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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）The Science of Cooking
In 2006, a British magazine called Restaurant listed the top three chefs in the world: one in Spain, another in France, and the third in Britain.
What all of these chefs had in common is that they had been influenced by a new approach to cooking called “molecular gastronomy.”
This term was invented in the 1980s by Nicholas Kurti, a physicist, and Hervé This, a chemist, to describe the scientific study of the ( 1 ) of food.
Of course, scientists have been studying food for a long time.
However, they have mainly studied how different foods affect human health, rather than how cooking methods affect the flavor and other qualities of food.
Over time, the ingredients used in cooking have changed greatly.
( 2 ), the methods used to cook them have stayed largely the same.
Hervé This has especially focused on studying common cooking beliefs, such as that salt should always be added to water when cooking green vegetables.
According to him, these ideas often have no basis in scientific fact.
Hervé This has also been studying the effects of different flavors on one another and coming up with suggestions for new combinations of ingredients.
It is this aspect of his work that has had the biggest ( 3 ).
For example, Heston Blumenthal, a chef who has been particularly influenced by Hervé This, has become famous for his unusual dishes.
Bacon and ice cream served on toast, or oysters and fruit jelly, may sound strange at first.
Yet they have proved very popular with both critics and customers.
Hervé This, however, believes that his research may someday have an even more ( 4 ) use.
The reason is that his research could help solve the global problem of people eating unhealthily.
He hopes that, by making healthier foods taste better, molecular gastronomy will encourage people to make food choices that can prevent serious diseases.
問1
（１）
(ア) vitamins
(イ) shortages
(ウ) cost
(エ) preparation
問2
（２）
(ア) In addition
(イ) On the other hand
(ウ) Therefore
(エ) Fortunately
問3
（３）
(ア) recovery
(イ) chance
(ウ) impact
(エ) loss
問4
（４）
(ア) important
(イ) dangerous
(ウ) private
(エ) entertaining
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）Ancestors Online
In the United States, many people want to know more about their family histories.
Finding out about one's ancestors, though, was often very difficult in the past.
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants from various countries.
Because of this, their family histories are often ( 5 ).
Moreover, because people moved around a lot, records for one family were often kept in churches,
local government offices, and libraries in different parts of the country.
However, new developments in technology have made learning about one's ancestors much easier.
For this reason, ( 6 ) in this area has increased among ordinary people.
By far the biggest factor behind this has been the growth of the Internet.
Many government records have now been put online and people can search these databases for the names of relatives.
The biggest of these is the 1940 census, a study in which officials visited every house in the United States
and asked detailed questions about the people who lived there.
The ( 7 ) can now be accessed for free on the Internet.
Many people use this information to find out more about their ancestors.
There is also a good deal of information on the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation website,
which provides information about the millions of passengers who arrived in New York Harbor to settle in the United States between 1892 and 1954.
Another development has been social networking sites.
Many people use these sites to contact relatives they have never met.
These relatives often have more information on common ancestors, including photographs.
They can also introduce people to other relatives.
These sites make it possible for people to contact family members that they have never heard of before.
( 8 ) these developments, more and more people are filling in the details of their family histories.
In fact, more than 9 million Americans now describe researching their ancestors online as their hobby.
問5
（５）
(ア) disappointing
(イ) complicated
(ウ) helpful
(エ) available
問6
（６）
(ア) trouble
(イ) tourism
(ウ) interest
(エ) employment
問7
（７）
(ア) results
(イ) experiments
(ウ) designs
(エ) courses
問8
（８）
(ア) Compared with
(イ) In spite of
(ウ) Apart from
(エ) Thanks to
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