英文読解力アップに「１日１長文」
1997以前のセンタ―過去問（第６問）がおススメです。
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I met Susan when I was a first –year student in college. We were put
together as roommates, and I found that we had completely opposite
personalities. I was never neat, and Susan was extremely opganized.
everything she owned was labeled, and she carefully returned each item
to its own place after she had used it. Both of us had cute little pencil
cases；hers was full of labeled pencils, but mine was always empty.
Over time Susan got neater and I got messier. A messy environment was
comfortable enough for me but not for her. Because of our different habits,
we began to dislike each other. Day after day she would complain about
my dirty clothes thrown all over the floor, and I would complain about the
heavy smell of her air freshner.
問１ How was Mary different from Susan?
1. Her belongings were clearly identified.
2. She enjoyed the smell of air freshner.
3. She left dirty clothes lying on the floor.
4. She was quite neat and organized.
One October evening Susan came into our room while I was on my bed
reading, and she glanced at the top of her desk.
“What’s this, Mary?” she asked.
“Oh that’s my T-shirt from gym class,” I responded casually and turned my
attention back to my book.
“Why is your dirty, smelly T-shirt on my desk? Get it off and keep it off,”
she exploded with anger.
I always left my clothes all over the room, so I didn’t know why she was so
concerned about that one particular shirt, but it really made her mad. She
picked it up and threw it toward my side of the room, knocking my lamp off
my desk and onto the floor. I leapt off the bed in shock and screamed at her.
She yelled back and we probably would have argued all evening and not
shared the room another day if the phone had not rung.
問2 Why did Suan shout at Mary angrily one evening?
1. Mary tried to borrow Susan’s T-shirt for gym class.
2. Mary had left a T-shirt that needed washing on Susan’s desk.
3. Susan thought that Mary had stolen her boyfriend.
4. Susan had accidentally knocked Mary’s lamp on the floor.
Susan answered it. Since it was for her, I angrily threw myself on my bed.
The room was thick with unspoken words, and I thought I simply couldn’t
remain her roommate: I had to move out. I probably would have, but as I
lay there, I could tel that Susan’s phone call was not good news. I knew she
had a boyfriend back home. From what I could hear her say, I guessed she
had found a new girlfriend. It surprised me that tender feelings begat to
fill my heart. Not long before I left for college, my boyfriend had done the
same thing and that painful memory was still fresh. I sat up on the edge
of my bed and looked across the room at her.
When she had hung up the phone, she quickly crawled under her
bedcovers and turned toward the wall. I could hear her sobbing quietly.
問3 Why was Susan so upset by the phone call?
1. Mary’s boyfriend had found a new girlfriend.
2. The call interrupted her argument with Mary.
3. Her boyfriend had lost interest in her.
4. The caller didn’t want to talk to Mary.
I was still so upset, so I didn’t want to just walk over and talk to her.
But I didn’t want to leave her alone,either. I sat on my bed for a moment,
wondering what I should do. Then I got an idea and smiled to myself.
Slowly I began to clean up my side of the room. I returned my lamp to the
desk. I picked up my socks and shirts. I put the pencils in my pencil case
and made my bed. Then I took the books I had left on her desk and put
them in the bookcase. I swept the floor, even on her side. I got so invplved in
my work that I didn’t know that she had turned away from the wall and
come out from under the covers.
問4 What did Mary do to show her sympathy for Susan?
1. She told Susan about losing her boyfriend.
2. The call interrupted her argument with Mary.
3. Her boyfriend had lost interest in her.
4. The caller did not want to talk to Mary.
1997以前のセンタ―過去問（第６問）がおススメです。
スーザンとメアリーのバトル
I met Susan when I was a first –year student in college. We were put
together as roommates, and I found that we had completely opposite
personalities. I was never neat, and Susan was extremely opganized.
everything she owned was labeled, and she carefully returned each item
to its own place after she had used it. Both of us had cute little pencil
cases；hers was full of labeled pencils, but mine was always empty.
Over time Susan got neater and I got messier. A messy environment was
comfortable enough for me but not for her. Because of our different habits,
we began to dislike each other. Day after day she would complain about
my dirty clothes thrown all over the floor, and I would complain about the
heavy smell of her air freshner.
問１ How was Mary different from Susan?
1. Her belongings were clearly identified.
2. She enjoyed the smell of air freshner.
3. She left dirty clothes lying on the floor.
4. She was quite neat and organized.
One October evening Susan came into our room while I was on my bed
reading, and she glanced at the top of her desk.
“What’s this, Mary?” she asked.
“Oh that’s my T-shirt from gym class,” I responded casually and turned my
attention back to my book.
“Why is your dirty, smelly T-shirt on my desk? Get it off and keep it off,”
she exploded with anger.
I always left my clothes all over the room, so I didn’t know why she was so
concerned about that one particular shirt, but it really made her mad. She
picked it up and threw it toward my side of the room, knocking my lamp off
my desk and onto the floor. I leapt off the bed in shock and screamed at her.
She yelled back and we probably would have argued all evening and not
shared the room another day if the phone had not rung.
問2 Why did Suan shout at Mary angrily one evening?
1. Mary tried to borrow Susan’s T-shirt for gym class.
2. Mary had left a T-shirt that needed washing on Susan’s desk.
3. Susan thought that Mary had stolen her boyfriend.
4. Susan had accidentally knocked Mary’s lamp on the floor.
Susan answered it. Since it was for her, I angrily threw myself on my bed.
The room was thick with unspoken words, and I thought I simply couldn’t
remain her roommate: I had to move out. I probably would have, but as I
lay there, I could tel that Susan’s phone call was not good news. I knew she
had a boyfriend back home. From what I could hear her say, I guessed she
had found a new girlfriend. It surprised me that tender feelings begat to
fill my heart. Not long before I left for college, my boyfriend had done the
same thing and that painful memory was still fresh. I sat up on the edge
of my bed and looked across the room at her.
When she had hung up the phone, she quickly crawled under her
bedcovers and turned toward the wall. I could hear her sobbing quietly.
問3 Why was Susan so upset by the phone call?
1. Mary’s boyfriend had found a new girlfriend.
2. The call interrupted her argument with Mary.
3. Her boyfriend had lost interest in her.
4. The caller didn’t want to talk to Mary.
I was still so upset, so I didn’t want to just walk over and talk to her.
But I didn’t want to leave her alone,either. I sat on my bed for a moment,
wondering what I should do. Then I got an idea and smiled to myself.
Slowly I began to clean up my side of the room. I returned my lamp to the
desk. I picked up my socks and shirts. I put the pencils in my pencil case
and made my bed. Then I took the books I had left on her desk and put
them in the bookcase. I swept the floor, even on her side. I got so invplved in
my work that I didn’t know that she had turned away from the wall and
come out from under the covers.
問4 What did Mary do to show her sympathy for Susan?
1. She told Susan about losing her boyfriend.
2. The call interrupted her argument with Mary.
3. Her boyfriend had lost interest in her.
4. The caller did not want to talk to Mary.