２０２３年度 海外帰国生徒特別選抜 学力検査
英語

【１】 次の英文を読んで，問１～問３に日本語で答えなさい。
What would you do to earn money if all you had was five dollars and two hours? Thisis (1) the assignment I gave students in one of my classes at Stanford University. Each of fourteen
teams received an envelope with five dollars of “seed funding” and was told they could spend asmuch time as they wanted planning. However, once they opened the envelope, they had two hours
to generate as much money as possible. I gave them from Wednesday afternoon until Sunday
evening to complete the assignment. Then, on the Sunday evening, each team had to send me one
slide describing what they had done, and on Monday afternoon each team had three minutes topresent their project to the class. They were encouraged to think like a business founder byidentifying opportunities, challenging assumptions, making the most of the limited resources theyhad, and by being creative.
What would you do if you were given (2) this challenge? When I ask this question tomost groups, someone usually shouts out, “Go to Las Vegas,” or “Buy a lottery ticket.” This getsa big laugh. These folks would take a significant risk in return for a small chance at earning a bigreward. The next most common suggestion is to set up a car wash or lemonade stand, using thefive dollars to purchase the starting materials. This is a fine option for those interested in earninga few extra dollars of spending money in two hours. But most of my students eventually found away to move far beyond the standard responses. They took seriously the challenge to question
traditional assumptions — exposing a wealth of possibilities — in order to create as much value
as possible.
How did they do this? Here’s a clue: The teams that made the most money didn’t use
the five dollars at all. They realized that focusing on the money actually framed the problem way
too tightly. They understood that five dollars is essentially nothing and decided to reinterpret theproblem more broadly: What can we do to make money if we start with absolutely nothing? They
used their observation skills and their talents to the full, unlocking their creativity to identify
problems around them — problems they experienced or noticed others experiencing, problems
they might have seen before but had never thought to solve. These problems were significant but
not necessarily at the forefront of anyone’s mind. By identifying these problems and then working
to solve them, the winning teams brought in over $600, and the average return on the five-dollar
investment was 4,000 percent! If you take into account that many of the teams didn’t use the funds
at all, then their financial returns were infinite.
So what did they do? All of the teams were remarkably inventive. One group identified
a problem common in a lot of college towns — the frustratingly long lines at popular restaurants
on Saturday night. The team decided to help those people who didn’t want to wait in line. They
worked in pairs, booking reservations at several restaurants. As the times for their reservations
approached, they sold each reservation for up to twenty dollars to customers who were happy toavoid a long wait.
(From What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Tina Seelig. Copyright (c) 2009 by Tina L. Seelig. Used bypermission of HarperCollins Publishers.)

問１ 下線部(1) the assignment とありますが，これはどのような内容ですか。本文に即して説明しなさい。

問２ 下線部(2) this challenge に関して，①ラスベガスに行くか，宝くじを買う，または，②洗車場，ないしはレモネード・スタンドを立ち上げる，という意見がありました。これらの見解に対する筆者の感想はどのようなものでしょうか。それぞれ本文に即して説明しなさい。
① ラスベガスに行くか，宝くじを買うという見解 ：② 洗車場，ないしはレモネード・スタンドを立ち上げるという見解 ：問３ 結局，一番成功を収めたグループは，下線部(1) the assignment をどのように捉えたのでしょうか。「５ドル」という言葉を含めた上で，本文に即して説明しなさい。

【２】 次の問１～問５の下線部の意味として最も近いものを，それぞれ選択肢①～④から一つ選び，番号を[問１]に記入しなさい。

The meeting is not until next month, but we need to read the documents in advance.
① 細部にまで② 進歩的に③ ただちに④ 前もって［問２He made a wrong turn at the traffic lights and ended up at the hospital by accident.
① 偶然に② 故障して

③ 事故で

④ 突然に
［問３問５］

I can’t leave the country at the moment, so I’ll be in Paris for the time being.
① 永久に② しばらく

③ すぐに

④ 時々
［問４］

］

She has never been to Spain, so her command of Spanish surprised us all.
① 運用力

② 需要

③ 知識

④ 命令［］［］

They have been running the school with some difficulty.
① 運営している② 教えている③ 走っている④ 走らせている【３】 次の問１～問 10 の英文を作るために，()内に入れる語句として最も適切なものを，それぞれ選択肢①～④から一つ選び，番号を[問１]に記入しなさい。

A: Hello. Is Maria there?
B: Who’s ()?
A: It’s her friend, Kim.
① saying② speaking③ talking to④ telling［問２I’m going to get () hair cut tomorrow.

① a

② me

③ my

④ the［問３② Since③ Unless④ When［Forecasters said the (① big

You look really tired. (① How］) rain would spread north on Saturday.
② heavy③ much④ thick［問５］() the government had not raised taxes, there would not have been so many
protests.
① If問４］］) don’t we stop now and work on this tomorrow?
② What③ When

④ Why
［］

問６

I don’t want to go to New York, because it’s a long journey and it’s difficult tosleep () the flight.
① during② since③ when④ while［問７

Because of the growth in population, the town is (① a lot② many) more crowded these days.

③ too④ well［問８Every so often I (① almost② alreadyThe UK’s exit from the EU was a (① historic③ still④ yet② historicalIf you go into the forest, you might (① gaze at② look at］) occasion.
③ historically④ history［問 10］) meet my friends from my high school days.

［問９］］) a brown bear.
③ see④ watch［］【４】 “Students should go abroad at least once during their studies at university.” Do you agree?
Write your answer in English, supporting it with your reasons.

２０２３年度 海外帰国生徒特別選抜 学力検査
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デジタル教科書が 2024 年度から小中学校の英語で先行導入されることになりました。今後も教科書のデジタル化が進むと見られていますが、あなたはこの流れに賛成ですか、反対ですか。600 字程度（句読点を含む）であなたの意見を理由とともに述べなさい。
（楷書で丁寧に記すこと）