なぜ人はお金を払ってまで怖がりたいのか？ お化け屋敷で心拍を測って分かったこと

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow to build a haunted house
2. BWhy people enjoy being scared
3. CWhy fear is bad for the heart
4. DHow to stop feeling scared

なぜ人はお金を払って怖がるのか、をお化け屋敷の研究で考える内容なので B。

Q2. How many visitors did the researchers study?

1. A110
2. B101
3. C210
4. D1,100

Researchers in Denmark studied 110 visitors とあるので A。

Q3. In this passage, "practice" means ...

1. Aforget about something
2. Bwatch someone else do something
3. Cbe afraid of something
4. Ddo something again and again to get better at it

practice は「練習する」。安全な場所で恐怖に慣れておく、という意味で使われているので D。

Q1. What did the haunted house study find?

1. APeople enjoyed it more and more as they got more scared.
2. BHeart rates did not change inside the house.
3. CPeople enjoyed it most when they were moderately scared.
4. DOnly young visitors enjoyed the experience.

enjoyment was highest when people were moderately scared とあるので C。怖いほど楽しいわけではない。

Q2. What did the visitors do in the study?

1. AThey designed scary rooms.
2. BThey wore heart rate monitors and reported their feelings.
3. CThey watched horror films at home.
4. DThey answered questions about wild animals.

心拍計をつけ、怖さと楽しさを報告したと書かれているので B。

Q3. Why does the author mention young animals?

1. ATo compare horror with practicing skills through play
2. BTo show that animals enjoy horror films
3. CTo explain why haunted houses use animals
4. DTo argue that fear is useless

just as young animals practice hunting through play と、ホラーを「遊びを通した練習」にたとえているので A。

Q1. Which best summarizes the passage?

1. AHorror films make people cold-hearted.
2. BHeart rate is the best measure of happiness.
3. CFear should always be avoided in daily life.
4. DPeople seem to enjoy moderate fear, perhaps as safe practice, though the evidence is limited.

ほどほどの恐怖が最も楽しく、安全な練習という説があるが、証拠には限界がある、という流れなので D。

Q2. According to the passage, how were smaller heart rate fluctuations related to enjoyment?

1. AThey rose steadily as enjoyment rose.
2. BThey had no connection with enjoyment.
3. CThey showed an inverted-U relationship.
4. DThey fell as enjoyment rose.

smaller swings showed the same inverted-U pattern with enjoyment とあるので C。直線的な関係にあったのは大きなゆれと怖さ。

Q3. Why can the survey not prove that horror builds resilience?

1. ABecause it included only children
2. BBecause it shows a link but not which factor causes which
3. CBecause horror fans refused to answer
4. DBecause it was carried out before the pandemic

a survey like this only shows a link とあり、ホラーがレジリエンスを育てるのか、レジリエンスの高い人がホラーを好むのか区別できないと説明しているので B。