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1. 次の英文を読んで、 設問に答えなさい。
In recent years, world leaders have been engaged in a series of international
negotiations on a variety of environmental (あ)issues, including climate change and
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ozone deletion. However, many of these negotiations have broken down over
tensions between the industrialized North and the less-developed South While
5 Northern representatives cite global concerns and shared responsibilities, their
Southern counterparts respond that they too have the right to develop and
(い)Northern societies (whose over-consumption le destroying the environment)
have to take responsibility for cleaning up (5)the mess.
(1) (あ)の下線部の語 issues の語義に最も近いものを ad から1つ選びなさい。
a. dangers
b. questions
c. threats
d. diseases
(2) (い)に入るべき適切な語を a~dから1つ選びなさい。
a. although
b. if
c. that
d. whenever
(3) (う)の下線部の語句 the mess の内容の説明として適切なものを adから1つ選
びなさい。
a. 地球環境に混乱がもたらされている現状
b. 先進国と発展途上国が協調できるという展望
c. 先進国が過剰な消費を続けている危険性
d. 環境問題を解決するための資金の不足
(4) 本文の内容に一致するものを adから1つ選びなさい。
a. They put off all the negotiations on climate change.]
b. Developed countries could solve the problems on their own.
c. Southern countries also want to develop their industries.
d. Developing nations are solely responsible for the environmental crisis.

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2. 次の英文を読んで、 設問に答えなさい。
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The professional classes in Britain are working longer hours these days, with
less leisure time to refresh tired brains and exercise workaholic bodies, let alone
look after stressed relationships. True? False, according to a recent study.
Over the past ten years, it says, Britain has moved into a new age of convenience.
5 The British are switching more and more to fast food Internet services and other
methods of freeing up time. As a result, only 5 percent of adults feel that they
"never have any time at all," while 14 percent of Britons admit to being relaxed.
And the leisure industries are booming. Britons spend £25 billion on eating out,
(compared with £15.6 billion in 1993. Each year they spend £20 billion on
10 travel. Ten years ago 0.4 million bank accounts were accessible by Internet
口座
Now the figure has ballooned to 17.2 million. "We are not a cash-rich, time-poor
nation," said one researcher who worked on the study.) "Although we are
busy, we
do have time to relax and more people have disposable income in their pockets.
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The increase and use of convenience products have freed up people's time."
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
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a. People in Great Britain are working longer hours and have less leisure
time.
b. People in Great Britain are finding new ways to increase the amount of
leisure time they have.
c. People in Great Britain are spending more money on eating out and
travel than they did in the past.
d. People in Great Britain are increasingly using the Internet to do their
banking.