英語・会話文読解（福島県公立高校入試過去問）
次のKenとMaryの会話を読んで，（１）～（４）の問いに答えなさい。
Mary : I have just read a book about words. It was very interesting.
Ken : Tell me something about it.
Mary : In Japanese, you use different words for “rice” such as kome, gohan and ine. But in English, we use the word “rice” for all of these Japanese words.
Ken : Oh, really? That’s interesting.
Mary : It happens the other way, too.
Ken : A
Mary : Take the word “ushi ” in Japanese, for example.
Ken : “Ushi ”? O.K.
Mary : In English, we have several ( ① ) words for that, such as cow, bull, and calf.
Ken : ( ② ) are there so many English words for “ushi ”?
Mary : Well, the book says that ushi has a close relation to the lives of English people. Rice has an important role in Japanese culture. So Japanese people use a lot of ( ③ ) words for it.
Ken : I see. So, words such as cow, bull, and calf are used because ushi is an important animal in your culture.
Mary : B It is really interesting to learn about these kinds of things.
Ken : Yes, it is. I’d like to read that book.
注：kome 米 gohan ご飯 ine 稲 the other way, too 他にも ushi 牛 cow 雌牛
bull 雄牛 calf 子牛 have a close relation to～ ～と密接な関連がある
（１） A ， B に入る最も適当な文を，ア～オの中からそれぞれ一つずつ選びなさい。
ア That’s right． イ What’s the matter? ウ You’re welcome.
エ What do you mean? オ I am wrong.
（２） ①，③には同じ語が入る。ア～エの中から最も適当なものを一つ選びなさい。
ア kinds イ any ウ many エ different
（３） 会話の流れに合うように，（ ② ）に入る最も適当な疑問詞を書きなさい。
（４） 下線部の理由として述べられている一文を，本文中からそのまま書き抜きなさい。
