【解答例】
Ⅰ
(1) f・c Chihiro was awarded a scholarship [ because of her excellent academic ] performance.
(2) e・c We are [ getting used to living with ] people from different social backgrounds.
(3) b・f Fortunately, I've heard [ nothing but good things about ] her.
(4) d・a As for my homework, I will probably [ get it done by tomorrow ] morning.
(5) e・b [ Owing to your enormous help ], I was able to finish the work in time.
(6) c・d As I understand it, her work [ is more a novel than ] a play.
(7) d・b In your college life, finding someone who you can [ turn to is of supreme ] importance.
(8) f・a I thought there was no chance to solve the problem, yet [ I went the extra mile ] and finally succeeded.
Ⅱ
A
(1) b
(2) a
(3) b
(4) d
B
(1) b
(2) a
(3) d
(4) b
Ⅲ
A
(1) c
(2) b
(3) a
(4) c
(5) c
(6) b
(7) b
(8) d
(9) b
(10) c
B
(1) ピンクという色と女性を結びつけることによって，女性らしさとは何かに関する極めて狭窄な考え，つまり若く，魅力的で，気配りが出来ることを中心に据えた考えにつながると指摘されている。
(問題文：It is pointed out that the association of the color with women leads to a rather narrow view of what it means to be feminine, one centered on being young, attractive and caring.)
(2) その当時，芸術家たちはたいていピンクを含んだ，明るい淡白な色を使っており，彼らの作品がそのような色をしているのは，芸術を支援する女性パトロンによる影響のせいだとよく言われてきた。
(問題文：At that time artists typically used bright and pale colors, including pink, and it has often been argued that the reason that their works look that way is because of the influence exercised by female patrons of art.)
(3) その真相は，当時の男性作家たちが芸術家たちのピンクを使った色彩スタイルに顕著だった非道徳的な色づかいに反対したためで，彼らはそのような色づかいになったのは女性の影響のせいだと考えたからだ。
(問題文：What really happened is that male writers of the period disapproved of the immoral tones evident in the pinkish style of painting of its artists, blaming these developments on the influence of women.)
Ⅳ
We are unaware how enormous the influence of our own culture on ourselves is, and it is not until we start working or living with people from different cultural backgrounds from our own that we notice this cultural impact on ourselves.
It is so difficult for us to imagine ourselves as having been born and brought up in a different culture that we are often unknowingly a product of our cultural backgrounds.
This blindness to our own cultural conditioning sometimes leads to prejudice towards those considered “different,” but a more everyday example is the common tendency to jump to conclusions based only on our own culture. American students often say Japanese students are “shy,” while Japanese students find American students “selfish.” “Shyness” and “selfishness,” however, are words associated with personality traits. By unnoticed cultural standards, both Americans and Japanese students interpret the behavior of their counterparts as not following an unconscious cultural norm. (153 words)
Ⅴ
(1) To talk about your thought to other people is very helpful in making it clear and putting it in order.
(2) You cannot sometimes explain well to others about what you thought you understood. Then, you will find what you really don’t understand.
(問題文：(1)自分の考えを他の人に話すことは，考えを明確にし，整理するのにとても役立つ。(2)自分でわかったつもりでいたことでも，いざ人に説明しようとするとうまくできないことがある。すると，自分で何が理解できていないのかがわかるのである。)
【語句・表現】
・be helpful in Ving「Vするのに役立つ」
・put O in order「Oを整理する」
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