Do you like soccer? Did you enjoy watching the World Cup soccer games last year? I think many peaple in the World enjoyed watching them. But do you know when World Cup soccer started? The first World Cup was played in Uruguay in 1930. Until 1998, World Cup was played
popular sport in those places. The World Cup last year was very unique because it was played in Asia for the first time in its history. It was also the first time that the World Cup was played in two countries. Usually it is played only in one country. So, at first, there were some problems and worries, but the World Cup Korea-Japan was very successful. It was also a good chance for both Korea and Japan to understand each other well. We saw on TV that the people of both countries cheered for each other's teams. We never saw this before the first World Cup in Asia. Before then, when Japan played against Korea, people and players of both teams often got excited. It was said that "Korea is the nearest country to but is not close to Japan." But the scenes we watched on TV taught us that we can be "the nearest and closest countries" in the near future. The
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問1.次の各問いに対する最も適切なものをア~エの中から1つ選び、その記号を答えなさい。
1.Where was the first World Cup played? It was played
イ in South America. ウ in Uruguay. エ in Europe.
2.Why was the World Cup in Asia unique? Because ア it was played in Asia for the first time. イ it was very successful. ウ many Japanese watched the games. エ Japan and Korea did very well.
3.In how many countries is the World Cup usually played? It is usually played in ア one country. イ two countries. ウ Uruguay. エ Korea and Japan.
4.What can both countries be in the future? They can be ア chance to understand each other. イ places to go. ウ the nearest and closest countries. エ a good chance to see the games.
問2.本文の内容のまとめとして、最も適切なものをア~エの中から1つ選び、その記号を 書きなさい。
ア The World Cup was played in Asia for the first time in its history and many people enjoyed it. イ The first World Cup in Asia was unique and gave both Japan and Korea a chance to know each other well. ウ The World Cup in Asia was very successful because there were no ploblems and both Korea and Japan did very well. エ The World Cup in Asia was played in two countries for the first time and there were some problems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 【 解答 】 問1.1 ウ キーワード:the first World Cup 2 ア キーワード:unique 3 ア キーワード:usually 4 ウ キーワード:in the future ※英文の横に段落のポイントをメモしておくといいかもしれません。