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2 次の英文を読んで, あとの問いに答えなさい。
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Before 1870 there were millions of *buffaloes in North America They lived in the West
between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. For hundreds of years, *Native
Americans hunted them.
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For Native Americans, the buffalo was a ( ① ). のThey killed it only when they needed
*t They used aevery part of the buffalo. They used the meat for food and the "skin for
clothes, *blankets and *tepees. *Weapons and *tools were made from the *bones and the
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horns. They followed the buffaloes and always stayed near gthem. When they killed a
buffalo, they said, "Im sorry I killed you. friend. but thank you. Now I can have food and
clothes."
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In 1848 gold was discovered in California. Twenty-one years after that, a *railroad was
built between the East and the West. A lot of white people came to the West. At first they
hunted the buffalo as a sport. The white hunters shot buffaloes from railroad cars. Soon
6they found they could make money out of the buffalo. They began to hunt buffaloes for
their skins. In only three years, from 1871 to 1874, the white hunters killed nine million of
15 them. In 1885 only 75 buffaloes were left. Many Native Americans died too, because they
Could not find any buffaloes for food.
Today buffaloes are kept in safe places. And there are now over 25,000 buffaloes in North
America.
(注)
buffalo バッファロー
Native American アメリカ先住民
skin 皮
blanket 毛布
tepee 獣皮製テント
weapon 武器
tool 道具
bone 骨
horn 角
railroad 鉄道
口(1)( 0 )にあてはまる単語を, 本文中から抜き出して書きなさい。
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口(2) 下線部2を,代名詞がさしているものがわかるように日本語に直しなさい。
アイリカ先性見が食べ物を必要としたとき,バッ7eo-を絞してた。
口(3) 下線部3の具体例として本文で述べられているものを4つ,日本語で書きなさい。
食べ物の内、皮の脂,毛布,獣皮製モニト
口(4) 下線部の, ⑤がさすものを, それぞれ本文中の英語で答えなさい。
the bufflo
the white hanters.
口5)次の質問に英語で答えなさい。ただし, 主語·動詞を省かないこと。
1. When was the railroad built between the East and the West?
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2. What part of the buffalo did white people use to make money?
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