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次の対話の文章を読んで，あとの各問に答えなさい。（ * 印の付いている単語・語句には，本文のあとに〔注〕がある。）

Ryoko and Takashi are high school students in Tokyo. They are talking with Jim and

Megan, students from the U.S., in their classroom after school.

Ryoko: The cherry blossom season has come around again.

Takashi: Yes. Last Sunday, my parents and I walked along the Sumida River to enjoy

cherry trees in *full bloom.

Jim: Were there a lot of people enjoying cherry blossoms?

Takashi: Yes, and many of them were enjoying their food under the cherry trees.

Megan: I’ve heard cherry blossom viewing parties are held at many parks in the cherry

blossom season.　Why do Japanese people like cherry blossoms so much?

Ryoko: Well, most of the year, the cherry tree is a tree like any other.　It is in full bloom

for only one week in spring, so many people gather to *appreciate the short life of its

beautiful blossoms.　So to me, cherry blossoms are the symbol of spring *beauty and

also our short life on earth.

Megan: I see.　Have Japanese people loved cherry blossoms for a long time?

Takashi: Yes.　But in fact, in the Nara Period, people liked ume better than cherry

blossoms.　Ume was brought to Japan from China.　⑴ ア In the Nara Period, there

was a strong *cultural influence from China, so ume was more popular than cherry

blossoms during that period. イ However, in the Heian Period, cherry blossoms

became more popular than ume among Japanese people. ウ Why?　Because Japan

stopped sending people to China and Japan’s own culture and things that were original

to Japan began to be appreciated. エ So, people in the Heian Period started ume

viewing parties to enjoy the beauty of ume more.

Jim: Really? Did people in the Heian Period have cherry blossom viewing parties?

Takashi: Well, actually it was an elegant *custom only among the *aristocrats. After the

Heian Period, cherry blossom viewing parties spread to *warriors.

Ryoko: Many *common people started to enjoy cherry blossom viewing parties in the

Edo Period. In the 18th century, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shogun, planted a

lot of cherry trees and created several cherry blossom viewing spots for people.　As

a result, the cherry blossom viewing *practice spread to common people.

Takashi: One of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots in Edo at that time was

along the Sumida River. You can still enjoy hundreds of cherry trees there.

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Megan: Are we seeing the original trees that Tokugawa Yoshimune planted?

Takashi: Maybe not. Until the end of the Edo Period, people enjoyed many kinds of

cherry blossoms like yamazakura, edohigan and kanhizakura. But after someiyoshino

was created in the late Edo Period or the early Meiji Period, someiyoshino became

very popular in Japan. Now, 70 or 80 percent of all cherry trees in Japan are

someiyoshino.

Megan: I didn’t know that.

Takashi: Someiyoshino is actually very special. People grow someiyoshino trees by using

a special *technique. As a result, all someiyoshino trees have exactly the same DNA.

For this reason, most cherry trees in Japan come into full bloom at the same time and

their blossoms fall off at the same time if those cherry trees are in the same area.

Ryoko: I think that this also makes cherry blossoms special for Japanese people

　　　　　. When we see cherry blossoms in full bloom, we think they are

beautiful and we feel happy, and when we see falling blossoms, we realize our life on

earth is short.

Jim: Now I understand why cherry blossoms are so special in Japan. By the way, do

you know that there are thousands of cherry trees along the Potomac River in

Washington D.C., like along the Sumida River?

Megan: And there, we have a festival called *the National Cherry Blossom Festival, and

a lot of people enjoy it every year.

Ryoko: Really? I didn’t know that. But why are there so many cherry trees in

Washington D.C.?

Megan: There is an interesting story behind the cherry trees in Washington D.C. There

was an American journalist named Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. When she made her

first trip to Japan, she was impressed by the beauty of the cherry blossoms along the

Sumida River. Even after she returned to Washington D.C., Ms. Scidmore couldn’t

forget those cherry blossoms. So, in 1909, Ms. Scidmore decided to collect money to

buy cherry trees and *donate the trees to Washington D.C. ⑶

She wrote a letter to

Helen Taft, the wife of the president of the U.S. at that time. In the letter, she

introduced her idea to plant cherry trees in the U.S. Because Ms. Taft lived in Japan

for a while, she also knew that cherry blossoms were beautiful. Ms. Taft agreed to

plant cherry trees in Washington D.C. and thanked her.

Ryoko: An American woman tried to plant cherry trees. That’s amazing!

Megan: Yes. And one Japanese man also played a part in the planting of the cherry trees

in Washington D.C. His name is Takamine Jokichi.

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Takashi: Really? Takamine Jokichi? He was a very famous Japanese scientist, right?

Megan: Right. When Mr. Takamine was in Washington D.C., he heard about Ms.

Scidmore’s plan. He was so impressed by her idea that he decided to send cherry

trees from Japan. Then, he asked the *mayor of Tokyo for help. Mr. Takamine said

to the mayor, “There is a plan to plant cherry trees in Washington D.C.,” and the

mayor decided to send 2,000 cherry trees. A year later, 2,000 trees were sent, but

they *were infested with insects. So, all the trees were burned after they arrived in

the U.S.

Takashi: That’s too bad.

Megan: Yes. But Mr. Takamine and the mayor of Tokyo never gave up. They sent

cherry trees again in 1912. In that year, they increased the number from 2,000 to

3,020 and the trees arrived in Washington D.C. Insects and disease didn’t damage

any trees this time. And then, in March, Ms. Taft and the wife of the Japanese

*ambassador in the U.S. planted two cherry trees by themselves in Washington D.C.

You can still see these two trees today.

Jim: And the National Cherry Blossom Festival was held for the first time in 1935,

and Washington D.C. has held the festival every year since then. Not only American

people but also a lot of tourists from other countries enjoy the festival.

Takashi: I know another interesting story. Parts of the cherry trees in Washington D.C.

were brought to Japan many years ago. In the 1950s, the cherry trees in Tokyo’s

Goshiki Zutsumi Park were dying because of the *development of the city. Actually,

⑷【① Goshiki Zutsumi Park / ② some of the trees / ③ donated / ④ came / ⑤ to /

⑥ from / ⑦ Washington D.C. 】. In return for this, parts of the cherry trees in

Washington D.C. were sent to Japan and planted in the park. Thanks to this, beautiful

flowers that came from the park’s original trees still come into full bloom.

Jim: That’s interesting!

Megan: By sending cherry trees to each other, Japan and the U.S. were strongly *united.

And in 2012, the two countries celebrated the 100th *anniversary of the cherry trees

in Washington D.C.

Ryoko: Cherry trees have been a symbol of friendship between the two countries.

Jim: If this kind of friendship spreads all over the world, I believe the world will be a

better place.

Takashi: Yes. I think so, too.

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〔注〕 full bloom　満開 appreciate　（価値を）よく理解する beauty　美しさ cultural　文化的な custom　慣習 aristocrat　貴族 warrior　武士 common　一般の practice　風習 technique　技術

the National Cherry Blossom Festival　全米桜まつり donate　寄付する mayor　市長 be infested with～　～に寄生される ambassador　大使 development　発展 unite　結びつける anniversary　記念の年

〔問１〕⑴　　　　　　 の中には，話の流れに合わない内容を含むものが一つある。取り除くべきものを ⑴　　　　　　 の中から一つ選びなさい。

〔問２〕　本文の流れに合うように，　　　　　　に英語を入れるとき，最も適切なものは次の中ではどれか。

ア　because we can share the same feelings at the same time

イ　if each cherry tree has very different DNA

ウ　though we enjoy the spring flowers along the Sumida River

エ　but all the spring flowers are as special as cherry blossoms

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〔問３〕　⑶She wrote a letter to Helen Taft, the wife of the president of the U.S. at that time. とあるが，あなたがもし Ms. Scidmore であったならば，Helen Taft にどのような手紙を書くか。本文の内容を踏まえた上で，手紙の文章の流れに合うように，下の 　　　　　 の中に，自分で内容を考えて 30 語以上の英語を書きなさい。英文は二つ以上にしてもよい。「,」「.」「!」「?」などは語数に含めないものとする。 I’ll のような「’」を使った語や e-mailのような「-」で結ばれた語はそれぞれ 1語と扱うこととする。なお，Washington D.C. または the U.S. を解答に用いる場合は，どちらも 2語と扱うこととする。

Dear Ms. Helen Taft,

Hello. My name is Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. I’m writing this letter

because I have an idea that I’d like you to share.

When I visited Japan, I really loved cherry blossoms. I know many

Japanese people love them and feel happy when they see them.

Thank you for reading this.

Yours sincerely,

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

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〔問４〕　⑷【① Goshiki Zutsumi Park / ② some of the trees / ③ donated / ④ came / ⑤ to /

⑥ from / ⑦ Washington D.C. 】 とあるが，本文の流れに合うように，【　　　】内の単語・語句を正しく並べかえたとき，①～⑦の中で 2 番目と 4 番目と 6 番目にくるものの組み合わせとして最も適切なものは，次のア～オの中ではどれか。

2 番目 4 番目 6 番目ア ② ① ⑤イ ② ⑥ ⑤ウ ③ ① ⑥エ ③ ⑦ ⑤オ ③ ⑦ ⑥

〔問５〕　本文の内容と合っているものを，次のア～キの中から二つ選びなさい。

ア　Many people think cherry blossoms are the symbol of our short life on earth, but

Ryoko feels that they are the symbol of spring beauty.

イ　In the Heian Period, only aristocrats enjoyed cherry blossom viewing parties, and in

the Edo Period cherry blossom viewing parties spread to common people.

ウ　When Ms. Scidmore told Ms. Taft about her plan, Ms. Taft thanked her though Ms.

Taft didn’t know anything about cherry blossoms.

エ　Mr. Takamine and Ms. Scidmore worked together and asked the mayor of Tokyo to

donate cherry trees to Washington D.C.

オ　In 1912, Mr. Takamine and the mayor of Tokyo increased the number of cherry trees

sent to Washington D.C. from 2,000 to 3,020.

カ　In Goshiki Zutsumi Park, it is not possible to see the cherry trees that the U.S.

donated because they died from the development of the city.

キ　In 2012, Japan and the U.S. celebrated the 100th anniversary of the National Cherry

Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.

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次の文章を読んで，あとの各問に答えなさい。（ * 印の付いている単語には，本文のあとに〔注 1〕がある。また，** 印の付いて

いる単語には，本文のあとに〔注 2〕があり，英語で意味が説明されている。）

Hello. My name is Lisa. Do you know this story about a carpenter? A carpenter is

someone who makes houses. When I was only four or five years old, my parents told me this

story.

An old carpenter decided that he would *retire. He told his boss about it. The carpenter

said he wanted to live a happy life with his wife and children. He also said he would like to

enjoy life. He worked as a carpenter for about forty years, so he had enough money.

The boss felt sorry to hear that the carpenter was going to leave. He was the best carpenter

he knew. So, the boss asked the carpenter to do the last job of his *career. The boss asked

him to build a beautiful big house. The boss said the house would be given to someone

important to the boss. The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his

work.

When the carpenter finished his work, his boss came to see the house. The boss *handed

the key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said. “My gift to you!” The carpenter was

shocked. “Why didn’t I work harder?” he thought, but it was too late.

The same is often true with you. You build your lives every day, but often you do not put

your best into the building. Then, with a shock you realize that you have to live in the house

you have built. You cannot go back. You are the carpenter. Your choices build your house

and you are going to live there for a long time.

Now, I’ll tell you about an experience that I had when I was twelve years old. On that day,

my parents taught me something very important.

Friday night. Only two tickets. Only two tickets to the very important soccer game for the

next day. Three children were looking at the tickets in Dad’s hand. Tom, the oldest, asked the

question which was running through everyone’s mind, “Only two tickets? Dad, which of us

can go with you?”

“Dad, can’t you get any more tickets?” I asked. I knew both of my brothers liked soccer,

but I loved soccer as much as my brothers.

“I’m sorry,” Dad answered. “Mr. Brown had only two tickets. He bought them a month

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ago, but he found out he would be out of town tomorrow night. So, he gave them to me. Of

course, we can’t buy any more tickets now. All the tickets are already sold out.”

There were only two tickets, and Dad didn’t know what to do. He looked at Mike and

said, “Mike, don’t you think you are a little too young to enjoy a professional soccer game?

I don’t think you can….”

“I can enjoy the game,” Mike said. “I know all the players on the team. I know how

important this game is. I know….”

“All right, all right,” Dad had to agree. Then, he looked at me. “Lisa, because

you are….”

Before he finished the sentence, Mom said to Dad, “You shouldn’t say ‘because you are a

girl.’ Lisa often plays soccer with Tom and his friends, and I believe she plays soccer better

than the boys. Lisa practices….”

“OK, OK,” Dad held up his hands. “I think I’ll have to think of a good way to choose

between the three of you tomorrow morning. I’ll have to decide who **deserves to go to the

game the most. Give me some time. Good night, everyone!”

The next morning, Mike came into the kitchen. Tom and I were already at the breakfast

table.

“Good morning, Mike,” I said.

“Where is Dad? Where is Dad?” Mike asked and looked around.

“ ⑴ ” I said.

“I’m very sorry,” Mike said.

Mike said sorry, but soon he looked up and started talking, “But can you see how

excited I am? I couldn’t sleep well last night. So, where is Dad?”

“He is not here. He went to pick up some books from the library with Mom,” Tom

answered and put some bread into his mouth.

“Library?” Mike said and was surprised.

“And Dad said as soon as we finish breakfast, we should start the Saturday chores,” I said.

“Chores! Did Dad really say such a thing?” Mike said. Saturday chores are things which

the three of us have to do every Saturday. He put his glass of milk on the table and said, “We

don’t have much time before the game starts. How can we start doing the chores?”

“Parents! They just don’t understand!” Tom said.

“I agree. They don’t understand us at all!” I said and threw the last piece of bread into my

mouth.

“I’m going for the morning newspaper,” Tom said. “I think there is a *preview of tonight’s

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game in the paper.”

“Wait, wait for me!” Mike said. He had the last of his milk and ran after his brother.

The two boys went out of the house and the back door closed. Suddenly, the house became

quiet. On the breakfast table in front of me, there was milk, orange juice, and ice cream in the

morning sunlight. When I was looking at the table, I suddenly remembered that story of the

carpenter. I pushed my chair away from the table, and I said to myself, “Well, the Saturday

chores have started right here!”

A few minutes later, when I was doing the dishes, I heard a *familiar sound. I looked out

of the kitchen window. I was surprised. My brothers were playing with a soccer ball in the

*backyard. I knocked on the window three times, but I didn’t say anything. When the boys

looked up, I held up a kitchen sponge. I wanted them 　　　　　　.

Tom looked at me and held up five fingers. Then, Mike did the same. I was a little angry,

but without saying anything I kept doing the dishes. “OK, five more minutes,” I said to

myself. “This is the work I have to do every Saturday.” I cleaned the table, threw *garbage

into a large plastic bag, and carried it to the garbage *container at the back door.

“Hey, Mike, I’ll *dribble the ball. Can you *steal it? If you can’t, I’ll get the ticket to

tonight’s game,” Tom said. “You see? I’ll get the ticket!”

“No,” Mike said.

“You, boys, Mom and Dad will be back soon,” I said. I opened the garbage container and

put the full heavy plastic bag in it.

“OK, we are coming to help you,” Tom said to me, but he kept dribbling the soccer ball

around and around Mike. Mike tried again and again to steal it.

“Two more minutes,” Mike said.

“OK, just two more minutes,” Tom said. Then, Mike finally got the ball from his big

brother.

I shook my head from side to side. Then, I saw something white on the inside of the heavy

black *lid of the garbage container. It was a small white *envelope. I didn’t understand ⑶ why

the envelope was there. But soon I found that the envelope was actually taped to the inside of

the lid.

I found a piece of paper in the envelope. I pulled it out. The paper read; “You deserve to

go,” and there was the ticket to the game. “I can’t believe this,” I thought. “Can I really go to

the game? But how did Dad know?”

Soon I remembered what Dad said: “I’ll have to decide who deserves to go to the game the

most.” I smiled.

Tom and Mike finally came into the house from the backyard after they played with a

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soccer ball for more than thirty minutes. Tom said to Mike, “Come on, little brother, Mom and

Dad are coming back. We should start the chores if we want to get that ticket.”

I looked at them and held up the ticket and the envelope. “It may be a little too late for

that,” I said.

Tom and Mike looked at each other with question marks in their eyes. Just then, Mom and

Dad came back home. Dad looked at the envelope in my hand. He smiled at me, and I smiled

back at him.

Now, I think I have to tell you about my brothers. In fact, they do the chores every

Saturday, but only on that day they were just too excited to remember what to do.

The game was much more interesting than I thought. My favorite team won the game.

But it was more than just a soccer game. It was a good lesson in *responsibility from parents

who wanted their children to be a good “ 　　　　　 .”

〔注 1〕 retire　退職する career　職歴 hand　手渡す preview　予想記事 familiar　聞き慣れた backyard　裏庭 garbage　ごみ container　容器 dribble　ドリブルする steal　盗む lid　ふた envelope　封筒 responsibility　責任

〔注 2〕 deserve

When someone says you deserve something, it means you should have it or receive

it because of your actions.

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〔問１〕　本文の流れに合うように， 　　　　　　　　　　　に英語を入れるとき，最も適切なものは次の中ではどれか。

ア　And good morning to you, too,

イ　Let’s find the ticket in an envelope,

ウ　Dad is probably in the library,

エ　Shall we play soccer after breakfast?

〔問２〕　本文の流れに合うように， 　　　　　 に英語を入れるとき，最も適切なものは次の中ではどれか。

ア　to know I finished all the chores

イ　to show me their kitchen sponge

ウ　to hold up five fingers

エ　to come and help me

〔問３〕　⑶ why the envelope was there とあるが，次の〔質問〕に対する答えを自分で考えて 20 語以上の英語で書きなさい。英文は二つ以上にしてもよい。なお，「,」「.」「!」「?」などは語数に含めないものとする。I’llのような「’」を使った語や e-mailのような「-」で結ばれた語はそれぞれ 1語と扱うこととする。

〔質問〕　Why did the father put the envelope there?

〔問４〕　 　　　　 に入るべき英語 1 語は何か。本文中で使われている単語をそのまま抜き出して書きなさい。

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〔問５〕　次の〔質問〕に対する答えとして，本文の内容と合う最も適切なものは下の中ではどれか。

〔質問〕　On Friday, the father had only two tickets to the soccer game. What happened

on that night?

ア　The mother got a little angry when she found that her husband actually wanted to go

there with Lisa just because Lisa was their only daughter.

イ　Lisa asked her father again and again to decide she would be the best to go there

because she could play soccer better than her two brothers.

ウ　The father tried to ask Mike to give up going there by saying that Mike was a little

too young to enjoy a professional soccer game.

エ　The father was not able to decide what to do with the tickets he had, so Mr. Brown

decided to give him two more tickets.

〔問６〕　次の〔質問〕に対する答えとして，本文の内容と合う最も適切なものは下の中ではどれか。

〔質問〕　After breakfast on Saturday, what happened?

ア　Lisa actually wanted to play soccer with her two brothers, but because she really

wanted to go to the game, she started looking for the ticket.

イ　Mike ran after Tom, and they went outside the house. They played with a soccer ball

in the backyard for more than half an hour.

ウ　Tom went for the morning newspaper because it had a preview of the soccer game.

The other two children soon went after him.

エ　The father said he would go to the library but he didn’t go there. In fact, he was at

home and was watching the three children.

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〔問７〕　本文の内容と合っているものを，次のア～オの中から一つ選びなさい。

ア　At first Lisa didn’t understand why she had to do the chores on such an important

day, but she did what she had to do.

イ　The father returned home from the library with a ticket in his hand and gave it to

Lisa with a big smile.

ウ　Lisa heard there would be a white envelope on the inside of the garbage container,

but she couldn’t believe that at first.

エ　The father said that Tom would be the best to go to the soccer game, but the mother

said she would be the best.

オ　Mr. Brown was very lucky because he was given two tickets to an important

professional soccer game.

〔問８〕　次の五つの単語のうちで，下線の引かれている部分の発音が他の四つと異なるものを，次のア～オから一つ選びなさい。

　　　ア know　　　イ only　　　ウ both　　　エ most　　　オ from

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次の問題に答えなさい。

ある授業で英語による討論が行われ，生徒のカイト （Kaito） とモエ （Moe） が

次 の 発 言 を し た。 会 話 の 流 れ に 合 う よ う に， （A） と（B） に自分で内容を考えて対話文を完成させなさい。

（A） と （B） にはそれぞれに 20 語以上の英語を書くこと。それぞれの英文は二つ以上にしてもよい。なお，「,」「.」「!」「?」などは語数に含めないものとする。I’ll のような「’」を使った語や e-mail のような「-」で

結ばれた語はそれぞれ 1語と扱うこととする。

Teacher: As you know, learning English is not easy. What do you have to do and what is

the most important if you want to be a good speaker of English? Kaito, Moe, what do

you think?

Kaito: （A）Moe: That’s a good idea, Kaito, but I don’t agree. In fact, I have a very different

opinion. （B）Teacher: Thank you, Kaito and Moe. Both of you gave us good examples and your

opinions are really wonderful.

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