英語・長文読解（宮城県公立高校入試過去問）
次の英文は，信夫が英語弁論大会で発表したものです。この英文を読んで，あとの１～６の問いに答えなさい。
Do you know Genji-botaru ? Genji-botaru are beautiful fireflies in Japan. First I want to tell you about the life of them, and then tell you ①( ア which イ why ウ what ) they disappeared from the rivers. Last, I will explain how we should live with them.
There are many beautiful places which are famous for fireflies all over Japan. Genji-botaru can live only in clean rivers in Japan. They can live for about a year. They lay eggs beside the river in June or July. About a month later eggs become larvae. Genji-botaru are very different from other fireflies. The larvae of Genji-botaru live in the river, but the larvae of many other fireflies live on the ground.
Genji-botaru in Japan once disappeared from the rivers in the 1950s because ②( ア for イ from ウ of) water pollution. Some people started cleaning the rivers. They continued working together to solve ③the environmental problem. At last Genji-botaru came back again in the 1970s. They saved Genji-botaru and the rivers from pollution.
When I visited a town last summer, I saw a lot of Genji-botaru. Many of them were flying around me. It was so beautiful that ④I could not forget the scene. I thought I was dreaming. I just stood by the river and watched them.
We should make our environment a good place for us and Genji-botaru. I think that it is very important for us to keep clean natural environment and pass it down to the next generation in the 21st century. I believe each one of us can do something for ⑤this purpose. Let’s do it for us and for Genji-botaru. Thank you.
＜注＞ Genji-botaru ゲンジボタル（ホタルの一種）
fireflies ＜ firefly ホタル last 最後に
be famous for ～ ～で有名である lay eggs 卵を産む
larvae ＜ larva 幼虫 be different from ～ ～と異なる
environment 環境
1 本文中の①，②の（ ）内に入る適切な語を，それぞれア～ウから一つ選び，記号で答えなさい。
2 下線部③について，その内容を具体的に表している部分を，本文中から二語で抜き出して書きなさい。
3 下線部④について，“the scene”の内容を具体的に，日本語で書きなさい。
4 下線部⑤について，その内容を具体的に表している部分を本文中から抜き出し，初めの三語と終わりの三語を英語で書きなさい。
5 次の英文は，本文の内容を要約したものです。文中の（ ⑥ ）～（ ⑨ ）に入る適切な英語を，それぞれ一語書きなさい。
Genji-botaru live in clean rivers. In the 1950s, it was very difficult to ( ⑥ ) Genji-botaru. Some people started cleaning the rivers to ( ⑦ ) Genji-botaru and the rivers from pollution. Both Genji-botaru and we ( ⑧ ) clean natural environment. So we ( ⑨ ) take some action to pass it down to the next generation in the 21st century.
6 このスピーチのタイトルとして最も適切なものを，次のア～エから一つ選び，記号で答えなさい。
ア The life of Genji-botaru イ The larvae of Genji-botaru
ウ How to clean the river エ How to live with Genji-botaru
