1　Circle the most appropriate options from the words in the parentheses.

⑴　Betty （ said ; told ） us that she had seen Jack at the station.

⑵　Tony asked me （ if ; that ） he could borrow that book until the next day.

2　Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

⑴　彼は地元の町のサッカーチームに入ることを熱望している。
= He is eager 〔anxious〕 to join the soccer team in his town.

⑵　ジェーンはその難しい仕事を楽々とこなしてしまった。
= Jane carried out the difficult task with ease.

⑶　マサトは雨の中をスーパーまで買い物に行かされた。
= Masato was made to go shopping at the supermarket in the rain.

3　Paraphrase the sentences following the directions in parentheses.

⑴　Kate said to me, “I will stay at my auntʼs next month.”（間接話法の文に）
→Kate told me (that) she would stay at her aunt’s the following〔next〕 month.

⑵　Linda won first prize in the speech contest.（it を用いて，下線部を強調する文に）
→It was Linda that〔who〕won first prize in the speech contest.

⑶　We gave up the idea of going out because it was raining hard.（it を用いて，下線部を強調する文に）
→It was because it was raining hard that we gave up the idea of going out.

Put the Japanese sentences into English referring to the passage. Use the words in the parentheses, correcting them if necessary.

⑴　 多くの人々がそのサッカー選手をヒーローと考えていたので，彼が逮捕されたというニュースを聞いて，彼らはがっかりした。（regard, disappoint, arrest）

⑴　As many〔a lot of〕people had regarded the soccer player as their〔a〕hero, they were disappointed to hear the news that he had been arrested.

⑵　 その森林に生育する植物の一部は絶滅の危機に瀕しており，政府が保護することを決めたのはこれらの植物であった。（in danger of, it, protect）

⑵　Some of the plants growing in the forest were in danger of extinction and it was these plants that the government decided to protect.