8/22実施 21年度千葉大学医学部学士入学者選抜試験

英語

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[出典]
TURNING POINT
Boomers’ Little Secret
We say 60 is the new 40, but we lie—and the truth becomes all too clear when early Alzheimer's hits.

By Terry Pratchett | NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Apr 21, 2008
http://www.newsweek.com/id/131711

[英文省略]

【語注】
baby boomer:　ベビーブーム世代
buoyantly:　朗らかに
coherently:　首尾一貫して
dementia:　痴呆
diagnosis:　診断
edgy:　いらいらした
furtive:　人目を忍んだ
ghastly:　不快な
lair:　ねぐら
lapse:　過失
Morpheus: 眠りの神
onset: 発症
reluctance: 不本意、不承不承
rewire: 新しく電線を張る
subconscious:　ぼんやりとした意識で
tenet:　見解
usurp:　強奪する
visual acuity:視力
wage: (闘争などを)行う

[設問]
問　１　State the meaning of the sentence "We say 60 is the new 40. but we lie." in English within 60 words.

問　２　Why does the author state "So there's a stroke of luck.”? Explain it in Japanese within !20 characters.

問　３　Why does the author have given up his driver's license? Explain it in Japanese within 150 characters.

問　４　What did they think about cancer when the author was young? And what do they think about cancer now? Describe these in Japanese within 170 characters.

問　５　The author stated that the struggle against Alzheimer's remains a furtive kind of thing. Describe the meaning of the phrase "a furtive kind of thing" in Japanese within 150 characters.

問　６　Describe the meaning of the sentence "If they don't get their asses in gear, that is what will await them." in English within 60 words.