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解説は英語でします。
【1】 次の英文を読んで、後の設問に答えよ。 (配点 50)
A few years ago, a certain famous university in Japan asked a unique question
as its entrance examination in English. The question was this: Write a reply in
English to a junior high school student who doesn't like studying. He says he has
no intention of going abroad, so he doesn't think he needs to study English. Nor
does he want to get a job in which the knowledge of math or science is required.
He, therefore, insists that he cannot understand the reason he is forced every day
to study subjects he is not interested in.
As an entrance examination, it's not very difficult to write an answer to this
question. (2) you take it seriously, however, it touches on such a profound
aspect of human nature that it is worth thinking about. Fundamentally, why do
you have to study? What is learning for? Would you still like to study even if
there were no schools or examinations in the world?
In my opinion, it is possible to answer such questions from a practical and
essential point of view. First, it is not rare for anyone to find changes in their own
preferences or desires over time. Sometimes we find ourselves possessing no
interest in what we thought to be precious before.
Sometimes we are surprised
to realize that what we thought to be of little value is so important. So it is quite
hard, especially for young people, to predict actually what one will want in the
future, say, ten years from now. That's why it is highly desirable for students
to prepare for their future by increasing their knowledge and improving their
intelligence. Whatever job one may get, it is quite (4) that knowledge or
intelligence gets in the way. This can be demonstrated partly by many adults
confessing that they should have studied harder. ( 5 ), it's only while one is
young that one has a good memory and can absorb and retain a vivid impression
of what one has learned.
Next, I would like to talk about a more subtle viewpoint. Essentially, no
human beings can be satisfied with what they already have, and everyone has, at
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the bottom of their heart, the desire for a better existence. Please do not interpret
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this only in terms of materialism or religious belief. Of course, food, clothing.
and housing are important. Still, ( 7 ). Also, in the present age, it is difficulí
to feel there is anything in the belief that God will come to help you have a
better existence some day. Even if all of your basic needs are met, without one
important thing, you cannot feel that your life is meaningful. This one thing is
the ambition to improve yourself. When you learn something you didn't know
before, you will surely feel the satisfaction that no other element in life can give.
In this sense, learning will enable you to broaden your world, giving you the joy
of knowing. In short, learning is an important way to make your own life richer.
(A) 下線 (1) (3) を和訳せよ。
(B) 空所 (2) ( 5 )に入れるのに最も適切なものを、それぞれ次のア~エ
の中から1つずつ選び、 その記号を記せ。
(2) 7 Because
If
(5) 7 For example
In conclusion
Though
In addition
What is worse
(C) 空所 (4) に入れるのに最も適切な 同じ段落の中から抜き出して、
解答欄に記入せよ。
下線部)が表す内容を、 本文に即して70字以内の日本語で説明せよ。
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