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【4】 次の設問 (A), (B) に答えよ。 (配点 30>
(A) 次の(1)~(6) の各英文には、下線部ア~エのいずれか1つに文法・語法に関して不
適切な あるいは文意を通らなくする箇所が含まれている。 その下線部の記号を記せ。
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(1) It is estimated that the surface temperature of our planet has been risen
by about half a degree Celsius, compared to a hundred years ago, and some
scientists believe it's going to get warmer yet in the years to come.
(2) In English-speaking cultures, children are often told to say "please"
when asking for something. By so doing, they are more likely to be given
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permission than they do not. If they don't, their parents give them a hint, by
asking them " What's the magic word?"
Trying to forecast weather is incredibly complicated. Some scientists
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believe that no matter how advanced science is, weather is impossible to
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predict it accurately, because there are too many random elements involved.
(3)
Inuits are a related group found in Alaska, and also in Canada and
Greenland. They are thought to have spread into North America from Siberia
many thousands years ago. In both the US and Britain these people are
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often called Eskimos but the name Inuit is now preferred and is becoming
more widely used.
5) The Cold War is a term for the political conflict between the capitalis
countries of the West and the Communist countries of the East that begar
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after World War II. Both sides had large military forces which
were kep
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ready for war, and threatened at each other with nuclear weapons.
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