【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1447≪2023年共通テスト追試第6問A≫

□--■--□--■--□--■--□--------------------------------------------◆ 　　　【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1447 　　　　　　　　≪2023年共通テスト追試第6問A≫　　　　　2023/1/1配信 ◆----------------------------------------□--■--□--■--□--■--□--■ 今回は2023年共通テスト追試第6問Aの内容を掲載します。 ■　問題 第６問 Ａ　You belong to an English discussion group. Each week, members read an article, create a summary, and make a challenging quiz question to share. For the next meeting, you read the following article. Getting to Know Aquatic Species The mysteries of the deep blue sea have fascinated ocean-watchers for millennia. Aquatic beings, however, cannot easily get to us. What if we go to them? Despite what you may expect, certain ocean animals will come right up to you. Dan McSweeney, a Hawaii-based underwater research photographer, tells a fascinating story. While he was studying whales underwater, one came charging at him. Whales are huge, so he was worried. The whale stopped, opened its mouth, and “passed” him some tuna. He accepted the gift. McSweeney believes that because of the air bubbles coming from his tank, the whale recognized him as a similar animal and offered the sashimi. Later, the whale came back, and McSweeney returned the food. Friendly interactions with dolphins or whales are possible, but how about octopuses? Science fiction sometimes describes aliens as looking like octopuses, so this animal group "cephalopods," which means "head-feet," may be perceived as being distant from humans. Yet, if you learn more about them, you might be convinced there is the possibility of interaction. Octopuses have long tentacles (arms/legs) extending from soft round bodies. Besides touch and motion, each tentacle experiences smell and taste and has sucking disks, called suckers, that grab and manipulate things. Their eyes, like two independent cameras, can move 80° and focus on two different things at once. UC Berkeley researcher, Alexander Stubbs, confirms that while octopuses sense light and color differently from humans, they do recognize color changes. These features might indicate that they are intelligent enough to interact with us. In fact, an article in Everyday Mysteries begins: "Question. Can an octopus get to know you? Answer. Yes." Octopuses are known to "return your gaze" when you look at them. They may even remember you. This notion was tested by Roland C. Anderson and his colleagues, who conducted experiments with two similar-looking people wearing the same uniforms. The friendly person, who had fed and socialized with them, got a completely different reaction from the cephalopods than