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令和 6 年度
東京純心大学
看護学部 看護学科

一般選抜試験（第 3 回）

【英

語】

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令和 6 年 3 月 10 日

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第1問

各英文の空欄に最も適する語句を①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。

1.

This machine would be perfect if it (
① is
② has
③ were2.

All things (① considering ②

3.

You will get the same result (① what② whoever4.

) a little lighter.
④ has been), I think we have done a good job.
considered ③ to consider④ consider③) method you use.
where
④ whichever

Are you (① for) or against the plan?
② of
③ on

5.

He is (
① at

) no means an inexperienced teacher.
② by
③ in
④ with6.

What (① by) earth did you do that?
② for③ fromI forgot (① to ask②) her for her address.
asking③ to have asked④

having asked②) him to lose weight.
said③ agreed④advised④

would see

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

The doctor (① suggested

I recommended that she (① see② sees
The sign (① looked), “Keep off the grass.”② read③ saw

He accused her (
① by
②

for

I can’t remember every (① few② a few
It’s (① unable) a lawyer.
③ will see) lying.
③

in) detail.
③ little) for me to be there in time.
② incapable ③ impossible

1④ with④ on④ wrote④ of④ a little④ terrible

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14.

15.

16.

Have you read his (① late② latest
We’ll have to (① postpone②) novel?
③ today④ recently) the meeting until next week.
design③ plan④ cancel

They have left their umbrellas (① with them ② alone③).
behind④ a place17.

The community (① appears②) on the tourism industry for its survival.
depends③ differs④ insists

18.

I applied (① at) a new passport.
for
③ in

②

2

④ on

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第2問

19～22 にあてはまる文を

内の①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。

A: Put that thing down!
B: Uh?
A: You spend your life in front of a screen.
B: Hey! (19) You never go anywhere without your iPad andiPhone.
A: Yeah, but (20) You’ve lost the art of conversation.
B: (21) I really take offence at that.
A: Well, (22)
B: Uh? Sorry – what did you say?
①②③④

I have not!
I’m not always checking them.
I’ve been telling you about my day and you haven’t heard a word.
Hang on a minute – look who’s talking!

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第3問

文脈に合うように
内の①～④の語を並べ替えたとき、23～26 に入るものを①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。

23-24
A: Will you make a speech at our club next month?
B: Yes, but (
23
)(
)(
)(

24

① speak

③

I

25-26
A: John is very intelligent, isn’t he?
B: Yes, he’s (
25
)(
)(

)(

26

① person③ most② what② intelligent

4) about?
④ should) I know.
④ the

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第 4 問

次の文章は、IT 企業による書店経営について述べたものである。本文中の(1)～(15)について設問に答えなさい。なお、文中に番号がふってある単語・熟語には注がついている。

IT firm launches tech-powered bookstore
As bookstores struggle to (1)survive across the country, a Tokyo-based IT firm has
decided to go against the stream by entering the sector.
For Freee, an IT firm that provides cloud-based applications to (2)manage
back-office tasks, opening Tomei Shoten (transparent bookstore) in Tokyo’s Taito
Ward last week (3)marked an opportunity to (4)experiment with an unconventional
business strategy of disclosing real-time sales while also learning more about
running a small-scale business.
(5 ) the rise of e-books and online shopping, the number of bookstoresin Japan has been falling for the past decade or so. There were 11,495 such(6)outlets as of March, down 30% from 16,371 in the same month in 2013, according
to the Japan Publishing Organization for Information Infrastructure Development.
(
7 ), in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, small,independent bookstores have experienced a (8)resurgence, prompting Freee to go
ahead with the plan despite the potential risks.
“They offer a different experience from the big bookstores by offering a(9)unique selection of books,” said Yu Okada, who is Freee’s brand manager and in
charge of running the new bookshop.
(
10 ) Freee’s main objective is to help small business operators withtroublesome back-office tasks, Freee itself, (11)which was founded in 2012, hasgrown into a major listed firm with about 1,000 employees.
“We needed an environment where we can actually experience the businesspractice (of small businesses) to (12)understand how they operate as well as how
they feel, so that we can reflect (13)it in our products,” Okada said.
The 71.5 square-meter store has around 3,000 books—2,000 of which arethemed around small businesses, with the remaining titles sourced from small
publishers and self-published authors.
Since Freee is an IT company that is accustomed to doing business without
an inventory, it will be a challenge to manage the large number of products while
trying to make the operation profitable.
But Okada says (14)this new endeavor will help Freee improve their services.
“By doing something completely different, which Freee is not familiar with,
we can acquire a better understanding of our users,” Okada said.
The firm also wants to see how new technologies like ChatGPT can beincorporated into publishing, where business practices can remain rather oldfashioned.
Freee has incorporated ChatGPT into their own jellyfish-like1 AI character,5

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which is displayed on a big screen located right by the entrance to the store.
The firm said that the character will act as a “deputy manager” of the store,
taking questions and interacting with customers through chats.
Using its transparency concept, the AI jellyfish will offer a visual
representation of sales data through its on-screen behavior. If sales are exceedingtargets, it will appear lively, but it will look depressed if sales are sluggish2.
“(15)One of our concepts is to use the transparent bookstore as a sort oftechnology testing ground for Freee’s future products, and to incorporate technology
into our products,” said Keiichi Kisamori, Freee’s AI product manager.
As AI is expected to advance further, Freee hopes to create an applicationthat can play the role of chief financial officer for companies.
“From the time when we founded Freee, we have been saying that something
like an AI CFO that will support small businesses can be created (in the future),”Kisamori said.
“I think the emergence of ChatGPT is a significant leap to realize this andwe want to actually produce it here.”(The Japan Times, April 27, 2023)
注

1 jellyfish-like

クラゲのような

2 sluggish

停滞した、不振な

Q1 下線部(4), (6), (9), (12)の第一アクセントの位置が同じ語を①～④から一つずつ選
びなさい。
27. (4) ex-per-i-ment① com-pe-ti-tion ② lit-er-a-ture③ op-er-a-tor④ phe-nom-e-non
28. (6) out-let① ce-ment② de-sign③ e-vent④ in-come29. (9) u-nique① com-plete② e-qual③ ma-jor④ mod-ern
30. (12) un-der-stand① em-ploy-er② jour-nal-ist③ pas-sen-ger④ vol-un-teer
Q2 (1), (2), (3), (8)の下線部と同じ発音を含む語を①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。
31. (1) survive① climate② driven③ image④ risen32. (2) manage① ancestor② customer③ driver④ mother
33. (3) marked① mended② naked③ watched④ wicked
34. (8) resurgence① earth
② farm
③ heart④ source6

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Q3 (5), (7), (10)に入る語句をそれぞれ①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。
35. (5) ① Although② Because③ Despite④ Due to36. (7) ① Because② Since③ Then④ However
37. (10)① Although② Because③ Despite④ Due toQ4 下線部(11), (13)がそれぞれ何を指しているのか、①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。
38. (11) which① Freee’s main objective② small business operators③ Freee itself④ a major listed firm
39. (13) it① an environment② the business practice③ our products④ The 71.5 square-meter store
Q5 下線部(14), (15)が何を意味するのか、①～④から一つずつ選びなさい。
40. (14) this new endeavor① IT 企業のため在庫を持たない事業形態に慣れていること② IT 企業のため在庫を持つ事業形態に慣れていること③ 大量の商品を扱いながら利潤を上げること④ 大量の商品を扱うため利潤が上がらないこと
41. (15) One of our concepts① 書店経営は本業とは切り離して考えていること② 書店経営は社会貢献であると考えていること③ 書店経営に技術革新をもたらすことを目指していること④ 書店経営を本業の技術革新の実験場と考えていること7

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第5問

次の文章は、就職活動中のハラスメント防止について述べたものである。文章を読み、次の設問(Q1～Q8)の 42～49 に入れるのに最も適当なものを、それぞれ下の①～④のうちから一つずつ選びなさい。なお、文中に番号がふってある単語・熟語には注がついている。

Japan asks firms to work together to stop harassment during job hunts
Japanese companies are hiring aggressively as the economy continues to recoverfrom the pandemic-induced slump and amid the worsening labor crunch1.
However, this is fueling concern over a form of harassment in which prospective
hires2 are pressured into ending their job-hunts, a practice known as owahara. To
combat this growing issue, the government has asked various business andindustry groups to cooperate on preventing such harassment.
Owahara is a term used to describe a practice notorious during the graduate
recruitment process where companies’ recruiters pressure university students towhom they have extended an informal job offer to end their search for jobs
elsewhere and commit to joining the company. This can include various tactics
such as pressuring students to decline offers from other firms and sign letters of
acceptance before entering a binding labor contract, and requiring them tofrequently attend companywide social gatherings. Such gatherings are believed
to be aimed at dissuading prospective hires from joining rival firms.
On April 10, government agencies submitted a written request to the Japan
Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and the Japan Chamber of Commerceand Industry, addressing the issue of job-hunting and recruiting activities for thegraduating class of 2025, who are currently in their third year of university. In
the letter, owahara is officially recognized as an act that takes advantage ofstudents seeking employment. The agencies urged the industry to put an end tosuch practices, stating that it infringes3 on the students right to choose their placeof employment.
A 2021 study by the Cabinet Office4 found that approximately 10% of the
respondents experienced owahara. It was further revealed that 64% of those who
experienced owahara were coerced into5 ending their job-search, while 42.3%
received demands that they provide a letter of acceptance during the recruitment
process and 11.6% reported being harassed persistently, in some cases being
physically barred from leaving when they declined an offer.
According to Article 627 of the Civil Code6, people who have secured job
offers can back out even after signing a letter of acceptance.
Taichiro Tsuji, head of the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization DSS, said
problems related to recruiting are not limited to owahara, noting that Japanesecompanies tend to disregard the academic activities and achievements ofcandidates. In the April 10 letter, the government touches on this, urging
businesses to “evaluate students’ academic activities properly” before they makehiring decisions.
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“It is best to consult universities’ career centers when such issues arise,”
Tsuji said.
In Japan, it is common for college students to secure a job long before
graduation. Many students start job hunting in their third year and some evenrepeat a year if they fail to get an offer.
(The Japan Times, April 19, 2023)
注

1 crunch

不足 2 hires 被雇用者、雇われ人 3infringes 侵害する
4 the Cabinet Office 内閣府
5were coerced into ~ 強要して~させられた
6 the Civil Code 民法

Q1 Owahara is a practice in which [42].
① companies are pressured into hiring university students② companies are pressured into firing university students③ university students are pressured into ending their job hunting④ university students are pressured into starting their job hunting
Q2 Owahara can include the following tactics except pressuring university students
to [43].
① commit to entering the company that has made an informal job offer② decline job offers from other companies③ sign a letter of acceptance before entering a formal labor contract④ search for jobs other than the company that has made an informal job offer
Q3 According to the 2021 study of the Cabinet Office, [44].
① 5% of the respondents experienced owahara② 10% of the respondents reported owahara③ 42.3% of the respondents were coerced into signing a letter of acceptance④ 64% of the respondents were forced into ending their job hunting
Q4 According to Article 627 of the Civil Code, people who have [45].
① signed letters of acceptance cannot resign the job② attended companywide social gatherings have to join the firm
③ provided a letter of acceptance have to end their job hunting④ signed a letter of acceptance can withdraw from the commitment
Q5 According to Taichiro Tsuji, [46].
① Japanese companies tend to regard the achievements of students highly② Japanese companies tend to regard the academic activities of students highly③ owahara is the only harassment during job hunts④ owahara is not the only harassment during job hunts9（第 3 回）英語

Q6 In the April 10 letter, the government persuades companies to [47] before theydecide to hire new employees.
① consider students’ academic activities correctly② disregard students’ academic activities correctly③ consider achievements of students quickly④ disregard achievements of students quickly
Q7 According to Tsuji, when you experience harassment during job hunts, the best
way is to [48].
① refer to the 2021 study by the Cabinet Office② appeal to the Article 627 of the Civil Code
③ consult universities’ career centers④ inform the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization DSS
Q8 In Japan, it is common for university students to start job hunting in their [49].
① first year
② second year
③ third year
④ fourth year10

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第6問

次の文章を読み、180 字から 200 字の日本語で要約しなさい。なお、文中に番号がふってある単語には注がついている。

American School in Japan unveils plan for campus
The American School in Japan, a 120-year-old international school based in westernTokyo, is planning a large-scale overhaul1 of its campus, including rebuilding the
middle and high schools, which are each over 50 years old.
The current plan, unveiled in late April, involves six phases, with work able
to proceed on the current site in a way that means all students and staff can remain
on campus throughout the process. The renovation, once approved by ASIJ’s boardof directors, will likely take a decade or more to complete.
Jim Hardin, ASIJ’s head of school, said the plan would put the school andcommunity “in a very special place.”“The world that these students inherit when they are adults is going to bedramatically different than the one that exists today,” Hardin said. “We know that
ASIJ’s facilities are aging, they are outdated. ... We know that it will not serve theneeds of our community five years from now, 10 years from now and beyond.”
The most unique part of the architectural vision, designed by a U.S.-based
team from Ennead Architects, consists of a “river of learning.”
The idea came from conversations with students on site, said Alex O’Briant,a principal architect on the Ennead team. In particular, it was a conversation witha fourth grader who said the campus could use a river.
“We are not going to build a river through the middle of campus,” O’Briant
said. “But we are going to create a transformational educational environment
that’s every bit as powerful as the river that inspired it.”
Renderings of ASIJ’s possible new look depict a winding, river-shapedbuilding that allows the institution’s elementary, middle and high schools to flow
into and interact with one another. The building incorporates academic spaces aswell as multipurpose, interconnected indoor and outdoor areas.
“Classrooms are the fundamental building blocks, but it’s actually about the
spaces in between,” said Minh Tran, an associate principal architect at Ennead.
“(Spaces) that not only support a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment,
but also an interdivisional environment.”
ASIJ and Ennead’s current plans include new academic and athletic“neighborhoods,” as well as a new dining pavilion and a comprehensive“sustainability agenda” taking into account energy reduction, air quality, health,recycling and carbon neutrality, with this intended to improve comfort, make thebuilding more resilient2 and help the environment.
The master plan would add 20,000 square meters to the total floor area andenable the campus to accommodate at least an extra 300 students, according toEnnead.
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(The Japan Times, May 9, 2023)
注

1 overhaul

整備

2 resilient

強じんな

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