2002
年度通訳案内業国家試験第1次試験問題
1.次の英文を読み、下線部 (1)、(2)、(3) を日本語にしなさい。その際に代名詞が指すものをはっきりき
せること。(16点)
I n 1995, t he Amer i c an Ac ademy of Pedi at r i c s dec l ar ed t hat adver t i s i ng di r ec t ed at
c hi l dr en i s i nher ent l y dec ept i ve and expl oi t s c hi l dr en under ei ght year s of age. The ac ademy
di d not r ec ommend a ban on s uc h adver t i s i ng bec aus e i t s eemed i mpr ac t i c al and woul d i nf r i nge
upon adver t i s er s ' f r eedom of s peec h. ( 1) Today t he heal t h r i s ks f ac ed by t he nat i on' s
c hi l dr en f ar out wei gh t he needs of i t s mas s mar ket er s . Congr es s s houl d i mmedi at el y ban al l
adver t i s ement s ai med at c hi l dr en t hat pr omot e f oods hi gh i n f at and s ugar . ( 2) A ban on
adver t i s i ng unheal t hy f oods t o c hi l dr en woul d di s c our age eat i ng habi t s t hat ar e not onl y
har d t o br eak, but pot ent i al l y l i f e- t hr eat eni ng . Mor eover , s uc h a ban woul d enc our age t he
f as t f ood c hai ns t o al t er t he r ec i pes f or t hei r c hi l dr en' s meal s . As f or t he f ood now s er ved
at s c hool c af et er i as , ( 3) i t s houl d be s af er t o eat t han what i s s ol d at f as t f ood
r es t aur ant s , not l es s s af e. The Depar t ment of Agr i c ul t ur e s houl d i ns i s t upon t he hi ghes t
pos s i bl e f ood s af et y s t andar ds f r om ever y c ompany t hat s uppl i es gr ound beef t o t he s c hool
l unc h pr ogr am.
注:the American Academy of Pediatrics アメリカ小児科学会
(1) (6点)
(2) (5点)
(3) (5点)
2.日本人の山田さんが、パスポートの申請をするために戸籍謄本を取ったところ、外国人の友人がそれを
見て、「これは何ですか?どうしてパスポートを取るために必要なのですか?」という質問をしてきまし
た。日本の戸籍制度を簡単に説明しつつ、この友人の質問に英語で答えなさい。ただし、解答は与えられ
3.次の英文を読んで以下の問いに答えなさい。(19点)
I t i s amaz i ng, t he wonder s t hat c r uel t y and des pot i s m c an s omet i mes pr oduc e. I f f ew
of t he mi l l i ons of t our i s t s gapi ng at t he maj es t y of t he Pyr ami ds ever y year ( A ) a t hought
f or t he mi l l i ons of s l aves who di ed c ons t r uc t i ng t hem, t he Mos c ow Met r o, t oo, i s an exampl e
of a f or m of vi c t or y ( B ) adver s i t y. I naugur at ed at t he hei ght of St al i n' s di c t at or s hi p
i n t he 1930s , ( ア) t he Mos c ow s ubway s aw ar mi es of pur ge vi c t i ms and l abor c amp i nmat es
depl oyed al ongs i de t hous ands of bui l di ng wor ker s t o c r eat e what was t r umpet ed as t he wor l d' s
f i nes t s ubway s ys t em. ( C ) di ed t unnel i ng deep under Mos c ow. They ar e pr et t y muc h
f or got t en now, but t hei r wor k i s t he pr i de and gl or y of Mos c ow and Rus s i a, pr obabl y t he
wor l d' s mos t bi z ar r el y beaut i f ul , mos t ef f i c i ent , bus i es t and c heapes t s ubway s ys t em.
The f i r s t t unnel i ng s t ar t ed i n 1932, and t hr ee year s l at er t he t r ai ns s t ar t ed r unni ng .
They haven' t s t opped s i nc e ― ever y 90 s ec onds or t wo mi nut es dur i ng r us h hour , ever y f i ve
mi nut es t he r es t of t he t i me, f r om 6 a. m. t i l l 1 a. m. ( イ) Ther e may be a c r us h, but t her e
i s s el dom a wai t . And t he t r ai ns t ake you t hr ough a par ade of mar bl ed and s pac i ous s t at i ons ,
whi c h c ont r as t t ot al l y wi t h t he gr ubby s t r eet s and c r umbl i ng bui l di ngs above gr ound. The
162 s t at i ons s t r addl i ng 11 l i nes mean t hat mos t of t he c i t y of 11 mi l l i on i s c over ed by
t he met r o and i t wi l l c os t you f i ve r ubl es t o go anywher e. For t our i s t s , i t ' s a maj or
s i ght s eei ng ( D ) . Some s t at i ons i n t he c i t y c ent er , f or exampl e, ( E ) mos ai c s , mar bl e
and br as s c handel i er s . Ot her s t at i ons s aw t he us e of t hr ee doz en t ypes of mar bl e, l avi s h
s t at uar y, mal ac hi t e and onyx.
(1) 空欄A, D, E, に入る最も適切な単語を以下の選択肢群から選びなさい。ただし同じものを二度選ぶこ
とはできない。
(各2点× 3=6点)
選択肢群: blink / draw / erase / feature / peep / spare / talk / void
(2) 空欄Bに入る前置詞を書きなさい。(2点)
(B)
(3) 下線部 (ア) を日本語にしなさい。(8点)
(4) 空欄 C に入る最も適切な語を下からひとつ選び、丸(○ )で囲みなさい。(1点)
1.Screws 2.Scores 3. Scraps 4. Scorches 5. Schools
(5)下線部(イ)を日本語にしなさい。(2点)
4.以下のそれぞれの英文には、必ず一箇所誤っているところがある。その誤っている箇所の選択肢を丸(○ )
で囲みなさい。(各1点× 5=5点)
( l ) J i m and Hel en ア went out f or イ an expens i ve di nner on t hei r weddi ng anni ver s ar y, ウ
whi c h t hey s ai d was エ a gr eat f un.
( 2) Ami d a ア t er r i f i ed bank c r i s i s t hat イ had f or c ed many s t at es ウ t o s us pend banki ng
ac t i vi t i es , F. D. Roos evel t エ t ook of f i c e t o r es t or e publ i c c onf i denc e.
( 3) The ar r angement s ア f or the future sales plan were agreed イon ウ at t he exec ut i ve meet i ng エ
i n t he mor ni ng of May 1.
( 4) Gabr i el l a l i ved ア at t he t op of an ol d hous e イ whi c h at t i c ウ had been c onver t ed エ
i nt o an apar t ment .
( 5) Or gani s ms ア c an be c l as s i f i ed i nt o gr oups イ t hat ウ ar e c ont ai ni ng エ t ens of
t hous ands of di f f er ent s pec i es .
5. 次の英文を読んで問いに答えなさい。(20点)
we moved her e we had t he peopl e next door ( A ) f or di nner and ― I s wear t hi s i s t r ue
― t hey dr ove. ( Ⅰr ec al l as ki ng t hem j oki ngl y i f t hey us ed a l i ght ai r c r af t t o get t o t he
s uper mar ket , whi c h s i mpl y dr ew bl ank l ooks and t he ment al s c r at c hi ng of my name f r om al l
f ut ur e i nvi t at i on l i s t s ) . I was as t ounded, but I have s i nc e c ome t o r eal i z e t hat t her e was
not hi ng es pec i al l y odd i n t hei r dr i vi ng l es s t han a c oupl e of hundr ed f eet t o vi s i t us .
Nobody wal ks anywher e i n Amer i c a nowadays .
A r es ear c her at t he Uni ver s i t y of Cal i f or ni a at Ber kel ey r ec ent l y made a s t udy of t he
nat i on' s wal ki ng habi t s and c onc l uded t hat 85 per cent of peopl e i n t he Uni t ed St at es ar e
' es s ent i al l y' ( B ) and 35 per c ent ar e ' t ot al l y' ( B ) . The aver age Amer i c an wal ks
l es s t han 75 mi l es a year ― about 1. 4 mi l es a week, bar el y 350 yar ds a day. ( 1) I ' m no
s t r anger t o s l ot h mys el f , but t hat ' s appal l i ngl y l i t t l e. I r ac k up mor e ( 2) mi l eage t han
t hat j us t l ooki ng f or t he c hannel c hanger .
I n f ac t , peopl e have bec ome s o habi t uat ed t o us i ng t he c ar f or ever yt hi ng t hat i t woul d
never oc c ur t o t hem t o unf ur l t hei r l egs and s ee what t hey c an do. Somet i mes i t ' s al mos t
l udi c r ous . The ot her day I was i n a l i t t l e near by t own wai t i ng t o br i ng home one of my c hi l dr en
f r om a pi ano l es s on when a c ar s t opped out s i de t he l oc al pos t of f i c e and a man about my
age popped out and das hed i ns i de ( and l ef t t he mot or r unni ng ― s omet hi ng el s e t hat exer c i s es
me i nor di nat el y) . He was i ns i de f or about t hr ee or f our mi nut es , t hen c ame out , got i n t he
c ar and dr ove exac t l y 16 f eet ( I had not hi ng bet t er t o do s o I pac ed i t of f ) t o t he gener al
s t or e next door , and popped i n agai n, engi ne s t i l l r unni ng.
And t he t hi ng i s t hi s man l ooked r eal l y f i t . I ' m s ur e he j ogs ext r avagant di s t anc es
and pl ays s quas h and does al l ki nds of exuber ant l y heal t hf ul t hi ngs , but I am j us t as ( C )
t hat he dr i ves t o eac h of t hes e under t aki ngs . I t ' s c r az y.
The f ac t i s , Amer i c ans not onl y don' t wal k anywher e, t hey won' t wal k anywher e, and
( 3) woe ( イ ) t o ( ロ ) anyone ( ハ ) who ( 二 ) t r i es ( ホ ) t o ( へ ) make
( ト ) t hem ( チ ) , as a t own her e i n New Hamps hi r e c al l ed Lac oni a di s c over ed t o i t s
c os t . A f ew year s ago Lac oni a s pent $5 mi l l i on pedes t r i ani z i ng i t s own c ent er , t o make i t
a pl eas ant s hoppi ng envi r onment . ( あ ) i t was ( い )― ur ban pl anner s c ame f r om
al l over t o c oo and t ake phot os ― but ( う ) i t was ( え ) . For c ed t o wal k one
whol e bl oc k f r om a c ar par k, s hopper s abandoned downt own Lac oni a f or s ubur ban mal l s .
I n 1994, Lac oni a dug up i t s pr et t y br i c k pavi ng, t ook away t he benc hes and t ubs of
ger ani ums and dec or at i ve t r ees , and put t he s t r eet bac k t o t he way i t had been i n t he f i r s t
pl ac e. Now peopl e c an par k r i ght i n f r ont of t he s hops agai n and downt own Lac oni a t hr i ves
(1) 空欄 ( A ) ( B ) ( C ) に入る語をそれぞれひとつ選んで記号を丸で囲みなさい。(6点)
空欄(A) (イ) walking (ロ) since (ハ) inviting (ニ) round
空欄(B) (イ) hyperactive (ロ) sedentary (ハ) amorous (ニ) biped
空欄(C) (イ) doubtful (ロ) such (ハ) sure (ニ) much
(2) 下線部 (1) を20字以内の日本語に訳しなさい。(4点)
(3) 下線部(2)の本文における意味を5字以内の日本語で書きなさい。(3点)
(4) 下線部 (3) の中で省略されている1語を補い、かつその省略の箇所を特定してその記号(イ)-(チ)
を記しなさい。(3点)
省略されている語 ( ) 省略箇所 ( )
(5) 空欄(あ)-(え)に入る最もふさわしい語句をそれぞれひとつずつ選んで記号で記しなさい。ただし、
選択肢の語句は全て小文字で表記してある。(4点)
(あ)( )(い)( ) (う)( )(え)( )
選択肢 (イ) a triumph (ロ) aesthetically (ハ) a falsehood (ニ) commercially
(ホ) a fact (へ) a disaster (ト) industriously
6. 次の語句を英語に訳しなさい。(各2点× 10=20点)
(1) 矯正歯科 (2) 車椅子
(3) 皇太子 (4) 原理主義者
(5) 銅メダル (6) 枕草子
(7) 鰊(にしん) (8) 字 幕
7. 次の日本語の文章を英語に訳しなさい。(10点)
経済的観点から見ると、一国の国際観光収入は輸出高、国際観光支出は輸入高と見なされ、国際観光は
「見えざる貿易」ということができる。世界の多くの国では、国際観光は外貨の収入源として重要な存在
で、WTO(世界観光機関)によると、1998年には、世界の83%の国において、国際観光収入が輸出商品上位 5位以内に入っており、また少なくとも38%の国では、外貨収入源として首位を占めている。