2 0 2 4 年度

一般選抜

学力検査（外国語）「コミュニケーション英語Ⅰ・コミュニケーション英語Ⅱ・
コミュニケーション英語Ⅲ・英語表現Ⅰ・英語表現Ⅱ」

設問 【 1 】～【 8 】【 1 】～【 5 】Ⅱ

【5】
Ⅲ

マーク式
解答番号

1

～

36

記述式
外

【6】
Ⅰ・Ⅱ

【 6 】Ⅲ ～【 8 】

マーク式
解答番号
記述式

37

～

46

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【 1 】 次の対話文が自然な流れをもつように、

1

～

6

に入る最も適当な応答

文を、それぞれ①～④の中から選び、マーク解答用紙（1）にマークしなさい。
解答番号は、
（1） 1

～
（6） 6

。

（配点 18 点）［Two students are talking.］

A：Wow, that math test was really hard. How do you think you did?
B：

1

（1）①

,
I m doing fine, thank you. Do you have a little free time now?

②

You told me that it was going to be tough, so I was prepared.

③

It was no problem for me at all. How do you think you did?

④

Not too bad, I think, but there were a few tough questions.

A：Only a few? I thought most of them were impossible!
B：

2

（2）①

Well, our teacher did tell us which parts of the textbook to
prepare.

Well, what do you expect when your teacher is quite impossible?
,③ Well, it wasn t possible for me to answer all of the questions②

either.
④

Well, you should have said something before we went in the
room.

外

,
A：Did she? When did she say that? I don t remember that at all.

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B：

3

You never remember anything that I tell you. Please be careful.
,② She didn t tell you either. That was unfair, and very bad of her.

（3）①

③

You must have been asleep in the last class. She told us twice.

④

She probably found that test just as difficult as it was for us.

A：Was that in the class the day after your birthday party last week?
,
B：That s the one. I remember that you looked exhausted the next day, andyou were late.

A：

4

（4）①

,
You remember me very well! I m very happy to have you as mybest friend.
,② That s right. I overslept! I got home really late that night and,couldn t sleep.
,③ The later the better! I m much happier being sick than having to
go to school.
④

The breakfast was best! I love a strong mug of coffee early inthe morning.

B：I had the same problem, but lots of coffee for breakfast helped.
A：

5

,
,
You really shouldn t go to sleep while you re eating breakfast.
,
It s unhealthy.
,② What are you saying to me? You d prefer having a coffee to（5）①going to class?
③

That was smart of you. Would you like a coffee now? Do you

have time?
,④ I d rather not hear about all your problems. They just make me
feel worse.

,
B：Good idea. Yes, my next class isn t until after lunch. How about you?
A：

6

,
,
It s the same for me. I paid last time, so it s your turn today.
,② I have to tell you something. It s my turn to pay this time.

（6）①

③

Yes, I have one more class before lunch too. Shall we go?

You were the one who suggested that we had some coffee.
,
B：So you did. OK, the coffees are on me today. Let s go.
④

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【 2 】 次の各組において、それぞれ①～⑦の語を空所に入れて日本語とほぼ同じ意味の英文を完成させたい。その場合、

7

～

12

に入れるのに最も適当なもの

を、それぞれ①～⑦の中から選び、マーク解答用紙（1）にマークしなさい。
解答番号は、（1） 7～（6） 12。

（配点 24 点）（1）再生可能エネルギーに対して、再生不能エネルギーとは、石油、天然ガス、石炭のように再生することが不可能な資源、つまり供給が限られていて、見境なく使えばやがては枯渇する資源をもとにしている。

In

energy, non-renewable energy comes from non-7

renewable resources such as oil, natural gas, and coal, resources
supply and will eventually be exhausted, if usedblindly.
①

in

②

to

③

are

⑤

renewable⑥

limited⑦

contrast④ that（2）18世紀後半のイギリスで始まった産業革命は、19世紀前半にはアメリカの農業、製造業、輸送などに変化をもたらし、その変化はさらに、この国の社会的、経済的、文化的な状況に大きな影響を与えた。
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The Industrial Revolution, which began in England in the late eighteenth
century,in American agriculture, manufacturing

8and transportation in the early 19 th century,
a great impact on social, economic and cultural conditions of thecountry.
①

had②

brought

③

in

⑤

which

⑥

changes

⑦

turn

④

about

（3）最近発表されたスポーツと健康についての調査によれば、ジョギングやスイミ
ングなど、より強度の高い運動はいうまでもなく、1日に30分歩くだけでも寿命を延ばせる可能性があるという。

According to a recently published research on sports and health,more intensive activities such as jogging and swimming,
just walking for thirty minutes a9①

mention

②

add

③

day

⑤

to

⑥

not

⑦

years

④

to your life.

may（4）あるカルチュラル・スタディーズの専門家は、テレビの登場により人々がドラマを見る経験は格段に増えたが、そのことが人間の生活や想像力に与えている
影響についてはまだ十分に検討されていないと指摘している。

An expert in cultural studies

the arrival

10,of television considerably increased people s experience of watching
human life and imagination have not yet

drama, but
been fully examined.
①

on

②

out

③

effects⑤

pointed

⑥

its

⑦

has

④

that
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（5）1859年に出版されたダーウィンの『種の起源』は、人類やその他の動物は神の創造物ではなく、何百万年もの間に自然淘汰のプロセスを経て現在の姿に進化してきたと唱え、大論争を巻き起こした。

,
Darwin s On the Origin of Species, published in 1859,by proposing that humans and other animals are not divine creations,but have evolved

now over millions of years

11through a process of natural selection.
①

what

②

are

③

controversy ④ to⑤

caused

⑥

they

⑦

great

（6）インフレに苦しむ南米の国で「バスに乗れ、タクシーに乗るな」という「生活の知恵」を聞いたことがある。バスの運賃は前払いだが、タクシーは後で払うので、その間にインフレが進んでしまうからだそうだ。

In a South American country, I heard a piece,of“wisdom of life”that says,“Take a bus, don t take a taxi.”This isbecause the bus is paid for in advance, while the taxi is paid for later,
12 .

and inflation
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①

from

②

in

③

rises

⑤

meantime⑥

inflation⑦

the④ suffering

【 3 】 次の（1）～（10）の各文には 4 か所下線が施してある。そのうち 1 か所を訂正すれば、その文は正しい英文になる。その箇所をそれぞれ①～④の中から選び、マーク
解答用紙（1）にマークしなさい。
解答番号は、（1） 13～（10） 22。

（配点 20 点）（1）①Which is urgently needed now is to find out ②how and ③to what

extent world poverty can be ④reduced in the near future.

13（2）He ①picked up the pace in the last half of the race, ②whoever hecould not ③win the championship ④by a narrow margin.

14,（3）The more I heard of the professor s idea ①as to the ②reductionof food waste, ③more interested I ④became in it.

15（4）At ①sometimes in the late nineteenth century, an ②influx of

immigrant workers ③led to a major change in the language④used in the region.

16（5）Only by understanding ①fully how various animal species②dependent on nature ③can we help them ④survive in thechanging environment.

17

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（6）In ①such a confused and distracted state ②was she that I could③make almost nothing ④in what she said about the accident.

18,（7）①Unexpectedly, the international student s Japanese language

abilities ②proved to be ③far higher than ④that of the average
Japanese student.

19

（8）To put it ①simple, the sociologist saw ②much in ③common,
between theatrical performances and people s ④everyday actions.

20（9）Mahatma Gandhi, ①with his idea of“non-violence”, was a person②whom inspired civil ③rights movements ④across the world.

21（10）There were so many scientists who ①involved in the inventionof television ②that it is difficult to ③name a single person④as its inventor.

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22

【 4 】 次の（1）～（4）の A の文に対する B の応答として、最も不適切なものを、それぞれ①～④の中から選び、マーク解答用紙（1）にマークしなさい。
解答番号は、（1） 23～（4） 26。

（配点 16 点）（1）A：We were so close on that business deal. What a pity it failed.

B： 23① Yes, we were. If only our final price had been a little lower.
②

You did your best, but the others were too strong against us.

Yes, you should have put it in a safer place than on the table.
,④ You can t blame yourself. You did all that you possibly could.
③,（2）A：I ve told you before. Your trip is out of the question.

B： 24① Which of my questions led you to agree with me?

Please say yes. My other friends are allowed to go.
,③ I know you aren t happy, but please hear me out.
,
④ You re not listening. I have no choice but to go.
②,（3）A：Can you walk a little more slowly? I can t keep up with you.

B： 25
① You really need to take more exercise. Try a bit harder.

,
You don t seem to have much energy today. Are you OK?
,③ You should be the one in front, then. I ll follow your pace.
,,④ You don t need to keep it. I don t want to go back either.
②

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,

（4）A：I m not sure if you will believe me about what happened yesterday.

B： 26① I can understand why you are a little reluctant to talk about it.
②,,
I m glad you told me. I ve never heard anything like that before.

I must admit that it was a surprise, but I want to hear your side.
,④ I hope you can explain it to me. I m still rather confused about it.
③

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【 5 】 次の英文を読み、下記の設問Ⅰ、Ⅱに対する最も適切な答えを、それぞれ①～④の中から選び、マーク解答用紙（1）にマークしなさい。また、下記の設問Ⅲの英文を和訳し、記述解答用紙（E）に記入しなさい。
解答番号は、Ⅰ（1） 27～（5） 31、Ⅱ（1） 32～（5） 36。

（配点ⅠⅡ 35 点、Ⅲ 5 点）,
In September 1940, one of archaeology s most exciting discoveries wasmade by four French teenagers and possibly a dog. Versions of the story
differ in detail, but Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel andSimon Coencas came across a hole in the ground in woods near the villageof Montignac in south-west France. Whether they had a dog called Robot
with them and it chased a rabbit into the hole is uncertain. Another version
has Ravidat finding the hole and taking the other three back with him.
There was a local story about a secret tunnel that led to buried treasure
and the boys thought this might be it. After dropping stones into the hole
to get an idea of how deep it was, one by one they went cautiously down
into what proved to be a narrow hole. It led down 15 metres to a cavewhose walls were covered with astonishing paintings. Marsal said later thatgoing down the shaft was terrifying, but the paintings were‘a procession
外FC4of animals larger than life’that‘seemed to be moving’. The boys were
worried about getting back up again, but they managed it using their elbows
and knees. Tremendously excited, they promised each other to keep theirdiscovery a secret and explored it again the next day. After that theydecided to show it to friends for a tiny admission fee.
The news quickly spread and so many people came to see the cave that theboys consulted their schoolmaster, Leon Laval, who was a member of thelocal prehistory society. He suspected it was a trick to trap him in the hole,
but when he went cautiously down and saw the paintings he immediately
felt sure they were prehistoric and insisted that no one must be allowed totouch them and they must be guarded against damaging. The youngest of theboys, 14-year-old Marsal, persuaded his parents to let him pitch a tent near
the entrance to keep guard and show visitors round. It was the start of a（a）dedication to the paintings which lasted to his death in 1989.

Word of the discovery reached the Abbé Breuil, an eminent prehistorian,
who affirmed that the paintings were （b）genuine. The sensational news
spread through Europe and the rest of the world and in 1948 the family that
owned the land organised daily tours that eventually brought thousands ofvisitors every year to see for themselves.
There were more paintings in galleries that led off the main cave andthey （c）confirmed previous discoveries, which had showed that, unlike otheranimals, the first human beings believed in religion, magic and art. They
buried their dead formally with equipment for another life and they may
have believed in a great mother goddess, the source of all life. They seemto have had a deep sense of the spiritual, of something outside human beings
that is powerful and mysterious.
The thousands of visitors to Lascaux did not （ d ）mean to harm thepaintings, but they did, simply by breathing on them. It caused water
damage. High-powered lighting added to the damage and the paintings began
to fade. Lascaux was closed to the public in 1963, and only experts wereallowed in. A replica of the site was built close by for the public in 1983and draws 300,000 visitors a year. Efforts to protect the original paintings
are continuing. In 2009 the French ministry of culture brought close to 300
experts from many different countries together in Paris to consider ways
to stop the further damage. Their recommendations were published in 2011,
but misgivings about the site have not been（e）wiped out.
（By Richard Cavendish, published in History Today Vol 65 Issue 9,
September 2015）

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Ⅰ According to the passage, choose the best answer.
（1）How were the cave paintings discovered?
①

Four French boys ran after a rabbit and dropped into a holewhere the paintings were concealed.

②

Four French boys discovered them in a cave lying deep in theearth to which they climbed down.

③

Four French boys and their dog were hunting for treasures but
found the cave paintings instead.

④

Four French boys were afraid of going down into the earth but
one boy Marsal was courageous.

27（2）What is said about showing the cave paintings to the general public?
①,
The French boys teacher was convinced that they were very rare
and told the boys to stop showing them.

②

A French expert on prehistory spread the news about them andbegan a campaign for attracting tourists.

③

The boy Marsal built an entrance gate to the caves and guarded
them against tourists entering the caves.

④,
At first they were shown only to the boys friends but soon afterthat they began to be shown more widely.

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（3）What does the writer say about tourists coming to see the paintings?
①

Too many tourists inevitably damaged the paintings, with theirbreathing and with the strong illumination needed.

②

After tourists were prohibited from entering the caves in 1963,
people were unwilling to see what the paintings were like.

③

The caves lost their charm as a tourist spot because the generalpublic could not see the actual paintings after 1983.

④

A big conference of experts held in 2009 published its report in2011, which finally solved the problem of tourism.

29

（4）What may have been the purpose of the cave paintings?
①

Prehistoric humans seem to have believed that painted animals
would begin to move like real animals.

②

The purpose of the paintings was probably to leave to later ages
what the prehistoric animals were like.

③

The paintings may have had some relation to religion or magic in
which prehistoric humans believed.

④

The paintings might be replicas of the animals which prehistoric
humans buried for another life for the dead.

30（5）Which is not true about the discovery of the cave paintings and thefollowing events?
①

The cave paintings, dealing with animals, are not realistic

miniatures of real animals.
,② The French boys teacher thought at first that they had somescheme to treat him badly.
③

The boy Marsal was to work for the sake of the paintings fornearly 50 years until his death.

④ After the first discovery of the cave paintings, more of them were

found in nearby caves.

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Ⅱ Choose the word(s) that can best replace the underlined word(s).
（1）（a）dedication：（2）（b）genuine：（3）
confirmed：（c）（4）（d）mean：（5）（e）wiped out：①

commitment②

objective③

promise④ responsibility①

not new② not historical③

not fake④ not real①

corresponded to②③

referred by④ turned down①

reject② intend③seem④ prefer①

erased②③polished④ refused32

33

backed up
34

35

damaged36

Ⅲ Translate the underlined part into Japanese:

The boys were worried about getting back up again, but they managed itusing their elbows and knees.
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解答番号は、Ⅰ（1） 37～（5） 41、Ⅱ（1） 42～（5） 46。

（配点ⅠⅡ 35 点、Ⅲ 5 点）,,
How many people in the world speak English? That s hard to say. We renot even sure how many native speakers there are. Different （a）authorities
put the number of people who speak English as a first language at anywhere
between 300 million and 400 million. That may seem imprecise, but there aresome sound reasons for the vagueness. In the first place, it is not simply amatter of taking all the English speaking countries in the world and adding,
up their populations. America alone has forty million people who don t speak
English — about the same as the number in England who do speak English.
Then there is the even thornier problem of deciding whether a personis speaking English or something that is like English but is really a quite
separate language. This is especially true of the many English-based creoles
in the world, such as Krio, spoken in Sierra Leone, and Neo-Melanesian,spoken in Papua New Guinea. According to Dr. Loreto Todd of Leeds
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University, the world has sixty-one such creoles spoken by up to 200 million
people — enough to make the number of English speakers high, if you
consider them as English speakers.
（b）
A second and rather （c）harsher problem is deciding whether a person
speaks English or simply he/she thinks they speak it. I have before mea brochure from the Italian city of Urbino, which contains a dozen pagesof the most gloriously baroque and meaningless English prose, full of
misspellings, unexpected hyphenations, and （ d ）twisted grammar. For
example,“The integrity and thus the vitality of Urbino is no chance, but
a conversation due to the factors constituted in all probability by theapproximate framework of the unity of the country, ...”It goes on and on.
There is hardly any sentence that makes even the （e）slightest bit of sense.
However, it is likely if the author was asked,“Do you speak English?”theywould say of course.
There are obvious problems in trying to put a figure to the number ofEnglish speakers in the world. Most estimates put the number of native
speakers at about 330 million, as compared with 260 million for Spanish,
150 million for Portuguese, and a little over 100 million for French. Of

course, Mandarin Chinese spoken by some 750 million people, has twice
as many speakers as any other language in the world, but see how far
that will get you in Rome. No other language than English is spoken as an
official language in more countries — forty-four, as against twenty-seven
for French and twenty for Spanish — and none is spoken over a wider areaof the globe. English is used as an official language in countries with apopulation of about 1.6 billion. Of course, nothing like that number of people
speak it — in India, for instance, it is spoken by probably no more than 40
or 50 million people out of a total population of 700 million — but it is stillused competently as a second language by perhaps as many as 400 million
people globally.
（From Ch. 12: "English as a World Language", from The Mother Tongue by Bill
Bryson.）

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Ⅰ According to the passage, choose the best answer.
（1）What point does the writer want to make when comparing the U.K.

and the U.S.A. with regard to speakers of English?
① We can calculate the number of native English speakers by simply

adding up the populations of these two major countries.
②

We cannot simply add up the population of English-speaking,
countries to calculate the world s total number of English
speakers.

We should ignore the number of non-native English speakers in,
the U.S.A. when calculating England s native-speaker population.
,④ We don t have to exclude non-speakers of English of either③

country when trying to calculate the number of its native
speakers.

37（2）What is a‘creole’?
①

It is a language derived from Krio or Neo-Melanesian which hasfeatures in common with English.

②

It is a language similar to sixty-one forms of English, which isshared with up to two million people.

③

population of English speakers.

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It is a language that has developed into English and increased the④

It is a language based on English, but with features that could
classify it as a different language.

38

（3）Why does the writer quote a passage from the brochure of Urbino?
①

He wants to show that although many people say that they canspeak English, this is not always the case.

②

He wants to show that non-native English speakers in Italy canwrite English as well as a native speaker.

③

He wants to show that people in Urbino try to learn English inorder to communicate with English speakers.

④

He wants to show that Italians are aware that their English
brochures are not as good as they could be.

39（4） Which of the following statements is not true?
①

Countries where Spanish and French are official languages
outnumber those that have chosen English.

② Most Italians cannot understand Mandarin Chinese, even though it

is a major world language.
③

Counting official languages of the world, English is more than allother languages combined.

④

Less than ten percent of Indians may speak English, even though
it is an official language there.

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（5）What does this passage tell you about the state of languages in theworld today?
①

Chinese will soon overtake English, French and Spanish as the,world s dominant language as many people can speak it already.

②

English is very likely to become the first language of more
European countries as its influence and use spread wider aroundthe world.

③

Chinese may have many more native speakers, but India is rapidly
increasing its number of English speakers, and may soon overtake
China.

④,
English is not the world s most spoken first language, but it isthe dominant world language if we include speakers with someknowledge of it.

41

Ⅱ Choose the word(s) that can best replace the underlined word.
（1）（a）authorities：（2）（b）consider：
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（3）
harsher：（c）（4）（d）twisted：（5）（e）slightest：①

writers② experts③

speakers

④

①

count

② cost

③

prove

④

make

①

more extensive②

more varied③

more confusing④

more difficult①

perfect② circular

③

wrong

④

desirable①

widest

②

least

③

honest

④

most

users

42

43

44

45

46

Ⅲ Translate the underlined part into Japanese.

There are obvious problems in trying to put a figure to the number ofEnglish speakers in the world.

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【 7 】 次の（1）～（6）の対になった文がほぼ等しい意味になるように、（
1 語を入れなさい。ただし、各語の最初の 1 字は（）内に適当な）内に示してあるので、それに続けて単語を綴りなさい。
解答は、記述解答用紙（E）に記入しなさい。

（配点 24 点）（1）He is not feeling well. Just stop bothering him.

He is not feeling well. Just（l）him（a）.

,（2）We missed the last bus. I m afraid we have to walk home.

,
We missed the last bus. I m afraid we have to go home（o

）
（f

）.

,

（3）My colleague from my previous job is in town now. I m going to go andgreet him.
,
My colleague from my previous job is in town now. I m going to（s（h））to him.

,（4）I sent the parcel two days ago. You should ve received it by now.

外I sent the parcel the day（b

）
（y

,

）. You should ve received it by

now.

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（5）I try to avoid the city center on Sundays. There are so many people.

I try to（smany people.

）（a）from the city center on Sundays. There are so

（6）When traveling overseas, remember that airplanes can be delayed.

When traveling overseas, （k） in （ m） that airplanes can bedelayed.

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【 8 】 日本文のあらすじを参考に、英文中の㋐～㋘の（さい。ただし、各語の最初の 1 字は（）内に適当な 1 語を入れな）内に示してあるので、それに続けて単語を綴りなさい。
解答は、記述解答用紙（E）に記入しなさい。

（配点 18 点）

We came to Manderley in early May. I wondered if he guessed that I㋐（f）my arrival at Manderley now as much as I had looked forward toit before. Gone was my excitement, my happy pride. Any ㋑（c）I hadgained during my seven weeks of marriage was gone now.
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“You mustn t mind if there s a certain amount of interest in you,”he said.
“Everyone will want to know what you are like. They have probably talkedof ㋒（n,）else for weeks. You ve only got to be yourself and they will all,
love you. And you won t have to worry about the house; Mrs. Danvers does,
everything. Just leave it all to her. She ll be stiff with you at first, I expect.
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She s an unusual ㋓（c）, but you mustn t let her worry you.”
We stopped at the wide stone steps at the open door, and two servantscame down to meet us.
“Well, here we are, Firth,”said Maxim to the older one.“And this is

Robert,”he added, turning towards me. We walked together up the steps,
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“This is Mrs. Danvers,”said Maxim.

Someone came forward from the sea of faces, someone tall and thin,
dressed in black with great dark eyes in a white face. When she took myhand, hers was heavy and deathly cold and it lay in mine like a lifelessthing. Her eyes never ㋔（l）mine. I cannot remember her words now, but

I know she welcomed me to Manderley, in a stiff little speech spoken in avoice as cold and lifeless as her hand had been. When she had finished, shewaited, as though for a ㋕（r）, and I tried to say something, dropping my

hat in my confusion. She bent to pick it up, and as she ㋖（h）it to me Isaw a little smile of scorn on her lips.
After tea, Firth came in.“Mrs. Danvers wondered, madam, whether you
would like to see your room.”“How did they get on with the east wing?”Maxim said.
“Very well, sir. Mrs. Danvers was rather afraid it would not be finishedby your ㋗（r）. But the men left last Monday. I think you will be very,
comfortable, sir. It s a lot lighter, of course, on that side of the house”.
“What have they been doing?”I asked.

“Oh, nothing much. Only redecorating and changing the furniture in the,rooms in the east wing, which I thought we would use for ours. I ll just,finish reading these letters and then I ll come up and join you. Run along,and ㋘（m）friends with Mrs. Danvers. It s a good opportunity.”（Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, Pearson Education,1999. Reproducedwith permission of Curtis Brown Ltd, London, on behalf of The Chichester
Partnership. Copyright (c) 1938 The Chichester Partnership）〈あらすじ〉

私たちがマンダレイ荘にやってきたのは、 5 月の初旬だった。ここに来ることを私が前に楽しみにしていたのと同じくらい、今はそれを恐れていたことにマキシムは気づいていただろうか。来る前のわくわくする気持ちは消え、結婚後の 7 週間で私が得た自信も消えていた。
「使用人達は君に興味を持つだろうけど、気にしてはいけないよ。
マキシムは言った。
おそらく何週間も君のことばかり話していただろうからね。いつも通りにしていればいい。家のことはすべてダンバース夫人に任せなさい。変わった性格の人だから最初は慣れないかもしれないけど、気にしないように」屋敷に着くと、使用人のファースとロバートにコートと鞄を預け、私たちは中に入った。
大勢の使用人の中から、ダンバース夫人が一歩前へ進み出た。彼女は背が高く、痩せて黒い服に身を包んでいた。握手をした彼女の手は冷たかった。そして彼女は私から目をそらさなかった。彼女は感情のこもらない声で歓迎の言葉を述べたあと、私からの返

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答を待つかのように押し黙った。私は何か言おうとして、慌てて帽子を落としてしまった。彼女がそれを拾って手渡してくれたとき、私は彼女がうっすらとほくそ笑むのを見た。
お茶の後、マキシムはファースに尋ねた。
「屋敷の東側はどんな具合だね？」「上々です。ダンバース夫人は旦那さまのお戻りまでに終わるだろうかと心配されていましたが、月曜日には終了しました。日当たりが良くて、心地良いですよ」マキシムは私に説明してくれた。
「東棟の私たちの部屋を改修していたのさ。この手紙に目を通したらすぐに行くから、見て回って、ダンバース夫人とも親しくなるといい」

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