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【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1040
≪2017年第4問A≫ 月・水・土発行 2021/5/26 配信
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今回取り上げる問題は、2017年大学入試センター試験英語第4問Aです。
■ 問題
第4問 次の問い(A・B)に答えよ。
A 次の文章はある説明文の一部である。この文章と図を読み、下の問い
(問1~4)の[ 35 ]~[ 38 ]に入れるのに最も適当なものを、それぞれ下の
{1}~{4}のうちから一つずつ選べ。
Physical activity in your childhood, such as playing sports and
exercising, can greatly benefit your health when you are older. Therefore,
it is important to promote physical activity in childhood for one's good
health. The schoolyard is one place where children and adolescents can be
encouraged to take part in physical activity. Thus, knowing how schoolyards
are used by students may give us some helpful ideas to promote their
physical activity.
A study was conducted at four schools in Denmark in order to investigate
how much different types of schoolyard areas were used and whether students
were active or passive in those areas. In the study, schoolyard areas were
classified and defined by their primary characteristics. Grass represented
playing fields and natural green lawn areas, often used for soccer, but
without any marked lines or goals. Multi-court referred to fenced areas on
various surfaces, like artificial grass and rubber, designed for tennis and
other such ball games. Natural represented areas with, for example, bushes
trees and natural stones. Playground represented areas with play equipment,
such as swings and slides on safe surfaces like sand. Solid Surface
described the areas with the hardest surfaces, like concrete. These areas
were identified by flat open spaces, often having numerous markings painted
for games and benches set in different places.
Using GPS devices and other instruments, the researchers measured the
lengths of time the students spent in the different schoolyard areas as
well as the degrees of their physical activity. Figure 1 displays the
average amounts of time spent per day in each area for All students and
those averages divided into Children (aged 12 and under) and Adolescents
(aged 13 and over). Solid Surface was clearly the area in which All
students spent most of their time, followed by Multi-court then Grass.
Natural and Playground showed similar averages for All students, with the
average for All students in Playground being just over two minutes.
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Figure 1. Average times spent in each area by All students, Children, and
Adolescents.
Furthermore, the study revealed differences between the average amounts of
time spent in schoolyards by Children and Adolescents. In comparison with
Adolescents, Children spent more time in all schoolyard areas except for
Natural areas. The greater amount of time spent by Children might be
explained by the fact that, according to the regulations at all four
schools, Children could not leave the schoolyard during lunch time, but
Adolescents could when they wanted to.
When looking at the degree of physical activity, researchers discovered
differences among the schoolyard areas. Students were most active in Grass
and Playground areas. On the other hand, students were quite passive in
Solid Surface areas, with Adolescents spending only 7% of their time there
being physically active.
The findings of this study show the importance of investigating the
potential of various environments and features in schoolyards. To promote
students' health, it is also beneficial to observe how varieties of games
Children and Adolescents play affect the length of time spent taking part
in physical activity. Let us now take a look at these relationships.
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