令和６（2024）年度 第１・２学年９月編入学選抜検査
Fall Entrance Examination 2024 for 1st and 2nd Grade Applicants

外国語作文（英語）
Foreign Language Essay (English)
令和６（2024）年７月２日（火）実施
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Attention
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Keep your test booklet closed until you are instructed to open this booklet.

2

Remain silent during test time.

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You will be given 45 minutes to complete the Foreign Language Essay.

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Write your name and registration number on the test booklet, and write your registration number on
your answer sheet.

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There is a separate answer sheet. The essay should be written within the space provided on the answer
sheet in English.

6You may freely use the blank space in the booklet. Any marks in this booklet will not be scored.

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No questions concerning the test content will be answered.

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Both your test booklet and your answer sheet will be collected after the test.

受検番号

氏名

Registration number

Name
東京学芸大学附属国際中等教育学校

TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

Read the passage below and answer the following question.

Whether it’s spring cleaning or tackling a New Year’s resolution, many people are tidying their closets
at least once a year ― if not more ― and flooding their local charities with a lot of donations.
Donating has long been a popular, convenient and largely guilt-free way to get rid of clothes you don’t
wear anymore. But how much of your donated clothing finds a new home or helps someone in need? Farless than you probably might think, experts say.
“We often fantasize as consumers that ‘This is going to a good home’ and ‘Someone’s really going tolove this,’” says Cosette Joyner Martinez, an associate professor in the department of design, housing andmerchandising at Oklahoma State University.
In 2021, a well-known nonprofit organization called Goodwill handled more than 107 million donationsof used goods, totaling around 5.7 billion pounds. (That is around 2.6 billion kilograms - the combined
weight of about 19,000 blue whales, the largest animals on Earth.)“People will often buy a bunch of clothes and then say, ‘It’s okay if I just donate them, they’ll get used,’”adds Katrina Caspelich, chief marketing officer for Remake, a global nonprofit organization supporting forfair pay and climate justice in the clothing industry. “But that’s not true.”
In reality, a large portion of donated clothes typically aren’t suitable for someone else to wear because
they are in poor condition. Those unwanted clothes can then become a problem if they get shipped overseas
or worse, are burnt or landfilled.
The solution, though, is not to stop donating entirely. Donating clothes can extend their lifespan, andrespectable charities generally make many efforts to keep out of landfills most items they receive. What’smore, charities often use the profits from sales of donated clothing to fund critical community-based
programs and services.
Modified from:
Washington Post, January 4, 2023

QUESTION
Based on the passage, state your opinion about donating clothes. Include reasons using yourown knowledge and/or experience.

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令和６（2024）年度 第１・２学年９月編入学選抜検査
Fall Entrance Examination 2024 for 1st and 2nd Grade Applicants
外国語作文（英語）

解答用紙 ／ Foreign Language Essay (English)

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外国語作文（英語）

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