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• 大問1：短文の語句空所補充
• 大問2：長文の語句空所補充
• 大問3：長文の内容一致選択

[A]
In many cities around the world, tourism brings money into the local economy, helping to create jobs and improving public facilities. However, sometimes a city ( 21 ). This is the situation now being faced by Amsterdam in the Netherlands, a city well known for its historic and cultural attractions. Amsterdam currently attracts about 18.5 million visitors a year, and this number is rising.

1.provides better attractions
2.creates too many jobs
3.attracts too many visitors
4.improves its economy

[B]
Today, around one in ten people in the world do not have access to electricity. Instead, they rely on things like batteries, oil lamps, or wood for energy and light. However, these are often expensive and cause damage to the environment. Now, Sheila Kennedy and Juan Frano Violich have come up with a solution to these problems. They have developed a new device that ( 24 ). It is called the Portable Light and uses solar energy to create light and charge batteries.

1.needs batteries and wood
2.uses less money and more oil
3.is healthy and easy to use
4.is cheap and environmentally friendly

[B]
It is a good thing that people are living longer, but it does have some difficult aspects. One of these is that more and more people are suffering from diseases associated with getting older. The number of cases of high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses is increasing. In Australia, for instance, a recent report said that people, on average, live 25 years longer than they did a hundred years ago. Now, there are many more people suffering from serious illnesses. One consequence is that each year countries have to spend more and more on medical care for older people.

What is one challenge that countries today have?

1.The number of people under the age of 25 that suffer from diseases such　as cancer has increased rapidly.
2.The cost of providing healthcare is increasing because more people are living with serious illnesses.
3.People are unhappy with the way that governments try to prevent diseases.
4.People continue to cure illnesses in the same way they did a hundred years ago.

[C]
Furthermore, the scientists hope that this research can be used to support people with dyslexia – a condition in which people have difficulty learning to read. Dyslexia is often caused by problems with the way the deep area of the brain works, and by gaining a better understanding of the way that part of the brain works, better treatments can be developed. Scientists believe that they will be able to create new techniques to make reading easier for such people.

The scientists suggest that their research can be used to

1.create treatments for people who have trouble reading.
2.develop a surgery to fix problems on the surface of the brain.
3.help teachers who teach young children how to read.
4.discover new tools that can be used to develop children’s skills.