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次の文は、同一の状況について二人の人物がそれぞれの観点から述べたものである。 文章を読み、下の問いの( )に入れるのに最も適当なものを、下の1〜4のうちから1つ選べ。
Witness A: I was standing at the bus stop opposite the
gas station on Route 300, a four-lane road. That had always been a dangerous
area, but it's safer now because they recently put in traffic signals. There
were two vehicles on the road approaching the signal. One was a small farm truck and the other a
brand-new sports car. It was getting dark but the heavy rain had just
stopped and there were no other cars around. Anyway, the
truck and the sports car were driving side by
side when the car started to swerve from side to
side. I think the truck may have moved slightly to
stay away from the car, but I'm not sure - I couldn't take my eyes off the car. The signal was red, but
instead of slowing down, the car sped ahead rapidly.
The driver was going to go through the intersection
when the light was red! And that's when a van
suddenly came into the intersection from the far side. It looked like they were going to hit, but they
both turned away from each other at the last second and avoided a crash. But
then the back doors of the van opened up and hundreds
of soccer balls spilled out.
Witness B: I was
walking on the side road toward Route 300 - coming to the intersection. I
noticed that they had put up signals near the service station. This should help
make the intersection safer. Suddenly, a van came up from behind me. It was strange - I could see
inside the van and it was full of soccer balls! I had
never seen anything like that before. Anyway, as the
van was approaching the signal, the light turned from green to yellow.
But the driver went faster when he should have slowed down - he
drove into the intersection where he almost hit a sports car. It was
so lucky - the man was able to turn to the right and
miss the car. I think
the sports car turned
too. Fortunately, there was no accident, but there were soccer balls all
over the place.
問
Which of the following illustrations is the most appropriate for the reports above? ( )
よし、頑張って読んでいくぞ・・・・・・何を言っているのか分からなくなりました。
うーん・・・その原因はいろいろあるんだろうけれど、代名詞が指すものを把握し切れていないんじゃないかな?
それは確かにあるかも・・・
こういった図を選択させる問題では登場人物などの行動を、それぞれ正確に把握することが必要になります。その対策としてこのような方法はどうでしょう?
登場人物 (登場するもの) ごとに異なるしるしを決めて、それを代名詞にも振って(○△□などで囲むなど)読む
ふーん、じゃあ騙されたと思ってその方法でやってみるか。この問題で言えば
truck を赤、sports car を青、van を緑、でしるしをしてみるね。
いまいち判断がつかないところは「?」とかしておくと後で見直しやすいよ。正直そのところが解答に関係しなかったりすることもあるから、代名詞が何を指すかがあまり分からなかったとしても、考えすぎないでね。
少しAさんの方が自信ないやつもあったけど、とりあえずしるしをつけながら読み終わったよ。
では、図を選んでみようか。truck と sports car のどちらが交差点に突っ込んでいったのですか?
えっと・・・sports car ですね。Aさんの話ではそうだったよ。
Bさんの話しでは van はどっちから来たのですか?
えっと・・・Bさんの後ろから来たって言ってたね。ということは正解は「4」ですね。
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