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Back in the 1960s/futurists predicted that the biggest problem/for Americans/in the year 2000/
would, be managing /all their free time. What happened? People in the U.S. /have all the
timesaviig tools/they could want: jet travel,cell phones,microwave ovens/personal computers/and
faxes. Yet/they work more,/not less, Unstructured time
a day just to spend time with
is hard to find:Obviously, (1) the futurists' idea was the opposite. In reality/
friendsor family
the.
Pore
technology a society has, the less free time it has. Americans ín most cities feel/that time
is scarce,that there is never enough of it.
According to a social psychologist/ Robert Levine/we are experiencing (2) “a time famine."
We
are hungry/for time. People use/ their cell phones to stay/in touch with work when they are
shopping for dinner or at the beach on the weekend. They have computersand fax machines at
home so that they can be productive át any time of day or night. Everyone has 24 hours a day, of
コ-ス
(3) What Americans say they do not have is time to spendwith people/who are important to
Course.
強,壁す
them. In a recent survey, nearly three-quarters of the respondents said they needed more time
oin3
with family and friends/and less stress, in order to feel satisfied.e
A recent Harris 'poll*/showed' that American leisure time decreased almost 40 percent, within
the past 20 years/but (4) that is only half the story. During that time, Americans' consumption
increased/by 45 percent. When people buy more/they have to work more so they can pay/for the
things they buy. (5One question on the poll askedif people agreed with the comment,/“Most of us
Eighty-two percent/6f the respondents said yes.
buy and/consume far more than)we need."
るかに多い、
There is (6)good news.
Many people in the United States/are trying to take back their time.
Some people are choosing to have fewer possessions/and work less. Some people are changing
priorities and making time for family and friends. Others are turning off their cell phones and
taking time for leisure activities/ walking alonga beach at sunset, hiking up a hill to see the sunrise,
taking a child/to the park/for the afternoon. Americans are discovering/that they want these
things back/and they are the kinds of things/that only time can buy.

同!下線部(1) the futurists' idea の内容として最も適当なものを1つ選びなさい。
Feople in the future would have less free time as new technology increased convenience.
People in the future would be at a loss as to how to spend their free time created by new
technology.
3 Timesaving tools in the future would increase the number of hours people work.
の Timesaving tools in the future would result in people having just the right amount of free
time.
問2 下線部(2)*a time famine”の内容として適当でないものを1つ選びなさい。
O Cellular phones seldom make it easier for people to contact their workplaces when they are on
holiday.
2 Computers allow people to bring work home with them, which can take time away from their
private lives.
③ Having fax machines at home can result in people giving too much of their personal life to
work.
のTechnology has created an environment in which people can work whenever they need to.
問3 下線部(3)を日本語になおしなさい。
問4 下線部(4) that が指す内容として最も適当なものを1つ選びなさい。
0 アメリカ人は 20年前と比較して, 今日では 45%以上の余暇の時間を享受している。
② アメリカ人は 20年前と比較して, 今日では40%以上の余暇の時間を享受している。
③ アメリカ人の余暇の時間は, この 20年間変化していない。
アメリカ人の余暇の時間は 20年前と比較して, 今日では 40%も減少している。
問5 下線部(5)で明らかになった結果として最も適当なものを1つ選びなさい。
① As much as 80 percent of the respondents answered they often paid too much money to buy the
things they needed.
② More than 80 percent of the respondents answered they often paid too much money for things
they could not live without.
③Over 80 percent of the respondents said that they spent too much money orf things they did not
Theed to buy.
④ No more than 80 percent of the respondents believed they could not even afford to buy the
basic necessities of life.
間6 下線部(6)g0od news の内容として, 間違っているものを選びなさい。
① 多くのアメリカ人が, 自分がやっている仕事の量を減らそうとしている。
② 中には余暇の時間には携帯電話を切って, 余暇を楽しもうと考える人がいる。
③ 自分の中の優先順位を変更して, 家族と過ごす時間を増やす人がいる。
子どもの教育にかける時間を減らして, 妻や友人との時間を増やそうと考える人がいる。

Answer 1

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問1 ④
第一パラグラフの1文目と5行目のObviouslyから始まる文を見ると、2000年のアメリカ人は自由な時間があると思っていたと読めます。
問2 ①
適当でないもの、なので、④は「テクノロジーが働かないといけないときにいつでも働ける環境を作った」は、本文に合います。

問3以降はあっています。

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