２０２０年度 一般入学試験問題 英　語

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PART ONE 1. What does the man want to buy?

A. A jacket. B. Pants.

C. A suit. D. Shoes.

2. What will the woman buy today? A. A T-shirt, a DVD, and a CD. B. A DVD.

C. A CD. D. A T-shirt and a CD.

3. How will the woman help the man? A. She will help him to cook. B. She will help him to decide what to buy.

C. She will come to his party. D. She will show him how to use the computer.

4. What present will the students get for their teacher? A. Some chocolates. B. A history book.

C. Some flowers. D. Money.

5. Where can the man get free wi-fi? A. At the library. B. In the station.

C. In a cafe. D. In a convenience store.

PART TWO 6. Why is Tony late?

A. His train was late. B. He forgot some tickets. C. He took the wrong train. D. It started to rain.

7. Where will Tony and Angela meet?

A. At the restaurant. B. On the train. C. Outside the station. D. At the theater.

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8. What are the dates of the music program?

A. June 3rd to July 7th. B. June 23rd to July 7th. C. July 3rd to July 17th. D. June 23rd to July 17th.

9. How much does the summer program cost for new students? A. $10. B. $115.

C. $125. D. $155. _______________________________________________________________ 10. What subject is the speaker teaching?

A. Math. B. English. C. Art. D. History.

11. What will the students do next?

A. Open their textbooks. B. Draw a picture. C. Talk with a partner. D. Give their homework to the teacher.

________________________________________________________________ 12. What was surprising about the man’s trip to Argentina?

A. The weather was bad. B. Things were expensive. C. The food was really good. D. People could speak English. 13. What is true about the man? A. He speaks Spanish. B. He doesn’t have a job. C. He has been to Brazil. D. His friend has visited Argentina. _______________________________________________________________

14. What is true about the gym? A. The pool is closed on Thursday mornings.

B. There is a cafe on the 3rd floor.

C. You must check the schedule for classes online.

D. It is closed on weekends.

15. If he becomes a member, how much will the man probably pay?

A. $15 a month. B. $50 a month.

C. $18 a month. D. $80 a month.

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Tokyo is bigger Kyoto.

You like soccer, you?

1. What did you arrive home after the baseball game yesterday? Was it late?

2. This is one of the beautiful pictures I have ever taken. I like it very much.

3. We never sung this song before, but we are going to try it tomorrow.

4. I heard you like music very much. Please tell me how CDs you have.

5. Everybody has to work very hard in order pass the examination.

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1. My sister is quite tall for her age, but [ tall / she / my brother / not / than /

as / as / is ].

2. People often say that spicy food is good for you. I tried a curry the other day,

but it [ me / to / for / cannot / spicy / was / too ] eat and I could not finish

it.

3. “Hi Sam. Do you have any plans this holiday? [ shopping / day / about /

the / to go / after / going / how ] tomorrow?” “That sounds great! Why

don’t we ask Ken and Jane, too?”

4. There are two Italian restaurants near my house. They are both good, but

the one [ is / called / the one / much / / cheaper / which / than ]

called .

5. I went on vacation, but [ I / my / all / was / money / on / of / stolen ] the

first day, so I couldn’t visit many places. It was so terrible.

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In the past, scooters used to be toys only for

children. These days, however, electric

scooters (or e-scooters) are becoming more

and more popular with adults. Many people

feel e-scooters are quick, convenient, and

better for the environment than many other

vehicles, such as cars and motorbikes.

E-scooters are especially popular with adults living in cities. Because they are

smaller than most other vehicles, it is easier to travel around busy city streets.

They are cheaper than taxis, more convenient than buses, and they can often

travel faster than cars during rush hour. Most e-scooters have top speeds of

around 30kph (kilometers per hour), although some can go as fast as 50kph.

Many people use scooters for short trips between 1~3km, for example from the

train station to their office.

Recently, many cities have started e-scooter sharing programs. Chicago is one

of these cities. It began its program in June, 2019. In Chicago’s program,

people join online, download a smartphone application, and then they can use any

of the city’s 2,500 e-scooters. People can use the e-scooters between 5am and

10pm. At 10pm, the e-scooters are collected and *charged. In the morning,

they are put back on Chicago’s streets.

However, some other cities have had problems with e-scooter sharing programs.

The city of Nashville in the U.S. ended its e-scooter sharing program after 2 years

in June, 2019, because there were many e-scooter accidents. There were more

than 4,000 shared e-scooters in Nashville, but after a rider died in an accident,

the city took them off the streets. In the same month, an e-scooter rider in Paris,

France, died after hitting a truck. This happened just months after an 81-year-

old man died after being hit by an e-scooter on a *sidewalk in Paris.

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( ) There are problems with the way people park, since many riders

just park anywhere they like on the sidewalk. This can cause problems for people

walking on the sidewalk. In Denmark, the police say many people use e-scooters

after drinking alcohol. This is dangerous for e-scooter riders and for people using

roads and sidewalks. Also, most people use e-scooters without doing any courses

or safety training.

Several e-scooter companies and cities have tried to deal with many of these

problems by giving free training courses, free helmets, and making safer e-

scooters. They believe that these changes will help to reduce the number of

accidents and injuries. Some recent studies showed that e-scooters might not be

more dangerous than other vehicles. For example, in Portland, U.S., the number

of bicycle accidents and the number of e-scooter accidents are roughly the same.

Right now, e-scooter sharing is most popular in European and American cities, but

things may be starting to change. Small e-scooter sharing programs have started

in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, and in March, 2019, Japan’s first e-scooter

sharing program started at Urawa-Misono station in Saitama. At this station,

there are 10 e-scooters that people can use by unlocking them with a smartphone

application. It costs 100 yen to unlock the e-scooters, and then 25 yen every

minute. This price is similar to prices in other countries. However, differently to

many other countries, in Japanese law, e-scooters are the same as motorbikes,

so riders must have a driving license. They must also be driven on roads with

cars. If the program in Saitama is successful, there are plans to start Japan’s

next e-scooter sharing program in Fukuoka.

*charge *sidewalk

E-scooters

A. E-scooters can only be used for short trips.

B. E-scooters are very useful when roads are busy.

C. Many people used e-scooters when they were young.

D. In U.S. cities, e-scooters are cheaper to use than buses.

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A. Why Chicago’s e-scooter sharing program started.

B. A recent example of an e-scooter sharing program.

C. Problems with an e-scooter sharing program.

D. How e-scooters are collected in Chicago.

them

A. riders B. accidents

C. e-scooter programs D. e-scooters

( )

A. There are other worries about e-scooters.

B. However, things are starting to change.

C. What can we do about e-scooters?

D. That’s why we need to be careful.

E-scooter sharing programs

A. Chicago Saitama Nashville

B. Nashville Saitama Chicago

C. Chicago Nashville Saitama

D. Saitama Chicago Nashville

deal with

A. collect B. increase C. solve D. trade

roughly

A. about B. hard C. not D. dangerously

Shared e-scooter

A. about 125 yen B. about 250 yen

C. about 350 yen D. about 1250 yen

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A. Paris and Nashville have ended their e-scooter sharing programs.

B. In Denmark, you are not allowed to use an e-scooter after drinking

alcohol.

C. Hundreds of cities in Asia have started e-scooter sharing programs.

D. Some e-scooter companies have started to give training courses to

reduce accidents.

E. The newest e-scooters are more powerful than cars.

F. In most countries, to ride an e-scooter, you must have a driving

license.

G. People can’t borrow Chicago’s shared e-scooters after 10pm.

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In March 2019, something new was going to happen on the International Space Station

(ISS). Two NASA astronauts, Anne McClain and Christina Koch, were going to do the

station’s first ever all-woman spacewalk. There were 214 spacewalks in the two

decades (twenty years) before then, but this was going to be the first all-female walk.

Everyone was excited, but suddenly it was cancelled. Why? Some newspaper

journalists thought it was because McClain was a ‘medium’ size, and there was only a ‘large’ spacesuit on the ISS. Many people said this was part of a bigger problem that

men and women don’t have the same chances in the world of space travel.

In fact, women have always been a minority in space. Since the first person in space

in 1961 (a Russian man, Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)), 504 men have visited space, but

only 64 women.

One of the main reasons for this was the common idea that some jobs are for men and

others for women. Being an astronaut was seen as a man’s job. The space program

designers, testers, and trainers were men, and they didn’t understand women well.

In a 1973 NASA report, it was written that one job of women in space would be to

improve ‘crew morale’ (team happiness). Another report said that women on space

stations would only be useful in jobs such as nurses and other support jobs. In 1983,

Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, was given a *make-up bag to take with her,

and when her crew returned to Earth, she was the only astronaut that NASA tried to

give flowers to! She said, “No, thanks.” She just wanted to be an *equal crew

member. After she retired, she worked hard to encourage girls to become astronauts.

The original spacecraft were only designed for men. There was no privacy and there

were no special toilets for women. Even today, there are problems for women using

the toilets on the ISS.

Women in early space programs were asked questions by journalists that were not

asked to men, such as “Will you cry if things go wrong?” and “Will you give up your job

if you meet the perfect man?”

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Although there was only two years between the first man and woman in space, there

is still a long way to go before men and women are equal in space.

One problem is in education. NASA says all astronauts must graduate from a college

in mathematics, science, or engineering, but in the US in 2015 only 38% of science

graduates and only 20% of engineering graduates were women. NASA also asks for

three years of experience in *academia after college, or 1000 hours flying a jet plane.

Only 5% of pilots in the US are female. Recently, more and more women want to work

in space programs, but the number of female astronauts is still very low.

If a woman joins a space program, there are other *barriers. NASA doesn’t have

‘small’ size space suits, so astronauts like Catherine Coleman (under 165cm tall), have

to train in spacesuits that are too big for them. She says that because of this, people

might think she is clumsy and can’t do the job well when she trains.

Different things happen to the bodies of men and women in space. For example, travel

sickness is more common in women, and more men develop problems with their eyes

or ears. However, these differences don’t mean that either gender (male or female)

is a better or worse astronaut.

Some people think that there is too much attention given to gender in space. Marsha

Ivins used to be an American astronaut. She says that NASA now takes the right

person for the job and doesn’t care about gender. She also explained that the real

reason that McClain cancelled her spacewalk was not the spacesuits, but that her arms

were too short for a piece of work on the next spacewalk, so she asked a taller

astronaut to do the task.

One day in the future, we may see the first baby born in space, but we won’t be ready

if we don’t study the lives of both genders in space deeply. And that means a lot more

women need to become astronauts.

*make-up *equal

*academia *barrier

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1. What would be the best title for this text?

A. The History of Female Space Flight

B. Trouble on the ISS

C. The Gender Barrier in Space D. Space Our Biggest Challenge

2. What was the main reason the all-female spacewalk didn’t happen in March,

2019?

A. McClain didn’t like the ‘medium’ size spacesuit.

B. McClain’s arms were too short to do a task.

C. There was not a spacesuit of the right size for McClain.

D. It takes twenty years to be good enough to do a spacewalk.

3. Why does the writer use the make-up bag example?

A. To show that Sally Ride was a woman.

B. To show that women need different things to men in space.

C. To show that the program designers didn’t understand women well.

D. To show that the program designers were kind.

4. When did the first woman go into space?

A. 1961 B. 1963 C. 1973 D. 1983

5. What information is NOT in the text?

A. The first person on the moon was a man.

B. There was a man on every spacewalk in the ISS station’s history.

C. ‘Astronaut is a male job’ was a common idea in the past.

D. Early spacecraft were not designed for women.

6. Which woman below has the best chance to become a NASA astronaut?

A. College: Science. Later, she was a helicopter pilot for 4 years.

B. College: Math. She taught college students for 10 months.

C. College: History. She likes to travel a lot to other countries.

D. College: Engineering. She was a Yale University researcher for 6 years.

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7. What does the word ‘clumsy’ mean in the text?

A. not good at choosing clothes B. trying to be a man

C. not able to move easily D. thinking about other things

8. Illnesses that astronauts get in space show that …

A. humans should not travel in space.

B. it is better to use men as astronauts.

C. women are a better choice for space missions.

D. space has different effects on each gender.

9. Which person is an astronaut now?

A. Marsha Ivins B. Catherine Coleman

C. Sally Ride D. Yuri Gagarin

10. What is the writer trying to say?

A. Space programs should do some things better.

B. Women are equal to men in every way.

C. An all-woman spacewalk is an impossible goal.

D. Space is a dangerous place for humans.

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