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問１

これから英文を読み上げます。その受け答えとして最も適切なものをア～ウの中から１つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

なお、英文はそれぞれ１度しか読み上げられません。
Question 1.

Question 4.

ア Yes, they will.

アYes, I can.

イ Yes, they are.

イ

I want to go to Australia.

ウ Yes, they do.

ウNo, it isn’t.

Question 2.

Question 5.

ア Yes, it is.

ア

She will sleep at 10 pm.

イ Yes, they are.

イ

She sleeps at 10 pm.

ウ Yes, I do.

ウ

She is sleepy.

Question 3.
ア Yes, I will.
イ Yes, she does.
ウ Yes, I have.

問２

これから英文とその内容に対する質問を読み上げます。その質問に対する答えとして最も適切なものをア～ウの中から１つ選び、記号で答えなさい。なお、英文はそれぞれ１度しか読み上げられません。
Question 1.

Question 4.

ア They are in London.

ア

13 years ago.

イ They are in California.

イ

30 years ago.

ウ They are in Sydney.

ウ

31 years ago.

Question 2.

Question 5.

ア To buy an orange.

ア

It uses a lot of gasoline.

イ To eat an orange.

イ

It doesn’t use much gasoline.

ウ To drink orange juice.

ウ

It uses electricity.

Question 3.
ア Few people.
イ One thousand people.
ウ Thousands of people.

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次の各文の (1.

2.

) にあてはまる語（句）として最も適切なものをア～エの中から１つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

I’m going to buy something to (). I’m so thirsty.
ア eat
イ writeウ drinkエ

readYou () use the stairs. There is a slope.
ア don’t have to
イ must

A: How long () you lived in Japan?
Aaa B: For about thirteen years.
ア do
イ did

ウ

cannot

エ

may

ウare

エ

have

ウ

is knownエ

has known

ウdoエ

beエ

Didエ

havingエsurprisingly

3.

4.

5.

6.

My home town (ア know
Don’t (ア you(ア7.

8.

9.

) for its good green tea.
イ knows) afraid of making mistakes.
イ forget) the number of tourists visiting Japan increasing?
Isイ Does
ウ Has

My younger sister (ア have) a smart phone. It is common now.
イ has
ウ to have

I’m () to know that I can choose the subjects I like.
ア surprise
イ surprised
ウ surprising(ア) is impossible. You can do anything.
Something
イ Everything

10. That is a shrine (ア when) was built in 1063.
イ thereウNothing

エOne thingウitエwhich

11. A: How can I () the station?
Aaa aB: Go straight and turn right at the next corner and you will see it on your left.
ア get toイ give up
ウ take care
エ look up
12. A: What club do you ()?
Aaa aB: The Brass Band Club. We practice for a concert almost every day.
ア come to
イ belong to
ウ want toエ

decide to

13. I saw some students crossing the street when the light was red. It was (ア important
イ hungryウ noisy).
エdangerous

14. Please tell me (ア that) you want to eat in our country.
イ whatウエhow15. It’s not always (ア necessary) to wear the school uniform. You can wear your own clothes if you want.
イ difficult
ウ haveエ need− 2 −who３

次の物語を読み、あとの問いに対する答えとして最も適切なものをア～エの中から１つ選び、それぞれ記号で答えなさい。

One autumn day long ago, Bear was out walking. As he walked, he began to sing: “I am Bear. I am the strongest of all theanimals. I can do anything. Yes, I can!”As soon as Bear said those words, a little voice spoke up from the ground.
“Can you really do anything?” Bear looked down. He saw a little brown squirrel*1.
“I am Bear. I can do anything. Yes, I can!”“Can you make the sun not rise tomorrow morning?” Brown Squirrel asked.
“I have never tried that before. But I am Bear. I can do that. Yes, I can!”Bear turned west to face the sun. It was the time when the sun always goes down. Bear spoke in a loud voice.
“Sun, do not come up tomorrow.”
The sun began to go behind the hills.
“You see?” Bear said. “Sun is afraid of me.”“But will the sun come up tomorrow?” Brown Squirrel asked.
“No,” Bear answered. “The sun will not come up!”But Brown Squirrel said, “The sun is going to rise!”
All that night, they did not sleep. One by one, other animals came. They wanted to see who would be right, Bear or Brown
Squirrel.
Finally, it was the time when the sun always comes up.
“Look,” said Turtle, “a little bit of red is starting to show.”“Yes,” said Owl, “I believe the sun will rise today.”Bear only said louder: “The sun will not come up!”
But next to him, little Brown Squirrel said: “The sun is going to rise!”
The sun came up. Everyone was happy except for one animal. That animal was Bear. He sat there with his head down and an
angry look on his face. The happiest animal of all was little Brown Squirrel.
“The sun came up, the sun came up, the sun came up.” Little Brown Squirrel began to tease*2 Bear.
WHOMP!
Bear’s long, sharp claws*3 scratched*4 Brown Squirrel’s back from the top of his head to the tip of his tail. Brown Squirrel went
home and slept all winter. When spring came again, little Brown Squirrel went outside and looked at himself. There were longstripes where Bear had scratched him. He was not Brown Squirrel anymore. He was now Chipmunk*5, the striped one. This is
how Chipmunk got his stripes.
*1 squirrel : リス

*2 tease : からかう

*3 claw : 動物の爪

*4 scratch : ひっかく

*5 chipmunk : シマリス

Adapted from How Chipmunk Got His Stripes: A Tale of Bragging and Teasing, As told by Joseph Bruchac & James
Bruchac, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, 2001

1.

Why did Bear sing he can do anything?

ア Because all animals were afraid of him.
イ Because he thought he was the strongest of all animals.
ウ Because he was the biggest of all bears.
エ Because he had made the sun not rise before.
2.

Why did the sun go behind the hills?

ア Because Bear told him not to come up the next day.
イ Because Brown Squirrel said the sun was going to come up the next day.
ウ Because the sun was not afraid of Bear.
エ Because it was the time for the sun to go down.

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Why did all the animals come?
ア Because they could not sleep.
イ Because they wanted to know who was right.
ウ Because they did not like Bear.
エ Because they wanted to help little Brown Squirrel.

4.

Why did the sun come up?
ア Because Bear said the sun will not rise.
イ Because Brown Squirrel said the sun was going to rise.
ウ Because the sun was afraid of Bear.
エ Because it was the time for the sun to rise.

5. How did Chipmunk get his stripes?
ア Brown Squirrel became Chipmunk because he slept all winter.
イ In the spring, Chipmunk found stripes when he looked at himself.
ウ Bear scratched Brown Squirrel’s back because he became angry.
エ Bear teased Chipmunk because the sun came up.

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次の英文を読み、あとの問いに対する答えとして最も適切なものをア～エの中から１つ選び、それぞれ記号で答えなさい。

Wildfires occur all around the world, but most often in areas that have wet seasons followed by long, hot, dry seasons. That is
why they often happen in parts of Australia, South Africa, southern Europe, and the western regions of the United States.
A wildfire can move quickly and destroy large areas of land in just a few minutes. It needs three things to start and keepburning: fuel, oxygen*1, and a heat source. Fuel can be anything that can burn―trees, grass, and even homes. Air gives the oxygen.
A heat source is anything that can start fire, like lightning, hot winds, and even heat from the sun. However, most wildfires arecaused by people, not nature, especially from cigarettes and campfires. [ A ]When trying to put out a fire, firefighters must consider*2 three main factors: the shape of the land, the weather, and the typeof fuel in the place where the fire occurs. For example, fire often moves faster uphill. In the northern hemisphere*3, southernsides of mountains are sunnier and drier, so they are more likely to burn than the northern sides. [ B ] Also, strong winds cansuddenly change the direction of a fire. This could put firefighters’ lives in danger. Sudden changes in wind direction also makeit hard to predict*4 the spread of a fire. Lastly, dry grass and dead trees usually burn faster than trees that are wet after rain.
From past experience, we know that it is difficult to prevent*5 wildfires, but it is possible to stop them from becoming too big.
We can cut down trees or start fires on purpose to clear land. [ C ] In addition, some people who live in areas where wildfires
often occur can build fire-resistant homes, says fire researcher Jack Cohen. Fire-resistant homes are designed and built so thatthey are hard to catch fire. Cohen has studied wildfires for more than twenty years and is an expert*6 on how houses catch fire.
“In California there were a great number of communities that did not burn,” he says, “because they were fire-resistant.”
Most experts agree that no single action will solve the wildfire problem entirely. [ D ] The best method is to consider allthese strategies*7 and use each of them when and where they are the most effective.
*1 oxygen：酸素

1*2 consider：～を考慮する*3 hemisphere：半球*5 prevent：～を防ぐ*6 expert：専門家*7 strategy：対策− 4 −*4 predict：～を予測する

1.

Fill in the blank.
Wildfires are caused most often by1
ア animals
イ humans

2.

1.

ウ plantsエwinds

Fill in the blank.
Wildfires can become biggest when they start1
ア on the northern side of mountains when it is dry and windy
イ on the northern side of mountains when it is windy after rain
ウ on the southern side of mountains when it is dry and windy
エ on the southern side of mountains when it is windy after rain

3.

1.

Choose one way that is NOT effective to stop wildfires from becoming too big.

アイ
ウエ

Cut down trees.
Live with firefighters.
Clear land by starting fires on purpose.
Live in houses that are not easy to catch fire.

4. Choose the blank A to D that the following sentence fits in.
They both help reduce the amount of fuel for fires by removing plants and trees.
ア A

イ B

ウCエ D

5.

Choose one correct sentence, according to the passage.
ア There is one effective way to prevent wildfires.
イ Growing more trees can help reduce wildfires.
ウ Wildfires never happen in communities with fire-resistant houses.
エ Firefighters can be in danger in wildfires when there is a strong wind.

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