2014_01_Session_B_Sample answers

●２０１４年第１回Bカード●

picture1:One day a woman was at home with her family. Her elementary school son showed his parents a flyer from the ABC swimming club. The whole family seemed very interested.

picture2: A month later, a swimming instructor told the mother that the boy had potential to be a very good swimmer. She had visions of the boy one day standing on the podium at the Olympic Games having won a race.

picture3: That night, the woman talked with her husband having a cup of coffee at home. The boy already was sleeping in the next room. She told her husband that she had signed the boy up for the advanced lesson every morning between 6.00 and 7.30 each morning.

picture4: Six months later at school, the woman and the boy were sitting at his class room with boy's teacher. The teacher told them that the boy often fell asleep in class.

Q1: I would be thinking that the advanced swimming lessons every morning were too much for my son, as it has caused him to fall asleep in class. I would need to learn how he was performing in his classroom activities before making a decision on the future of the training sessions.

Q2: Yes, parents are too protective of their children. I think the children should be guided in what they do, but, given freedom to make their own decisions.

Q3:I think a person’s academic background is not the primary reason to judge another person. His or her overall character is more important. Companies need to take into consideration a person’s academic qualifications that are relevant to the positions they wants to fill.

Q4: Yes , I think that a sense of unity between the people who play sports goes beyond borders. When there is conflict between nations, sport could lead to a resolution of differences .