次の(A)(B]をよく読んで,それぞれの問題の指示に従って答えなさい。
6
Lave you ever heard a storv like this? A woman moves to a new town
With her cat. After a few weeks. her old neighbors are surprised to find the
cat at their door. It has found its own way back home.
Not many animals have traveled as far as Tom, a dog in Australia who
traveled 1, 600 kilometers to come back home. In 1991, Sam, a cat in America,
traveled 800 kilometers more than Tom. In Japan, Taro, a dog, traveled halif
the distance Sam traveled. Do they have maps, a compass or a GPS in their
heads?
Scientists believe that cats have something magnetic inside their bodies.
They also believe that ‘homing' pigeons also have the same thing. They are
called 'homing' pigeons because they are always able to find their way home.
Many birds travel a long distance without getting lost when they fly south for
the winter. They follow the magnetic lines of the earth to find their way.
(注)
neighbor 隣人
distance 距離
compass 方位磁石
GPS 全地球測位システム
magnetic 磁気を帯びた
homing pigeon 伝書バト
get lost 迷う
(問題) 次の各問いに対する最も適当な答えをア~エの中から一つずつ選び。
記号で答えなさい。
1 How far did the dog, Taro, travel to come back home?
イ 800 kilometers.
ア 400 kilometers.
ウ
1,200 kilometers.
エ 1,600 kilometers.
2 What do homing pigeons use to find their way?
イ A compass.
ア Maps in their heads.
エ The magnetic lines.
ウ A GPS.
