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I 以下は,まさる (Masaru) さんが書いた英文です。これを読んで, あとの問いに答えなさい。
Do you know the word “Luddite"? This word means a person who is against technological
change.
My grandmother, Kimiko, is 74 amd lives alone in Tbkyo. Our family ives in Osaka and we
Sometimes visit her house. When we visited her house last summer, she showed us a beautitul
box. There were many cards init. They (1) send by our family on her birthday. Kimiko said,
“I have kept these for a long time and this box is ike a treasure box to me.” She was a kind of
luddite before. She did not like technology. She had a cellphone, but she did not want to use such
tools. She liked sending letters or cards more than calling.
)my(
But one thing has changed Kimiko'gmind this year. (2)Because (
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we(
)C
)her house this year. So, we planned to make a video-
call to her. It was the firsttime for Kimiko. We called her and talked on the phone (video-call)
foralmost an hour. She got very excited and looked so happy all the time. After that, she said
that the video-call we made was wonderful. She could see our faces very clearly. She also
thought that she wanted to use it more.
My grandmother, Kimiko, is no more a uddite now.
technology is a good thing because it is good to use some(
when we need. She still needs time to be able to úse technology every day, so I will keep sending
her a birthday card and sometimes make a video"call, too. She islooking forward to that.
Now she has started to think that
3
)Hke cellphones or video-calls
technological 先端技術の
cellphone 携帯電話
(注) luddite 先端技術が嫌いな人
against ~に反対して
change 変化
technology 先端技術
no more もはや~ない
video-calls) テレビ電話
1 下線部(1)を, 正しい形に直しなさい。
2 下線部(2) が, 以下の意味を表すように (
「父の仕事のせいで, 今年は彼女の家に訪問することをあきらめなくてはいけなかった。」
)に最も適切な英語を1語ずつ答えなさい。
Because (
this year.
)my(
)her house
(3 )に入る適切な英語1語を, 文中より抜き出して答えなさい。
4 本文の内容に合わないものを次のア~オから2つ選んで, その符号を書きなさい。
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ア Kimiko wants to use her cellphone a little more often.
イ Kimiko was happy though she couldn't see the faces clearly when they talked on the video-call.
ウ Masaru's family tried to make a video-call to Kimiko, but she didn't aggree with them.
エ Masaru will not only send a card, but also make a video-call to Kimiko.
オ When Kimiko had a video-call for the first time, she got excited very much.
