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and 27,000 miles (about 43,000 kilometers), Irving became the youngest person at that
4次の英文を読んで,あとの間間いに答えよ。(配点 20)
time to fly around the world alone.
Today, as part of Experience Aviation, Irving is planning a “Classroom in the Sky."
Barrington Irving was the first African American to fly around the world by himself.
This time, he wants to fly a jet around the world and get thousands of students to work
He did it in an airplane he built himself. He also started an organization to get young
together with him to help solve problems he has while flying. Through the Internet, the
people interested in flying and to teach them not to be afraid to follow their dreams.
students will be able to see Irving, get information from him, and talk with him as he
Irving was born in Jamaica in 1983. When he was six years old, his family moved
flies, Irving is really determined to help young people become interested in flying.
to Miami, Florida. His parents, who were not rich, hada bookstore. When Irving was
not in school, he worked at the bookstore. One day he met an airline pilot there. Irving
注) *cockpit =(航空機の)操縦室
*control =制御(操縦) 装置
was only 15 at the time, The pilot took Irving to the airport, and there they got on a
*scholarship=奨学金
*aviation =航空 (学)
Boeing 777 airliner. The pilot let him sit in the *cockpit and play with the "controls.
*equipment =備
From that time on, Irving was determined to fly. He wanted to do everything to make
問1
本文中の空所(ア)に入れるのに最も適当なものを、次の1~4のうちから一つ選
this dream come true.
び、番号で答えよ。
To make money for flying lessons, Irving took small jobs at airports after school.
1
Because
He studied hard and graduated from high school in 2002. ( ア) he was such a good
2 However
student, Irving got a *scholarship to go to college and study #aviation. While Irving was
3 If
in college, he wanted to share his love of flying with high school students in poor
Though
neighborhoods, He viaited schools in his free time and talked about careers in aviation.
When Irving got his pilot's license, he began to have a bigger dream. He wanted to
問2 次の Question に対する Answer となるように, 空所に当てはまる適当な英語を補え。
fly around the world to show young people that there is no limit to your dreama if you
Question: What did Irving want to show young people by flying around the world?
really want something. He had no money to rent a plane, so he asked the makers of
Answer
:There is (
airplanes to give him parts for free so he could build his own plane to fly around the
world.
(イ)
They agreed.
問3 下線部(イ)について具体的に説明した, 次の文の空所 ( ① )· ( ② ) に当てはま
In 2005, Irving started a non-profit organization (NPO), called Experience
る適当な日本語を、 They が指す内容を明らかにして補え。
Aviation, to get poor young people interested in flying. He even taught them how to put
アーヴィング(Irving) が (
a plane together, and that helped them to understand math and science. Later, the
ために,(
の
)ことに同意した。
students built a plane and Irving flew it. The next year, with the help of others, Irving
8ot money to start a learning center in a Miami airport with *equipment to help the
students learn to fly a plane.
問4 アーヴィングが開講を予定している教室で、, 生徒たちがインターネットを利用すること
みだ
