【2024 年度 松山大学 人文学部英語英米文学科

一般編入学・学士入学試験】(60 分)

次の英語文を読んで、以下の問題に答えなさい。
When, in the employ of Spain, the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus sailed westward across theAtlantic and reached land in 1492, he was convinced he ( 1 ) reached those parts of Asia which, in thosedays, were vaguely referred to as “the Indies.” Even though this was found to be a mistake, the islands uponwhich he landed are still called the West Indies to this day. Its native inhabitants were called “Indians” byColumbus, and this term spread to all the natives of the new lands Columbus had discovered. It wasn’t until
1498, on his third voyage, that Columbus got past the islands and landed on the mainland of the newterritories.
Other explores had ( 2 ) sailing westward meanwhile and some reached the mainland before Columbus
did. One of these was another Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci, or, in the Latinized version,Americus Vespucius.
Vespucius described his explorations in two letters ( 3 ) which he claimed to have reached the mainlandin 1479, a year before Columbus. In these letters he describes the territories he explored not as a part of the“Indies,” but as a “new world.” That began the habit of referring to the land of the western hemisphere as
the New World and to that of the eastern ( 4 ) the Old World.
A German mapmaker, Martin Waldseemüller, was much impressed by Vespucius’s letters. He waspreparing a map of the world in which he showed the new lands as separate continents and not as parts ofAsia. He felt that since Vespucius was the first to reach the mainland and the first to recognize them as
separate continents, those continents ought to ( 5 ) named in his honor. In 1507, the name America first
appeared on a map, therefore.
However, most modern historians strongly doubt Vespucius’s truthfulness. It is quite possible Vespucius
exaggerated his own achievements and that the proud name America is all a mistake.

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Ⅱ. 各質問に対して正答を選び、その記号を解答用紙に記入しなさい。
問 1: What did Christopher Columbus believe he had reached when he landed in 1492?
A) AsiaB) AfricaC) The Americas
D) Australia
問 2: When did Columbus first land on the mainland of the new territories?
A) 1492
B) 1498
C) 1479
D) 1507
問 3: Who claimed to have reached the mainland in 1479, a year before Columbus?
A) Christopher ColumbusB) Martin WaldseemüllerC) IndiansD) Americus Vespucius
問 4: How did Amerigo Vespucci describe the territories he explored in his letters?
A) As a part of the “Indies”
B) As a “new world”
C) As the Old WorldD) As separate continents
問 5: Why did Martin Waldseemüller believe the new lands should be named after Amerigo Vespucci?
A) Because he was the first to reach Asia.
B) Because he recognized them as separate continents.
C) Because he was a German mapmaker.
D) Because he sailed with Christopher Columbus.

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【2024 年度 松山大学 人文学部英語英米文学科

一般編入学・学士入学試験】

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