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|3| 次の英文を読み、設問に答えなさい。 [設問解答目標時間: 25分/計 20 点]
Which hand do you use to do most things-ーyour left hand or your right one? Most people
e their right hand more. If (X)this is true of you, then you are right-handed. Left-
handed people, ( 1 ), are those who use their left hand to do most thingsleating, writing,
ding tools or throwing balls, ( 2 ). A person whose left hand is used more can also be
(あ)a left-hander.
A Canadian scientist, who's been studying left-handed people, has made some surprising
diecoveries about them. The scientist found that left-handers have many more accidents than
right-handed people.
The study was made of almost 1,900 left-handed students at the University of British
Columbia over a two-third period. It was discovered that left-handed people
percent more likely to have an accidentat home than right-handed people> They are twenty-
are forty-nine
five percent more likely to have an accident, ( い )
sports
activities,
(Y)Many accidents suffered by left-handed people happen when they use electric
power
tools. This is because the tools are designed to be held and used easily by right-handers. So,
in order to operate them, a left-handed person must use his right hand or else turn his body
in a strange position. ( 3 ), left-handers are fifty-four percent more likely to have an
accident while using power tools than right-handers. [230 語]
[徳島文理大 改]
1. 空欄(1)~(3)に入る最も適切なものを(a)~(c)の中から一つずつ選びなさい。 なお、大
文字で始めるべき語句も小文字で初めてあります。 (各1点: 計3点)
(a) for example
(b) for these reasons
(c) on the other hand
