2003年度 東京都公立高校入試問題 50分
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印のついている単語・語句には,.本文のあとに[注]がある。)
Chihiro , Mingming , Yuko , and Yasuo are students at Midori Junior High School . They are talking with their English teacher Ms . Green about future jobs .
Ms. Green : What do you want to be in the future , Chihiro ?
Chihiro : I want to be a singer .
Ms. Green : A Singer ! Sounds good .
Yasuo : Ms. Green , Chihiro is very good at singing .
Chihiro : Thank you . Yasuo .
Ms. Green : Chihiro , you have made a good choice .  I think it's good to choose a favorite thing as a future job .
Yuko : (1)I think so , too .
Chihiro : I'll do my best to become a famous singer .
Mingming : Oh , you have a big dream !
Ms. Green : How about you , Mingming ?
Mingming : Well , I want to be an interpreter .
Yasuo : An interpreter ? What's that ?
Mingming : It is become who changes spoken words from one language into another .
Yasuo : I see
Mingming : (2)I want to become a bridge between Japan and China .
Chihiro : Oh , you have a big dream , too !
Mingming : Thank you , Chihiro .
Yuko : Why do you want to become a bridge , Mingming ?
Mingming : Because I like both Japan and China .
Ms.Green : I hope you'll be a good interpreter .
Mingming : (3)I'll do my best .
Yuko : Good luck , Mingming .
Ms.Green : Yuko , what do you want to be ?
Yuko : I want to be a cook like my father . I respect him .
Chihiro : Your father is a cook at a Japanese restaurant , isn't he ?
Yuko : That's right . He is always trying hard to cook well for his customers . (4)So I respect him .
Chihiro : I've been to your father's restraint three times with my family . We enjoyed his cooking each time .
Yuko : Thank you. Chihiro . I'm very happy to hear that . My father says he is happy when his customers enjoy his cooking . I want to cook as well as my father and make customers happy .
Yasuo : I'd like to try some of your father's cooking .
Ms.Green : Yasuo , have you thought about a future job ?
Yasuo : Yes , I have . I want to be a doctor .
Yuko : Why do you want to be a doctor ?
Yasuo : Because I want to help sick children .
Mingming : Oh , you want to be a doctor for children .
Yasuo : Yes , Mingming . You know , a lot of children become sick and die in many countries . I feel very sad when I see the news about those children on TV . I'll become a doctor and save them .
Mingming : Great !
Ms.Green : (5)I hope you really will do that .
[注] make a good choice よい選択をする   choose 選ぶ
do my best 全力を尽くす  interpreter 通訳
Good luck がんばれ   respect 尊敬する
customer 客    cooking 料理  save 救う
[問1] (1)I think so , too . の内容を,次のように書き表すとすれば,の中にしたのどれを入れるのがよいか。
I also think it is good .
to become a famous singer
to choose a favorite thing as a future job
to be good at singing
to have a big dream
[問2] (2)I want to become a bridge between Japan and China . とあるが,その理由がわかるように,次のように語句を補って書き表すとすれば,の中にどのような1語を入れるのがよいか。
I want to become a bridge between Japan and China because I both countries .
[問3] (3)I'll do my best .の内容を,次のように語句を補って書き表すとすれば,の中に下のどれを入れるのがよいか。
I'll do my best .
to try some of your father's cooking
to be a doctor for children
to cook well for my customers
to be a good interpreter
[問4] (4)So I respect him .の内容を,次のように書き表すとすれば,の中に下のどれを入れるのがよいか。
I respect my father because .
he is always trying hard to cook well for his customers
he changes spoken words from one language into another
he is happy when his customers enjoy his cooking
he is a cook at a Japanese restaurant
[問5] (5)I hope you really will do that . の内容を,次のように書き表すとすれば,の中にどれを入れるのがよいか。
I hope you really will .
think about a future job
feel very sad about sick children
become a doctor and save sick children
see the TV news about the children who become sick and die
[問6] 次の英語の文を,本文の内容と合うようにするには,の中にどのような1語を入れるのがよいか。
Yuko wants to become like her and to make customers happy .
[問7] 本文中で話題となっている future job はそれぞれだれがなりたいと言っているか。次の表の Name の欄のa〜dに当てはまる人物の名前を下から選べ。
Future job a cook a doctor an interpreter a singer
Name a b c d
Yasuo Chihiro
Yuko Mingming
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次の文字を読んで,あとの各問に答えよ。
(※印のついている単語・語句には,本文のあとに[注]がある。)
 " Mom . I'm home !  John said and ran into the living room .John's mother said , "Hi , John . How was school today ?" John sat in his grandfather's old chair and began to talk about school . After some time he asked ," Where is Grandfather ?" " He is walking in the park ," she answered . Tomorrow is his birthday . I think I will buy a new chair for him as a birthday present . What do you think , John ?" "That's a good idea . This chair is too old ." John said .
 That evening John's mother and father went out . John stayed at home with his grandfather . His grandfather sat in his old chair . John said ," Grandfather , your chair is very old . Would you like to have a new one ?" "No ," his grandfather said . "This chair is very old , but it means a lot to me . Maybe you don't understand , John ." (1)John did not understand . After a short time , his grandfather said ," I sat in this chair when I asked your grandmother to marry me . That was a long time ago , but when I sit in this chair and close my eyes , I feel she is near ." He smiled and looked at the arm of the chair .
 " When your father was born ,  I sat in this chair . When that little baby was put into my arms . I felt very happy ," John's grandfather said with a big smile . John was beginning to understand that the chair was something very important to his grandfather .
 " Many years later ....." John's grandfather said and then stopped . His smile went away . "I sat in this chair when the doctor called and told me about your grandmother's death . I cried and cried . I was very sad , but this chair gave me comfort ." John saw tears in his grandfather's eyes .
 " I understand now ," John said . "This old chair is like a friend to you ." " Yes , John . We have gone through a lot together ," his grandfather said .
 Late in the evening , John's mother and father came home with a new chair . John and his grandfather were already sleeping . John's mother and father put the new chair in the living room and carried the old chair out .
 The next morning John got up and came into the living room . His grandfather's old chair was not there . " We carried the chair out . The garbage truck will soon come and pick it up ," his father said . John was surprised . Then he heard the sound of the garbage truck . He ran out . A man was just picking the chair up . ! Wait ! Don't take that chair ," John shouted . " That is my grandfather's chair . He still needs it ." The garbage truck left without taking the chair .
 Then John's mother and father came out . John said ,"Don't throw away this chair ! It's like a friend to Grandfather . (2)They have gone through a lot together ." He told them more about the old chair . They listened to him . John's father said ," We have learned a very important thing from you , John . Thank you ." John was glad . Then they carried the chair into the house .
 " Good morning , everyone ," John's grandfather said when he walked into the living room . He sat down in his old chair . Then he saw the new chair in the room . John's mother said ," That's John's chair ." John was surprised . " We bought it for him because he is a good boy ," she said . " Oh , John is always great ," John's grandfather said .
[注] living room 居間   marry 結婚する   death 死
comfort 慰め   tear 涙   go through 〜 〜を経験する
garbage truck ごみ収集車   pick 〜 up 〜を収集する
throw away 〜を捨てる
[問1] (1)John did not understand .の内容を,次のように語句を補って書き表すとすれば,の中に下のどれを入れるのがよいか。
. (1)John did not understand .
when his father was born
why he had to stay at home with his grandfather
how much the old chair meant to his grandfather
who would come and pick his grandfather's old chair up
[問2] (2)They have gone through a lot together .の内容を,次のように書き表すとすれば,の中にどのような1語を入れるのがよいか。
Grandfather and this have gone through a lot together .
[問3] 次の(1)〜(3)の英語の文を,本文の内容と合うように完成するには,の中に,それぞれ下のどれを入れるのがよいか。
(1) John's grandfather said that he felt John's grandmother was near .
when he asked her to marry him
when his little baby was put into his arms
when he sat in his chair and closed his eyes
when the doctor called and told him about her death
(2) John's grandfather talked about his old chair to John , and John .
understand that the chair was like a friend to his grandfather
smiled and looked at the arm of the chair
cried and cried , but the chair gave him comfort
thought he would buy a new chair for his grandfather as a birthday present
(3) When John heard the sound of the garbage truck ,
he sat in his grandfather's old chair and asked ,"Where is Grandfather ?"
he ran out and shouted ," Wait ! Don't take that chair ."
he said ," Grandfather , your chair is very old ."
he said ," Would you like to have a new chair , Grandfather ?"
[問4] 次の質問に英語で答えよ。
(1) Who carried the old chair out late in the evening ?
(2) What did John's grandfather see after he sat down in his old chair in the living room in the morning ?