The process of dying is intriguingly similar to the stages of child
development. To the (1)toddler, the world keeps shifting; her
physical and emotional environments change frequently and in unpredictable
ways. How she sees herself and how she is seen differ from month to month
and, at times, week to week. What others expect of her continually
changes. Within her body and her person, new needs regularly arise and
must be satisfied. Life for the toddler presents fresh challenges that
must be successfully negotiated, or she feels insecure. To the extent she
(2)persists in clinging to old strategies of navigating in the
world and relating to others, there is distress. For some children, the
rate of change proves too fast - the extent of growth and development
demanded by circumstances proves too large to compress into a few weeks'
time, and, at least transiently, there is suffering.
(以下、略)
1.
下線部の単語あるいは語句と置き換えるのに最も適切なものを,それぞれ以下の@〜Cのうちから一つずつ選びなさい。
(1) @
ill child A young child B ill person C old
person
(2) @
believes in A ceases B continues C gives
up
以下略
2. 次の問いの[
]に入れるのに最も適切なものを,それぞれ以下の@〜Cのうちから一つずつ選びなさい。
(1) 略
(2) As a child
grows, [ ].
@ her parents and relatives expect
her to succeed in the future
A she will have to use a different
way of acting in a new situation
B she may not know what will
happen to her and her family
C she learns to hold old series of
actions to feel safe