問6～問13について、次の英文の空所(    6    )～(     13    ) に入れるべき最も適切なものを(a)～(d)の中から1つずつ選びなさい。

I recently (    6    ) a tour of cancer clinics in Tijuana. About twenty of us boarded a bus in Pasadena, California, and headed toward the Mexican border, (    7    ) to pick up more people in San Diego. As I spoke to my fellow passengers, most of whom were women, I learned that they were well-educated professionals with financial resources. (    8    ) by cancer, they were looking for alternative treatments that might save them.

Sally, a lawyer in her early fifties, was hoping to find a cure for her ^*1uterine cancel. Despite surgery, the cancer had spread, and she was not expected to live. A thick file containing copies of her laboratory test results was stuffed into her purse.

John, 36, had melanoma, a cancer which began as a spot that changed colors. His doctor (    9    ) at it and told him not to worry. Several months later another doctor-noticed it, performed a ^*2biopsy, and discovered that it was ^*3malignant. The delay in treatment had given the cancer time (    10    ). When I asked, “What brings you on this trip?” he answered simply, “Hope”

We saw eight clinics during our day in Tijuana, each one (    11    ) alternative treatments based on ^*4laetrile, shark cartilage, colonics, and diet. Allot the clinics offered hope, the one thing that these people were not getting from their own doctors.

Our lives are based on hope. It is also the primary way in which we try to control death. We try to control the “when” of death with the hope for a cure. When we lose that, we hope to control how, where, and with whom we die. We hope that we won't lose control over our lives as we move into our last months or days. We hope that it won't hurt too much. We hope that our (    12    ) ones will be able to get along without us. We hope that we won't be alone at the end.

Hope and fear grip everyone who struggles with a life-challenging illness. The two emotions are as inevitable as they are constant, right up to the moment of death. If we (    13    ) away someone's hope, we will leave them with nothing but fear.

Notes:

• *1 uterine 子宮の
• *2 biopsy 生体組織検査
• *3 malignant 悪性の
• *4 laetrile レアトリル（効果が証明されぬまま投与された制がん剤）

• 問6
  • (a) went
  • (b) gave
  • (c) took
  • (d) recommended
• 問7
  • (a) were stopped
  • (b) stopped
  • (c) had stopped
  • (d) stopping
• 問8
  • (a) Challenged
  • (b) Challenging
  • (c) Having challenged
  • (d) To challenge
• 問9
  • (a) was looked
  • (b) had looked
  • (c) had been looked
  • (d) has looked
• 問10
  • (a) be spread
  • (b) spreading
  • (c) spread
  • (d) to spread
• 問11
  • (a) offering
  • (b) offered
  • (c) to offer
  • (d) had offered
• 問12
  • (a) love
  • (b) loving
  • (c) loved
  • (d) lover
• 問13
  • (a) take
  • (b) will take
  • (c) has been taken
  • (d) are taken