正解: ア (People can be changed more easily when their belongings are taken.) 理由: 本文の “Institutions such as prisons and military camps strive for just this effect by removing clothes and other personal items from people and issuing them with standardized kit to diminish their individuality.” という記述が、所有物を奪われると人の個性やアイデンティティが変わる可能性があることを示しています。
正解: エ (They lost their sense of who they were.) 理由: 本文の “We became orphans without a past. Like we had amnesia, like we didn’t exist before the fire.” という記述が、所有物を失うことがアイデンティティの喪失につながることを示しています。
正解: イ (Young people want to work, but not to buy expensive things.) 理由: 本文に “since the mid-1970s, there has been a growing discrepancy between young people’s desire to own expensive things and their willingness to do the work to earn them.” という記述があり、若者が高価なものを欲しがる一方で、それを手に入れるために働く意欲が低いことを示しています。
正解: オ (Our happiness is limited because we are spending on things, not experiences.) 理由: 本文の “Research by psychologist Elizabeth Dunn at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, found that spending on experiences and other people offers a more enduring benefit than splashing out on other things.” という記述から、物を買うよりも経験にお金を使う方が幸福度が高いことがわかります。
正解: エ (We should avoid paying by credit card so as not to risk getting into debt.) 理由: 本文に “And another purchase, and another – and are often willing to go into debt to do so.” という記述があり、借金をしてまで買い物をすることのリスクについて述べられていま
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