英語・会話文読解（北海道公立高校入試過去問）
次の英文は，アイルランド共和国から日本に来て間もないケイトが
恵美の家を訪れたときの会話です。これを読んで，問いに答えなさい。
Emi : Welcome, Kate. Please come in.Kate: Thank you, Emi. Can I leave my shoes here?
Emi : Sure. （ A ）
Kate: Thank you.
Emi : Please come this way.
(In the Japanese room)
Emi : This is our Japanese room.
Kate: These are tatamis, aren’t they?
Emi : ①You are a good student of Japanese culture.
Kate: It feels nice to be on tatamis.
Emi : On a hot day we feel cool on them, but on a cold day we can
feel warm. We can sleep on them for a short time in the afternoon.
Kate: Really! Do you sleep on them every night, too?
Emi : No. In our house we put futons on the tatamis to sleep at
night. During the day our futons are in this small place. This place
is called the “oshiire” in Japanese.
Kate: I see. The room can become a sleeping room quickly.
Emi : Yes, you are right.
Kate: （ B ）
Emi : Oh, have you? What is it?
Kate: These flowers in the vase are very beautiful. Is this a Japanese flower arrangement?
Emi : Yes, I think it is one of the best ways to see flowers in
Japan. We can enjoy the flowers and the quiet atmosphere around them at
the same time.
Kate: That’s interesting. Each country has its own culture.
Emi : Yes. Kate, would you tell me something interesting about your country?
Kate: All right. When we go to bed, we put a cup of milk near the
window for fairies. They come to drink it and do good things for us.
Sometimes some of them do bad things to bad people.
Emi : ②I will try to become a good person before I visit your country.
(注) shoes 靴 tatami(s) たたみ futon(s) ふとん
vase 花器・花びん flower arrangement 生け花
quiet atmosphere 静かな雰囲気 fairies たち
問１（ Ａ ） ，（ Ｂ ）に入る英文として最も適当なものを，ア～エからそれぞれ選びなさい。
ア It’s not fun for me to see flower arrangements.
イ I’ll show you around the house.
ウ I have wanted to eat Japanese food.
エ I have found another interesting thing in this room.
問２ 恵美が 線①のように述べている理由を最もよく説明している英文を，ア～エから選びなさい。
ア Because Kate spoke only in Japanese.
イ Because Kate liked her school very much.
ウ Because Kate used the word “tatamis”.
エ Because Kate talked about flower arrangement very well.
問３ 本文の内容から考えて，”oshiire”について述べた次の英文の
(1) , (2) にそれぞれ適当な１語を書き入れなさい。
The “oshiire” is a small (1) . They (2) futons there during the day in Emi’s house.
問４ 線②のように述べている理由は何ですか，日本語で説明しなさい。
問５ 本文の内容と合うものを，ア～エから１つ選びなさい。
ア Emi felt so cold on tatamis that she couldn’t sleep on them without futons.
イ Emi asked Kate to take off her shoes when Kate came into Emi’s house.
ウ Emi said that flowers are not the only things they can enjoy in flower arrangement.
エ Emi said lots of things about Japan but she learned nothing about Kate’s country from Kate.
