hardly give glass a thought, but imagine waking in a world where glass has been stripped away oruninvented. All glass utensils have vanished, including those now made of similar substances such as plastics which would
not have existed without glass. All objects, technologies and ideas that owe their existence to glass have gone.
sWe feel for the alarm clock or watch: no clock or watch, however, for miniaturized clocks and watches cannot exist

without protective facing of glass. We grope for the light switch. But there can be no light switch, for there is no glass
for the light bulb. When we draw back the curtains, a blast of air strikes us through the glassless windows.
as4. 現在日本では, 大変な「ペットブーム」であるといわれています。
このようなペットブームが起きた背景, 現状, 問題点について , 外国からの訪問客に英語で説明しなさい。特に語数は指定しないが , 与えられた解答スペースの範囲内に収めること。
（10 点）

5. 次の英文を読んで , 後の問いに答えなさい。（20 点）
You can’t predict the twists and turns of your life, and neither you nor anyone else can consistently and reliably
forecast the financial markets or the economy — not even Alan Green Span. So how in the world can you figure out how
much money you have to put aside to support you in your retirement years? It’s like trying to assemble a puzzle whencritical pieces are ( A ) and you’re not even sure what the final picture should look like.
You have little choice, however, (B) to try — “particularly the closer you are to retirement,” says a financial

planner, “because you have less time to fix it if you get off track.”
Planners suggest that you start by coming up with a realistic estimate of your projected expenses for the first year ofretirement. Some pre-retirement expenses will drop, of course. The cost of commuting, business apparel, and other worka

related items will dwindle. And you might decide to pay off your mortgage, eliminating a significant monthly payment.
Some expenses, however, will rise — such as health-care, and perhaps travel and entertainment. “When you run thenumbers, add a cushion,” warns a certified financial planner.
Getting through that exercise will be difficult enough, but your next assignment will be harder. Now that you knowsyour expenses, you’ll have to guess at the rate of return you expect to receive on your retirement nest egg and how manyyears you think your savings will have to ( C ).
Judging multiple “if then” variables is difficult even for professionals. Small changes in anticipated expenses, expectedannual return, and number of years in retirement can dramatically shrink or balloon the calculated size of the nest egg.
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空欄（ A ）（ B ）（ C ）に入れるのにもっともふさわしいものを選んで丸で囲め。
（6 点）(A) (a) missing(b) there(c) collecting(d) here(B) (a) but(b) in order not(c) as(d) so as(C) (a) get(b) last(c) be wasted(d) be losts 下線部aを日本語に訳しなさい。
（4 点）

d 下線部sの指す内容を日本語で簡潔に書きなさい。
（6 点）

f 下線部dが本文の中で何を意味しているかを７字以内の日本語で書け。
（4 点）

6. 次の表現の英語の訳語を書きなさい。（20 点）

a子守歌

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国民年金

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宮内庁

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記者会見

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裁判員h

自動販売機

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豆乳k身代金l

日帰り旅行

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格差

7. 次の文章を英語に訳しなさい。（10 点）
飲食施設において , 席料や , 税金 , サービス料などを請求する際に , 外国人客があらかじめ了解していなかったとして , 支払いを拒否しトラブルの原因となる場合が少なくありません。それでは, せっかくの美味しい料理と心のこもったサービスも後味の悪いものになってしまいます。外国人客に , 日本と自国との習慣や制度上の相違を正確に理解しておいてもらうことが大切です。