英語・対話文読解（鳥取県公立高校入試問題）
次は，アメリカからの留学生トム(Tom)君とこうじ君の書店での会話です。
これを読んで，各問いに答えなさい。
Tom: Wow, so many people are here. Japanese people really like reading.
Koji: Yes, we do. I like reading, too.
Tom: Koji, what kind of books do you read?
Koji: Comic books.
Tom: You read comic books? Comic books aren’t books. Only little children read them in my country. I don’t read comic books *any more.
Koji: Why not? It’s fun. In Japan, ①( ) children ( ) *adults read comic books.
Tom: I don’t understand. It only *wastes time.
Koji: Well, let’s go to that corner. I want to buy an English dictionary.
(Koji bought an English dictionary.)
Tom: Koji, look at those people. Are they really going to buy the books they read?
Koji: Maybe not. Some people read in bookshops just to *pass the time.
Tom: If they want to read a book, they should go to a ( ② ) !
Koji: But many of them don’t think it is wrong.
Tom: If you read a book in a bookshop and don’t buy it , it is not good. You are ( ③ ) something and not *paying for it.
Koji: Oh, that’s your opinion.
（注） not～any more：もう～ない adults：大人 waste：むだにする
pass：（時間を）過ごす pay：（金を）支払う
問１ 下線部①が「子どもも大人もマンガを読みます」という意味になるように，（ ）の中に適当な英語を１語ずつ書き入れなさい。
問２ （ ② ）と（ ③ ）に会話の流れを考えて適当な英語を補うとき，最も適当なものを次のア～エの中からそれぞれ１つ選んで，記号で答えなさい。
② （ア bookshop イ living room ウ library エ station）
③ （ア taking イ giving ウ selling エ lending）
問３ 次のNo.1～No.2に対する答えを，（ ）に英語を入れて完成しなさい。
ただし，No.1は（ ）に英語を１語ずつ入れなさい。
No.1 Does Tom read comic books?
( ), he ( ).
No.2 Why did Koji come to the bookshop?
Because he ( ).
