8 【実力問題】 思考・判断・表現 (完答各5点 *6=30点)
次の文章は、子どもに「待つこと」 を教えることについての一節である｡ この文章を読み、 続く問いに答えなさ
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Waiting patiently is hard to do even for grown-ups. We develop patience, or at least
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learn to hide our impatience, because we know that it is socially unacceptable (1) to do
otherwise. For small children, waiting is especially difficult. They don't care yet about what
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others think so they express their impatience openly.
In addition, (2) their (
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makes it difficult for them to gauge how
) to wait for something. "How much longer?" "Can we go
now?" "Are we there yet?" "When is it time?" These are questions that (3) reveal how difficult
it is for small children not only to wait, but even to understand the general framework of
time passing.
Everyday life provides an abundance of opportunities to teach our children how to wait
patiently. "I'm hungry!" a child cries impatiently. As we're preparing his food, we can explain
onge must be
