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次の英文は高校生のサムが見つけた記事（articles）についての発表です。
英文を読み、あとの問いに答えなさい。

When I read a newspaper, I found interesting articles.
I like animals and I have wanted to have dogs or cats as my pets. When I was talking about it withmy family, my father told me an interesting thing. That was “Goro Goro” therapy. “Goro Goro” is the voicesof cats. It means many things. For example, kittens make the sound when they are hungry. Cats also makethe sound when they relax. Some doctors found that the sound has a healing effect. The sound also has
power to make people happy. After I heard his story, I decided to have cats. Now I have five cats. They areso cute and I like to play with them. I feel happy when I live with them. Now living with my cats is mybest way to relax.
Mr. Tanaka, Fukui city
I can relax when I travel to different places. I can see something new and try something interesting
there. However, this year, I have stress because it is difficult to travel. So I wanted to do something toreduce my stress, but I didn’t know what to do. One day I met my friend in the park. She was taking awalk when I met her. Then I said to her, “Why do you take a walk?” She said, “Because I can relax. Why
don’t you take a walk in our town? You can find a good way to relax.” So I started to take a walk in mytown a week ago. When I was walking in my town yesterday, I found an old house. It was a place to makewashi, Japanese paper. I talked with a man there. He has made washi for 40 years. He taught me thehistory of washi. I knew that my town was famous for its washi but I didn’t know the history of it. He alsotaught me how to make washi and I made it. I had a good time. I found that I could relax after that. Whenyou have stress, look around you. There are many places or ways to reduce stress.
Ms. Yoshida, Echizen city
This year I have to stay home and I have enough time to start new things. My parents like readingand have many books. They were looking for one, but they couldn’t find a good one. So, I decided to makea bookshelf for my parents. It was hard to cut woods and it took a long time to finish it because I did DIY
for the first time. When I was making a bookshelf, I only thought about the bookshelf. I could forget
everything else. Finally, I finished making a bookshelf and gave it to my parents. They were surprised andsaid, “Thank you very much. We will use it for a long time. It is nice and our treasure.” When I saw their
happy faces, I was happy, too. Later, I made a small desk for my friend and a chair for my brother. Now I
enjoy doing DIY! When you do DIY, you don’t have to think about something difficult and you only enjoy
making things. You will be happy and have a good time.
Mr. Suzuki, Sakai city
These days, many people have troubles about school, family, health and so on. Some doctors say, “InJapan, about 50 percent of people have some stress. Most of them don’t know the way to relax.” If you feelstress, why don’t you look around you? You can discover something new to you.
therapy セラピー
stress ストレスbookshelf 本棚

kittens 子猫reduce 減らす
DIY 日曜大工effect 効果

however しかしながらtake a walk 散歩する
for a long time 長い間1paper 紙trouble(s) 悩み問１ 下の英文の（）内に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～エから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

“Goro Goro” therapy is good because ()ア the sound of “Goro Goro” makes people hungry.
イ people can sleep when they hear the sound of “Goro Goro”.
ウ the sound of “Goro Goro” is helpful when people are injured.
エ the sound of “Goro Goro” has a power to make people happy.
問２ 下の英文の（）内に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～エから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

When Ms. Yoshida took a walk in her town, she found that ()ア she could discover new things even in her town.
イ walking was good for our health.
ウ it was important for her to make traditional washi.
エ walking with her friend was a good way to relax.
問３ 下の英文の（）内に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～エから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

After Ms. Yoshida talked with a man at an old house, she ()ア learned that her town was famous for its washi.
イ learned the history of washi.
ウ became good friends with him.
エ started to tell her friend about the history of her town.
問４ 下の英文の（）内に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～エから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

Mr. Suzuki made a bookshelf because ()ア he has wanted to make it for a long time.
イ he wanted to give it to his parents.
ウ he was interested in DIY.
エ his mother asked him for some gifts.
問５ 下の英文の（）内に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～エから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

After Mr. Suzuki made a bookshelf, he found that ()ア he could make someone happy with his smile.
イ his parents made him happy.
ウ he didn’t think of difficult things when he was making it.
エ he didn’t like to make things for others.
問６ それぞれの記事のタイトルとしてふさわしいものを、次のア～オからそれぞれ 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。
ア Animal therapy

エ Famous places in my town

イ A treasure in my town

オ Hello Kitty

ウ Do it yourself
問７ Answer in English in more than 20 words.
2Do you have stress? Why or why not?

２ Alex、Saki、Koji が Baker 先生とプラスチック（plastic）について話をしています。次の会話文を読み、あとの問いに答えなさい。
Ms. Baker: Today, let’s talk about plastic. A new law about plastic bags was made in Japan.
Koji:Yes. Plastic bags have not been free since July 1st 2020. The law was made to reduce plastic.

Saki:Well,…plastic bags are really useful. They are very light and strong. We can use them indifferent ways. For example, after I go shopping and get a plastic bag at the store, I put mylunch in it and take it to school. I sometimes put books in it. After that, I even put dirty
clothes. Then finally I use it as a waste bag and throw it away. I think it’s very difficult for us
to stop using plastic bags.

Ms. Baker: I understand your idea. I want you to learn why we need to reduce plastic. Plastic wasinvented about one hundred years ago. In 1950, we produced about two million tons of plastic
in the world. After 65 years, about three hundred and twenty million tons was produced. It
can be made into parts of almost everything like clothes, phones, cars, and of course plasticbags. We use more plastic now, but most of them become waste. This is a big problem.
Alex:

I think plastic waste is a big problem, too. What do we do with the waste?

Ms. Baker: We burn twelve percent of it. We can get heat energy when we burn it, but we make a lot of
CO2. It is one of the causes of global warming, so burning plastic is not a good way. The nine
percent of plastic waste is recycled. It is made into other plastic products.
Saki:

Only nine percent?

Ms. Baker: Yes. About eighty percent of the plastic waste is still around us. It is thrown away to rivers,
streets, and so on. Most of plastic waste goes to the sea through the rivers.
Alex:I know that problem. In my country, a dead whale was found on the beach. The plastic in thesea looks like food for sea animals, and the whale ate one hundred kilograms of plastic. There
were eighty plastic bags in its stomach. Many sea animals also eat plastic and die like thiswhale.

Koji:

When I saw the picture of the whale, I felt sad.

Ms. Baker: I want you to know another big problem. That is a micro plastics problem. The plastic in thesea has become pieces smaller than five millimeters. We call them micro plastics. The plastic
is so small that even small fish can eat it. People may eat the fish. That means we are eating
plastic by eating the fish. Micro plastics have been found in water to drink, air, and even inpeople’s bodies. They may become a cause of cancer.
Saki:

That’s scary. We really need to think how we can solve the plastic problems.

Alex:

I agree. We must reduce plastic made in the world. Plastic is so useful that it is difficult tostop using it. I think it is the most difficult to change our way of thinking. We have to think
what to use instead of plastic, for example cardboard. Cardboard is easy to recycle. We haveto find a thing like cardboard. It should be recycled easily.

Koji:

I think recycling plastic is the most important when we use plastic products. If we can recycle
all the plastic, we will make no plastic waste. I always clean and separate plastic to recycle.
I can do only a small thing, but if we try together, we can do a big thing.

Saki:

I think there are plastic problems all over the world. We should think about a way to solve
the problems.

law 法律free 無料のreduce ～を減らす

light 軽いthrow ~ away(thrown throw の過去分詞) ～を捨てる
recycle 再利用する
millimeter(s) ミリメートル

stomach 胃
air 空気dirty 汚いinvent 発明する

micro plastics マイクロプラスチック
cancer ガン3separate 分別する

waste ゴミton(s) トン
piece(s) かけら

問１ 下の英文の（）に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～オから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

It is difficult to stop using plastic bags because ()ア a new law was made to produce more plastic bags.
イ they are free now.
ウ they don’t become waste.
エ we can use them in many ways.
オ it doesn’t cost much to make them.
問２ 下の英文の（）に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～オから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

Plastic waste is a big problem because ()ア we make a lot of CO2 when we recycle them.
イ we need a lot of money to recycle the waste.
ウ most of them are left in the nature.
エ people are not worried about them after they throw them away.
オ burning plastic is the only way to solve it.
問３ 下の英文の（）に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～オから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

It is bad to throw away plastic to rivers and streets because it goes to the seas and ()ア it makes the sea water dirty.
イ many sea animals mistake it for food.
ウ many sea animals get injured with the plastic.
エ it becomes CO2.
オ it disappears in the sea.
問４ 下の英文の（）に入れるのにふさわしいものを、次のア～オから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。

Micro plastics are bad because ()ア it is difficult to collect them.
イ they are too small to see.
ウ they are everywhere around us and even in our food.
エ they look like fish and people eat them.
オ we don’t know how they influence yet.
問５ プラスチック問題の解決策として述べられているものを、次のア～オから 1 つ選び、記号で答えなさい。
ア We need to change the way to recycle.
イ We need to separate plastic for recycling and for burning.
ウ We need to use something else and we should recycle it.
エ We need much money to solve the plastic problems.
オ We need to find a new way to recycle plastic.

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３ 次の質問に対して、あなたの考えを３０語以上の英語で説明しなさい。
ただし、符号(, . ? !)は語数に含めないこと。

Which do you like better, eating at restaurant or eating at home?
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