「ガッツポーズ」は、ガッツ石松の世界王座より前の1972年に雑誌に出ていた

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow to win a boxing match
2. BWhere the word "guts pose" was first found
3. CWhy bowling is popular in Japan
4. DHow to make a fist the right way

「ガッツポーズ」という言葉の古い例がどこで見つかったかの話なので B。

Q2. When is the magazine example from?

1. ANovember 1972
2. BApril 1974
3. CNovember 1974
4. DJanuary 1949

It comes from a magazine called "Weekly Guts Bowl" from November 1972 とあるので A。1974年はガッツ石松さんが王者になった年。

Q3. In the passage, what does "fist pump" mean?

1. AA kind of bowling ball
2. BA boxing glove
3. CMoving your closed hand to show you are happy
4. DA machine that pushes air

makes a fist to celebrate を英語で fist pump と言う、という流れなので C。

Q1. What does the dictionary example show?

1. AGuts Ishimatsu made up the word in 1974.
2. BThe word was used in a magazine in 1972.
3. CThe word first appeared in an English newspaper.
4. DSoccer fans created the word in the 1990s.

It is a line from a magazine called Weekly Guts Bowl, dated November 30, 1972 とあるので B。

Q2. What did the English word "guts" first mean?

1. ACourage
2. BA winning pose
3. CThe stomach and intestines
4. DA bowling score

In English it first meant the stomach and intestines とあるので C。「勇気」はくだけた言い方での意味。

Q3. Why does the writer mention a professional bowler with the same name?

1. ATo suggest who the tall woman in the 1972 example probably was
2. BTo show that Guts Ishimatsu also bowled
3. CTo prove that the magazine was printed in English
4. DTo explain the rules of bowling

1972年の用例に出てくる背の高い女性がだれなのかを示すために、同じ名前のプロボウラーを挙げているので A。

Q1. What is the main point of the passage?

1. AGuts Ishimatsu invented the word in 1974.
2. BThe word appears in a dictionary example from before Guts Ishimatsu's world title.
3. CBowling became popular in Japan because of boxing.
4. DEnglish speakers often use the phrase "guts pose."

辞書の最初の例が1972年でガッツ石松の王座（1974年）より前、というのが中心なので B。

Q2. Why does the writer think the woman in the 1972 line is probably Katsuko Sugimoto the professional bowler?

1. AThe magazine printed her photo next to the word.
2. BShe later married Guts Ishimatsu.
3. CThe name, the year she turned pro, and her height all match.
4. DShe told the dictionary editors herself.

a bowler of that name who turned pro in 1972 and is 168 centimeters tall とあり、名前・年・「長身」が合うので C。

Q3. What can be inferred about the boxer's role?

1. AHe had nothing to do with the word at all.
2. BHe may have helped the word spread, even if he did not create it.
3. CHe wrote for the bowling magazine.
4. DHe was the first person to use the word in English.

It says nothing about how the word spread, and the boxer's 1974 win may well have helped とあるので、広めた可能性はあると読める。B。