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1番がどうしてもわからないです
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1|以下の英文を読んで, 次の問いに答えなさい。
I read an article in the local newspaper talking about an older man and his wife
who were almost hit by a car while they were walking home. I asked myself ,,, Wwhy
they (notice) the car approaching, and I realized the reason was that they had not
heard the car. The article said it was a hybrid car*.
Hybrid cars use electric power to start up and to move at low speeds. Did you
know that hybrid cars help protect the environment because they use less gasoline and
emit' less CO,? Furthermore, they are very quiet when they are using electric power.
This is a benefit for society in general because it reduces traffic noise. (o However, this
can make hybrid cars dangerous for pedestrians". Because hybrid cars are sometimes
too quiet for pedestrians to hear, they may not become aware of a car's presence
(3) until it (
) too late. A report says that at speeds of less than 50 km/h, pedestrians

, 下独部(1)が「なぜ彼らは車が近づいているのに気づかなかったのか」という意味になるよ
うに,カッコ内の動詞を適切な形にしなさい。 (5点)
2 下線部(2)を, this が指す内容を明らかにして, 和訳しなさい。 (9点)
3 下線部(3)が、「手遅れになるまで」 という意味になるように, 空所に適切な動詞を入れなさい。
(5点)
4 空所Oに入れる語句として適切なものを 1つ選び, 記号で答えなさい。 (4点)
ア walk
イ will be walking
ウ
are walking
エ have been walking
*本又によると, ハイブリッド車をより安全なものにするための法律とはどのような法律です
Do 30字以内の日本語で答えなさい (句読点も字数に含める)。
(9点)
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