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怪盗”L”

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1. 次の英文を読み,

yarious reasonS for the recent shortage of food on the world

 

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market。 One factor isS the extended drought* jn Australia,a major food

exporter, This is almost certainly related to global warming. Another factor

is the diversion of American corn and soybeans to biofuel production.。 Im 2007.
over a quarter of US corn and a fifth of US soybeans were used for biofuels

These trends coincided with an increase in the demand for food in China anq
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India,ldue to economic growth, changing diets and increasing population。 At the

に
same time, farmland in many countries is being lost to urban development and

Teson 1ana the amount of food which is produced is declining due to water

shortages and, in China's case, to air and water pollution.

Experts are now predicting a major global food crisis. Japan would
seriously suffer from this problem when it comes to wheat and SMG
which it depends heavily on imports to meet its needs. At the same tme
380.000 hectares of farmland are currently unused, due to an earlier program

aimed at reducing rice surpluses. If these could be cultivated, they could help

increase Japan's food security.

Shortages are not the only concern with regard to food. ]apanese

consumerSs also have to worry about the safety of the food they buy。 Many

In 2007.a number of people
were sickened by gyoz2 dumplings imported from China that were contaminated*

mwith a banned pesticide. The mass media then drew attention to the fact that

 

imports contain 則egal pesticides and food additives

owing to staff shortages, only one tenth of all imported food was being inspected
py quarantine oficers* among Which processed foods were not included。 The

discovery』 in imported American beef of a material banned because of its ink t

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There are alSo Wor    about approved food additives。 Research (commissioned

 

by Britams Food Standards  Agency found that additives are  jinked to
hyperactivity* in children、a major cause of classroom preakdownland even
to delinquency* as children grow older。 The additives eS are widely used in
food and drink products sold not only in Britain but also in many other countries,
including Japan.

The Japanese public iS generally welLinformed about health and nutrition,
one reason for their remarkable longevity. After all the bad news about food

additives, one might expect them to stay away from fastfood restaurants. On

the contrary,obesity_rates are rising, as more and more young people become

addicted to fast food and gain weight.
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there iS another issue that needs to be considered, and that is the environmental

impact of food production and tranSport  Tt is now well known that vast tropical

rainforests have been destroyed in order to create cattle ranches and to grow

 

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soil erosion : 土壌浸食

(注) drought : 干ばつ
quarantine officer($) : 検濃官

contaminate : 汚染する
BSE : 狂生病
delinquency : 非行

hyperactivity : 過活重

methane:メタン

various reasons について, 本文に半かれていなめものを, 次のア

 

問1 下線部
ーエより 1 つ選び, 記号で答えよ。
ア drought in Australia
イ the increasing production of biofuels in America

ウ the growth in the economy in China and India

エ the prevention of soil erosion in many countries

問2 珠部[還for which it depends heavily on imports to meet its needs の内容
としてで最も適切なものを, 次のアーエより 1 つ選び, 記号で答えよ。
7 Japan will survive because it has a lot of food resources.
イ Japan cannot do without wheat and soybeans from other countries。
ウ Japan satisfes its own food demands Without relying on other Countries.
エ Japan should keep Sending wheat and soybeans to countries that cannot

produce them.

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Answer 1

妃那

ェ 土壌浸食の予防じゃなくて 土壌浸食によって作物育てられないから食糧不足になる

ィ 需要に応えるため小麦と大豆を輸入に多く頼っている=他国からの小麦と大豆なしでは日本は用が足りない(やっていけない)

怪盗”L”

ありがとうございます！3～5、8から10も見てほしいです。。m(_ _)m

妃那

特に難しいところないと思うので答えだけ
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