2021年2月3日（水）実施
2021
年度 入試問題 一般選抜（一般試験型Ａ日程） 【英語】
I. 次の英文を読み、それに続く設問に答えなさい。
The Longest River
The longest river in the world stretches across Africa for 6, 694 kilometers. This river is so long that it flows through nine countries. It is called the Nile River.
It is believed that the Nile is more than 30 million years old. The river has two main branches: the White Nile and the Blue Nile. Most of the water comes from the Blue Nile.
It is shorter than the White Nile but is much more powerful. The rivers flow separately until they meet south of Egypt. Unlike most rivers, the Nile is unique because it flows from south to north instead of north to south.
The Nile has been a source of food, transportation, and trade for the people of Africa since ancient times. Long ago, ancient Egyptians settled along the Nile because of the fertile land it created. They realized that the mud from the Nile River was a great natural resource for their growing crops. Soon they began building cities nearby. They used the papyrus, a kind of tall grass that grows in the river, to make rope, paper, cloth, and baskets. They also let their livestock eat the grass along the river.
The Egyptians watched the river closely, waiting for the floods to come. They built stone pillars called Nilometers and placed them in the river. This allowed them to measure how high the Nile rose. They knew that if it was rising too much, it would destroy their crops. If it didn’t rise high enough, there would be no crops to grow, and people would go hungry.
Floods from the Nile could destroy homes and communities. In ancient times, Egyptians built walls to keep out the floodwaters. By 1970, the Aswan Dam was built to protect people from the dangerous waters. Along with the dam, a lake has been created to help stop the floods. It stores the floodwater and provides Egyptians with enough water to last throughout the year.
Today, the Nile continues to be a life source for many communities in Africa. Tourists who are interested in experiencing the Nile can travel the river by riverboat to witness the grandness and beauty it offers.
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livestock 家畜
出典：Reading Fundamentals Grade 6: Nonfiction Activities to Build Reading Comprehension Skills by Aileen Weintraub. Reproduced with permission of Sterling Publishing Company.
設問：本文の内容に即して、次の英文の問に対する答えとして最も適切なものを、選 択肢(a)～(d)から1つ選び、解答欄の該当する記号を〇で囲みなさい。
1. What makes the Nile different from most other rivers?
(a) It is more than 30 million years old.
(b) It has branches.
(c) Its water can rise and fall.
(d) It flows south to north.
2. Why did Egyptians build cities near the Nile?
(a) Because they could grow food there.
(b) Because it stretches across nine countries.
(c) Because it flows to the north.
(d) Because people lived there.
3. How was papyrus important to the Egyptians?
(a) They could measure the floods.
(b) It was food for them.
(c) They used it to make many things.
(d) It stopped the water from flooding.
4. Why did the Egyptians build Nilometers?
(a) To wait for the floods.
(b) To keep the river from flooding.
(c) To measure the water level.
(d) To grow their crops.
5. How is the Nile River important today?
(a) It does not flood anymore.
(b) It has Nilometers.
(c) It supports many communities.
(d) People can get papyrus from it.
II.次の英文を読み、下線(1)、(3)、(5)の語が指している最も適切なもの、および(2)、
(4)、(6)に入る語句として最も適切なものを、選択肢(a)～(d)から1つ選び、解答 欄の該当する記号を〇で囲みなさい。
You may not be able to see the wind, but you can see the effects of wind on the things around you. You can feel it blowing across your face on a cold day. You can see the leaves blowing down the street. So why does the air move? The simple answer is that the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing different amounts of air pressure in different areas.
(1) This does not really give you much of an idea about what causes the wind to blow.
You have to look a little deeper. Convection currents are loops of moving air or water that transfer energy from one location to another. (2) convection currents occur in the air, (3) they cause wind. Local winds, like mountain breezes and valley breezes, stay in a fairly small area. Mountains absorb more heat during the day than the valleys do, (4) warm air rises off the mountainside. The cooler air from the valley rushes in to take (5) its place. During the night, the mountains cool faster than the valleys, (6) the whole
process happens in reverse. A cool breeze blows down from the mountains.
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air pressure 空気圧 loop 輪
rush in 急に流れ込む
出典：Convection Currents from K12 Rreader. Reproduced with permission of Jerry Charles.
1. This
(a) The effect on all the things around you.
(b) The Sun heats the Earth unevenly, causing different air pressures.
(c) The leaves blowing down the street.
(d) The effect of the wind blowing across your face.
2. (a) That (b) Because (c) So that (d) When
3. they
(a) convection currents (b) loops of air
(c) local winds (d) breezes
4. (a) so (b) if (c) then (d) after
5. its
(a) the mountainside (b) warm air
(c) cooler air
(d) heat during the day
6. (a) before (b) since (c) but (d) so
III．次の英文において、（ ）内を埋める最も適切な表現を、選択肢(a)～(d)から
１つ選び、解答欄の該当する記号を〇で囲みなさい。
1. Every boy and girl ( ) ready to leave.
(a) are (b) to be
(c) is (d) is being
2. The teacher is very ( ).
(a) kindly (b) kind (c) kindness (d) kindful
3. My aunt, ( ), speaks two languages.
(a) who lives in Germany (b) does live in Germany (c) that living in Germany (d) which lives in Germany 4. He asked me ( ).
(a) that I sit down (b) to sit down (c) to sitting down (d) that I sat down 5. This is a picture of ( ).
(a) he (b) him’s (c) his (d) his’s
6. My mother ( ) a notebook.
(a) was bought me (b) for me bought (c) was bought for me (d) bought me
7. ( ) traveling in Europe, he took many photos.
(a) During (b) While (c) As (d) A time
8. It’s raining, so you ( ) an umbrella.
(a) are better to take (b) had better to take (c) had better taking (d) had better take
9. They ( ) the problem for a long time.
(a) talked (b) talking (c) talked about (d) are talking
10. If it ( ), we won’t play baseball tomorrow.
(a) rains (b) rained (c) had rained (d) to be raining
IV.次の各英文につながる最も適切な表現を、選択肢(a)～(d)から１つ選び、解答欄の 該当する記号を〇で囲みなさい。
1. Many English words come from the Latin language. “Hiber” means “winter” in Latin, so in English, when animals sleep all winter, it is called ( ).
(a) Christmas sleep (b) Latining
(c) wintering (d) hibernation
2. American children look at the moon and see the face of a man. In other cultures, children see animals, like ( ).
(a) a fish (b) stars (c) a flower (d) a smile
3. In English, people read from left to right, but in other languages, they may read ( ).
(a) from top to bottom (b) books
(c) sentences (d) letters on a page
4. For many children learning to swim, sometimes the biggest problem is that they don’t like ( ).
(a) to move their bodies (b) to put on different clothes (c) to stay indoors
(d) to get into deep water
5. Claude Monet was a very famous artist. He painted many pictures outside in his garden. He had a good understanding of ( ).
(a) playing the piano
(b) where he lived in France
(c) how sunlight changes during the day (d) building and making things
6. Children who live close to school may walk there; children who live far away often ( ).
(a) ride a bus (b) do not go
(c) can have more free time (d) move to a new house
V. 次のManとWomanの会話内容に基づき、それに続く質問 (Question) に対する答えと して最も適切なものを選択肢(a)～(d)から１つ選び、解答欄の該当する記号を〇で 囲みなさい。
1. Man: Which is your favorite TV show?
Woman: Sorry, but I really couldn’t care less about TV.
What does the woman mean?
(a) She has no interest in TV.
(b) She really cares more about TV.
(c) She doesn’t care more about other things.
(d) She is sorry about TV.
2. Woman: I really don’t want to have that examination!
Man: But if you want to work there, you have no choice but to take it.
What does the man mean?
(a) The woman can’t choose to take the test.
(b) She must take the test.
(c) It cannot be her choice to take the test.
(d) He’ll choose to take the test.
