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英検2級・TOEIC700点
次の英文A を読み，その文意にそって(1) から(4) までの( )に入れるのに
最も適切なものを４つの中から一つ選びなさい。
（A）Plastic from Air
One major cause of global warming is the release of carbon dioxide by companies and individuals into the air.
Because of this, researchers around the world are trying to find new ways to reduce the amount being ( 1 ).
Someideas include using fossil fuels more efficiently or finding new sources of energy.
Another solution has been to find ways to trap and store carbon dioxide.
It is also possible, however, to make the carbon in carbon dioxide into materials.
One example of a company that has begun to make materials from carbon dioxide is Newlight echnologies,
which was formed by two friends, Mark Herrema and Kenton Kimmel.
They found a way to separate the carbon from carbon dioxide.
They then used the carbon to create a kind of plastic.
This plastic has various advantages.
First of all, the process of making it removes carbon from the atmosphere.
( 2 ), unlike traditional plastics, it quickly breaks up and is absorbed into the environment after it is thrown away.
Also, it is cheaper than regular plastics, which are made from oil.
This could make it popular with manufacturers.
In fact, the new plastic is already being used in various ways, and demand for it is increasing.
Because of this, the owners are now ( 3 ) the business.
Other companies are using carbon dioxide to make other sorts of materials.
One company creates a soft material which is made stronger by carbon dioxide from the air.
It can be used in buildings, shoes, and other goods.
Another company has found a way to create a kind of stone by combining carbon dioxide with other substances.
This could be used in buildings or in roads.
All of these materials have the advantage that they are cheap and, in turn, attractive to manufacturers.
Because of this, they seem likely to become some of the most ( 4 ) ways of dealing with carbon dioxide.
問1
（１）
(ア) destroyed
(イ) purchased
(ウ) produced
(エ) buried
問2
（２）
(ア) Nevertheless
(イ) Therefore
(ウ) Occasionally
(エ) Moreover
問3
（３）
(ア) explaining
(イ) closing
(ウ) expanding
(エ) selling
問4
（４）
(ア) successful
(イ) costly
(ウ) difficult
(エ) educational
次の英文B を読み，その文意にそって(5) から(8) までの( )に入れるのに
最も適切なものを４つの中から一つ選びなさい。
（B）The Business of Giving
Nat Sloane is a British venture capitalist.
This means that his job is lending money to new companies,
and he often gives them advice on how to make their businesses grow so that they can make more money.
However, Sloane is also interested in charities, and he donates money to some of them.
One day in the 1990s, he realized that some of the advice he gave to companies would actually be ( 5 ) for charities.
Together with a friend, he founded Impetus-PEF.
This organization asks businesspeople to assist charities by giving them expert advice for free.
Charities are there to provide aid to people,
but they often have little idea about ways to increase their income or how to spend the money they get more efficiently.
This is where people with business experience can be helpful.
In many countries today, governments are spending less than they used to on programs for people who need help.
( 6 ), charities and other voluntary organizations need to provide more aid than before.
In fact, the advice that is given by Impetus- PEF leads to about 25 percent growth in the charities’ income,
and, even more importantly, to 30 percent growth in the number of people the charities can assist.
A good example is the charity called the St Giles Trust.
This organization works to find homes and jobs for former prisoners.
Before Impetus-PEF was ( 7 ), St Giles Trust was very small.
It only worked with 2 prisons, and it had only found housing for 160 people and jobs for 8.
After Impetus-PEF began giving it advice, though, it grew dramatically.
It is now working with 24 prisons, and it has found housing for 2,407 people and jobs for 226.
This is one example of how the Impetus-PEF approach to advising charities has proven to be ( 8 )Because of its achievements,
this approach is now being adopted throughout Europe.
問5
（５）
(ア) useful
(イ) strange
(ウ) average
(エ) impossible
問6
（６）
(ア) At most
(イ) As always
(ウ) For this reason
(エ) In particular
問7
（７）
(ア) involved
(イ) ereplaced
(ウ) damaged
(エ) paid
問8
（８）
(ア) risky
(イ) honest
(ウ) effective
(エ) negative
高校英語（レベルB<大学入試3回目>）
高校英語（レベルB<大学入試3回目>）