共通テスト（英語） 過去問
令和8年度（2026年度）追・再試験
問44 (英語リーディング（第8問） 問7)
問題文
各問の英文や図表を読み、最も適当な選択肢を選びなさい。
You are working on an essay about online voting for elections in your city, following the steps below：
Step 1：Read a range of opinions gathered from the Internet about online voting.
Step 2：Take a position on online voting.
Step 3：Create an outline for your essay using additional sources.
［Step 3］Create an outline for your essay
Online Voting in Our City
Introduction
Although there are some concerns about online voting, we should consider introducing it in our city.
Body
・REASON 1：［the common idea in Step 2］
・REASON 2：（ 43 ）［based on Source A］
・REASON 3：Online voting likely increases the participation of young people in elections. ［based on support from Source B：（ 44 ）］
Conclusion
Introducing online voting is a positive step forward for the citizens.
Source A
Estonia was the first country to hold general elections using online voting in 2005 and the popularity of online voting has continued to increase. More than half of the total votes in the 2023 parliamentary elections were cast over the Internet. In addition to the convenience of voting remotely from anywhere anytime, it allows voters to change their electronic votes multiple times in a secure way, which is not possible when votes are in the paper format. It can also handle situations in which votes are made both online and onsite by the same person. In this case, the electronic votes become invalid and only the paper votes are counted, ensuring the principle of “one person, one vote.” Thus, Estonia is a good example to follow for other countries or cities that want to have their elections online.
Based on Source B, which of the following best supports REASON 3 in the essay outline？（ 44 ）
You are working on an essay about online voting for elections in your city, following the steps below：
Step 1：Read a range of opinions gathered from the Internet about online voting.
Step 2：Take a position on online voting.
Step 3：Create an outline for your essay using additional sources.
［Step 3］Create an outline for your essay
Online Voting in Our City
Introduction
Although there are some concerns about online voting, we should consider introducing it in our city.
Body
・REASON 1：［the common idea in Step 2］
・REASON 2：（ 43 ）［based on Source A］
・REASON 3：Online voting likely increases the participation of young people in elections. ［based on support from Source B：（ 44 ）］
Conclusion
Introducing online voting is a positive step forward for the citizens.
Source A
Estonia was the first country to hold general elections using online voting in 2005 and the popularity of online voting has continued to increase. More than half of the total votes in the 2023 parliamentary elections were cast over the Internet. In addition to the convenience of voting remotely from anywhere anytime, it allows voters to change their electronic votes multiple times in a secure way, which is not possible when votes are in the paper format. It can also handle situations in which votes are made both online and onsite by the same person. In this case, the electronic votes become invalid and only the paper votes are counted, ensuring the principle of “one person, one vote.” Thus, Estonia is a good example to follow for other countries or cities that want to have their elections online.
Based on Source B, which of the following best supports REASON 3 in the essay outline？（ 44 ）
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共通テスト（英語）試験 令和8年度（2026年度）追・再試験 問44（英語リーディング（第8問） 問7） （訂正依頼・報告はこちら）
各問の英文や図表を読み、最も適当な選択肢を選びなさい。
You are working on an essay about online voting for elections in your city, following the steps below：
Step 1：Read a range of opinions gathered from the Internet about online voting.
Step 2：Take a position on online voting.
Step 3：Create an outline for your essay using additional sources.
［Step 3］Create an outline for your essay
Online Voting in Our City
Introduction
Although there are some concerns about online voting, we should consider introducing it in our city.
Body
・REASON 1：［the common idea in Step 2］
・REASON 2：（ 43 ）［based on Source A］
・REASON 3：Online voting likely increases the participation of young people in elections. ［based on support from Source B：（ 44 ）］
Conclusion
Introducing online voting is a positive step forward for the citizens.
Source A
Estonia was the first country to hold general elections using online voting in 2005 and the popularity of online voting has continued to increase. More than half of the total votes in the 2023 parliamentary elections were cast over the Internet. In addition to the convenience of voting remotely from anywhere anytime, it allows voters to change their electronic votes multiple times in a secure way, which is not possible when votes are in the paper format. It can also handle situations in which votes are made both online and onsite by the same person. In this case, the electronic votes become invalid and only the paper votes are counted, ensuring the principle of “one person, one vote.” Thus, Estonia is a good example to follow for other countries or cities that want to have their elections online.
Based on Source B, which of the following best supports REASON 3 in the essay outline？（ 44 ）
You are working on an essay about online voting for elections in your city, following the steps below：
Step 1：Read a range of opinions gathered from the Internet about online voting.
Step 2：Take a position on online voting.
Step 3：Create an outline for your essay using additional sources.
［Step 3］Create an outline for your essay
Online Voting in Our City
Introduction
Although there are some concerns about online voting, we should consider introducing it in our city.
Body
・REASON 1：［the common idea in Step 2］
・REASON 2：（ 43 ）［based on Source A］
・REASON 3：Online voting likely increases the participation of young people in elections. ［based on support from Source B：（ 44 ）］
Conclusion
Introducing online voting is a positive step forward for the citizens.
Source A
Estonia was the first country to hold general elections using online voting in 2005 and the popularity of online voting has continued to increase. More than half of the total votes in the 2023 parliamentary elections were cast over the Internet. In addition to the convenience of voting remotely from anywhere anytime, it allows voters to change their electronic votes multiple times in a secure way, which is not possible when votes are in the paper format. It can also handle situations in which votes are made both online and onsite by the same person. In this case, the electronic votes become invalid and only the paper votes are counted, ensuring the principle of “one person, one vote.” Thus, Estonia is a good example to follow for other countries or cities that want to have their elections online.
Based on Source B, which of the following best supports REASON 3 in the essay outline？（ 44 ）
- Although some residents felt online voting has security issues, its introduction would be the key to increasing the voting rate of young adults, because less than 2％ of university students would refuse to use it.
- More than half the people answered it was easy to cast their votes online while nearly 40％ of the people felt it was troublesome. Regardless of these positive and negative aspects, it would raise the voting rate of young people.
- The age range of the lowest voting rate is 20−24. According to the survey, more than 90％ of university students answered they would use an online system. Thus, introduction of online voting could help narrow the gap between age groups.
- The overall voting rate is more than 50％. Among the age groups, the biggest difference is between the youngest and the oldest. This could be reduced by introducing an online voting system because university students prefer it.
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