#164 整序英作文の演習③
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東大や早稲田の理工を意識した、長文中での整序英作文の問題を作りました。
解くには文法・語法の知識だけでなく、読解力も必要です。
(20), (21), (22)
When English-speaking people talk about "hot" food, are they saying the food is spicy like curry, or are they talking about its temperature, as in "hot" coffee? These two different meanings of "hot" may seem confusing to Japanese students, but（２０）【 a / in / of / as / matter / fact 】（１語不要）, the word is the right one for describing（２１）【 how / the / spice / way / responds / body / the / to 】（１語不要）and heat. A simple explanation would go something like this: when we eat or drink,（２２）【 rise / nerves / in the mouth / spicy / to / same / chemicals / both / and / in the food / a / react / to / in / the 】temperature. The English expression, therefore, reflects this fact about the human body.
(23), (24), (25), (26), (27)
Western clothes have buttons on the right for men. This is（２３）【 convenient / majority / the / men / because / most / of 】（１語不要）are right-handed. （２４）【 it / them / the / of / for / hand / to / easier / right / use / is 】（１語不要）when buttoning up. Why, then, do women's clothes have buttons on the left,（２５）【 most / women / of / though / even 】（１語不要）are also right-handed? Is this a kind of discrimination? In fact,（２６）【 reason / for / buttons / are / why / women's / there / a / is 】（１語不要）on that side. In the past, buttons were quite expensive and only very rich people could afford them. Women in such wealthy families（２７）【 them / who / had / in / dressed / servants 】（１語不要）. Therefore, to make it easier for the servants, buttons were put on the left.
(28), (29), (30)
The color purple（２８）【 often / has / regarded 】（２語不足）a symbol of wealth and power, but（２９）【 have / did / it / used to / the / not / produce / dye / which 】（１語不要）an elegant beginning. An ancient people living along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea first discovered how to make the dye from Murex snails*, small sea animals with hard shells. Unlike other snails, Murex snails gives off（３０）【 comes / it / color / a strong-smelling liquid / that / into / to / when / changes 】（１語不要） contact with air and light. From this liquid the people produced the purple dye. If we visit the places where the dye was produced, we might still be able to see the shells of Murex snails. Let us hope we cannot smell them.
Murex snail：アクキガイ
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