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1In 1924, in the heart of New York, a competition began between two architects. Each planned to build the tallest building in
the world. Former friends and business partners, they had started to fight over their differences. They were now bitter enemies. The
first architect, William Van Alen, was very creative. He imagined a unique, modern design. With money from a car company, he built
the famous Chrysler Building. The second architect, Craig Severance, was a smart businessperson. He had rich and powerful friends.
(1)

They helped him build a skyscraper at 40 Wall Street.
From the first day of construction, Van Alen and Severance competed to [ building makethe tallest

their ]. They

watched as each other’s buildings quickly grew.

They frequently changed their plans to increase the height of their buildings. InA
order to win, Severance planned to make his building 927 feet (283 meters) tall, slightly taller than what he thought the height of
the Chrysler Building would be. Van Alen had a surprise for him, however. During the last week of construction, Van Alen added
a 185-foot (56-meter) spire to his building, giving it a total height of 1,046 feet (319 meters). Van Alen won the competition, but heonly had a year to enjoy the honor––in 1930, work started on an even taller skyscraper. This building—paid for by General Motors,
a car company that was in competition with Chrysler—became the now-famous Empire State Building. At 1,454 feet (443 meters),
including its lightning rod, it was the tallest building in the world for over forty years, until the construction of the World Trade
Center was completed in 1973.
them. But today(2)competitions are no longer between businesspeople, and they are not limited to one city or country. Races to build the tallest
These tall buildings became symbols of the power and wealth of the businesspeople who createdbuildings are occurring around the world. Countries compete in order to show(3)

their economic power. And with so many

countries in the game, the competition is becoming more intense.
As the economic power of Asia has grown, so has the size of its buildings.

Of the fifteen tallest buildings in the world, elevenB
are now in Asian countries. Ten of those eleven are in China and Taiwan. The tallest of them, as of 2010, is the Taipei 101, in Taiwan.
It stands at 1,667 feet (508 meters). It is more than 200 feet (61 meters) taller than the Empire State Building. For the 2004 openingin Taipei, the Taiwanese people held a big celebration, with concerts, speeches, and a fireworks show. But no celebration could lastforever. Competition was already brewing in another part of the world.
The builders of the Burj Khalifa, in the United Arab Emirates, didn’t simply want to create the world’s tallest building. They
wanted to crush the international record. As over 2,717 feet (828 meters), the Burj Khalifa is about 60 percent taller than the Taipei
101. It is almost twice as tall as the Empire State Building. Designers say that the Burj Khalifa is “a symbol of the new Middle East.”
The building certainly is a symbol of economic power—it cost more than $4 billion to complete.
Although the Burj Khalifa opened in January 2010, the builders have said that (4) they might add more floors to the buildingin the future. This isn’t a bad idea. Architects in Delhi, India, have blueprints for an even taller building. Once again, competitionis brewing.
[WIESE,D;REAL READING 2: CREATING AN AUTHENTIC READING EXPERIENCE, 2011. Reprinted by permission of Pearson
Education Inc.]

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spire： 尖塔        lightning rod： 避雷針        fireworks： 花火        brewing： 起ころうとしている        blueprints：詳細な計画

学 力 検 査 問 題 ［英語］( そ の ２ )（2022 －般Ⅲ）

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１[２下線部 A を和訳せよ。

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下線部 B を和訳せよ。

４下線部 (1) ～ (4) の代名詞が指すものを，ア～クから選び，記号で答えよ。

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次の各文の (  ) 内に入れるべき語句を，ア～エから選び，記号で答えよ。

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次の各文の (  ) 内に入る前置詞を，ア～ケから選び，記号で答えよ。ただし，同じ記号を２回以上用いてはならない。

１

The next meeting will be held the week (    ) next.

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３

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５

The science museum is closed (    ) Mondays.

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The sun went down (    ) the horizon.

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日本文の意味を表すように，(  ) 内の下線を施した語句を並べかえて英文を完成せよ。

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