共通テスト英語 2024年度（令和6年度） 本試験 第3問
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第3問（配点 15）

Susan, your English ALT’s sister, visited your class last month. Now back in the UK, she wrote on her blog about an event she took part in.

Hi! I participated in a photo rally for foreign tourists with my friends. See the rules on the right. As photo rally beginners, we decided to aim for only five of the checkpoints. In three minutes, we arrived at our first target, the city museum. In quick succession, we made the second, third, and fourth targets. Things were going smoothly! But, on the way to the last target, the statue of a famous samurai from the city, we got lost. Time was running out and my feet were hurting from walking for over two hours. We stopped a man with a pet monkey for help, but neither our Japanese nor his English were good enough. After he’d explained the way using gestures, we realised we wouldn’t have enough time to get there and would have to give up. We took a photo with him and said goodbye. When we got back to Sakura City Hall, we were surprised to hear that the winning team had completed 19 checkpoints. One of our photos was selected to be on the event website (click here). It reminds me of the man’s warmth and kindness: our own “gold medal.”

Sakura City Photo Rally Rules

Each group can only use the camera and paper map, both provided by us Take as many photos of 25 checkpoints (designated sightseeing spots) as possible 3-hour time limit Photos must include all 3 team members All members must move together No mobile phones No transport

問1　You click the link in the blog. Which picture appears? [16]

問2　You are asked to comment on Susan’s blog. Which would be an appropriate comment to her? [17]

B　Virtual Field Trip to a South Sea Island

You are going to participate in an English Day. As preparation, you are reading an article in the school newspaper written by Yuzu, who took part in it last year.

Virtual Field Trip to a South Sea Island

This year, for our English Day, we participated in a virtual science tour. The winter weather had been terrible, so we were excited to see the tropical scenery of the volcanic island projected on the screen.

First, we “took a road trip” to learn about the geography of the island, using navigation software to view the route. We “got into the car,” which our teacher, Mr Leach, sometimes stopped so we could look out of the window and get a better sense of the rainforest. Afterwards, we asked Mr Leach about what we’d seen.

Later, we “dived into the ocean” and learnt about the diversity of marine creatures. We observed a coral reef via a live camera. Mr Leach asked us if we could count the number of creatures, but there were too many! Then he showed us an image of the ocean 10 years ago. The reef we’d seen on camera was dynamic, but in the photo it was even more full of life. It looked so different after only 10 years! Mr Leach told us human activity was affecting the ocean and it could be totally ruined if we didn’t act now.

In the evening, we studied astronomy under a “perfect starry sky.” We put up tents in the gymnasium and created a temporary planetarium on the ceiling using a projector. We were fascinated by the sky full of constellations, shooting stars, and the Milky Way. Someone pointed out one of the brightest lights and asked Mr Leach if it was Venus, a planet close to Earth. He nodded and explained that humans have created so much artificial light that hardly anything is visible in our city’s night sky.

On my way home after school, the weather had improved and the sky was now cloudless. I looked up at the moonless sky and realised what Mr Leach had told us was true.

問1　Yuzu’s article also included student comments (①〜④) describing the events in the virtual tour. Put the comments in the order in which the events happened. [18] → [19] → [20] → [21]

① I was wondering how dangerous the island was. I saw beautiful birds and a huge snake in the jungle. ② It was really shocking that there had been many more creatures before. We should protect our beautiful oceans! ③ Setting up a camping site in the gymnasium was kind of weird, but great fun! Better than outside, because we weren’t bitten by bugs! ④ We were lost for words during the space show and realised we often don’t notice things even though they’re there.

問2　From the tour, Yuzu did not learn about the [22] of the south sea island.

問3　On the way home, Yuzu looked up and most likely saw [23] in the night sky.