冬期補習 長文問題１

Multiple Choice

Western clothes have buttons on the right for men. This is convenient because the majority of men are right-handed*. It is easier for them to use the right hand when buttoning up. Why, then, do women’s clothes have buttons on the left, even though most women are also right-handed? Is this a kind of discrimination? In fact, there is a reason why women’s buttons are on that side. In the past, buttons were quite expensive and only very rich people could afford them. Women in such wealthy families had servants who dressed them. Therefore, to make it easier for the servants, buttons were put on the left.

問1　Why do women’s western clothes have buttons on the left?

• To distinguish them from men’s clothes.

• Because most women are right-handed.

• Because clothes were very expensive long ago.

• To make it easier for servants to button them up.

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Western clothes have buttons on the right for men. This is convenient because the majority of men are right-handed*. It is easier for them to use the right hand when buttoning up. Why, then, do women’s clothes have buttons on the left, even though most women are also right-handed? Is this a kind of discrimination? In fact, there is a reason why women’s buttons are on that side. In the past, buttons were quite expensive and only very rich people could afford them. Women in such wealthy families had servants who dressed them. Therefore, to make it easier for the servants, buttons were put on the left.

問2　Which two of the sentences below are true?

• Western men’s and women’s clothes have the buttons on different sides.

• It is easier to make clothes which have buttons on the right.

• Different positions of buttons show discrimination against women.

• Rich women used to put buttons on the left to show their wealth.

• Women from rich families had servants to do up their buttons.

​意味を理解しましょう

Western clothes have buttons on the right for men.  This is convenient because the majority of men are *right-handed.  It is easier for them to use the right hand when buttoning up.  Why, then, do women’s clothes have buttons on the left, even though most women are also right-handed?  Is this a kind of discrimination?  In fact, there is a reason why women’s buttons are on that side.  In the past, buttons were quite expensive and only very rich people could afford them.  Women in such wealthy families had servants who dressed them.  Therefore, to make it easier for the servants, buttons were put on the left.   

                                                                                                      

　西洋の衣服は，男性用では右側にボタンがついている。男性の大多数が右利きであるため，これは都合がよい。彼らにとって，ボタンをかける時に右手を使う方が簡単なのだ。それではなぜ，大部分の女性もまた右利きであるにもかかわらず，女性の衣服は左側にボタンがついているのだろうか。これは，一種の差別なのだろうか。実際には，女性のボタンが左側にあるのには理由がある。昔は，ボタンは非常に高価なもので，とても裕福な人々だけがそれらを手に入れる余裕があった。そんな裕福な家の女性には，彼女たちに服を着せる召使いがいた。その結果，召使いにとってそれをやりやすくするために，ボタンが左側につけられたのである。

​もう一度読みましょう

Western clothes have buttons / on the right for men. This is convenient / because the majority of men / are right-handed*. It is easier / for them to use the right hand / when buttoning up. Why, then, do women’s clothes / have buttons / on the left, / even though most women are also right-handed? Is this a kind of discrimination? In fact, there is a reason / why women’s buttons are on that side. In the past, buttons were quite expensive / and only very rich people / could afford them. Women in such wealthy families / had servants who dressed them. Therefore, to make it easier for the servants, buttons were put on the left.

Multiple Choice

The color purple has often been regarded as a symbol of wealth and power, but the dye used to produce it did not have 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 give off a strong-smelling liquid that changes color when it comes into 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.

問1　What does the color purple often symbolize?

• Riches and influence.

• Elegance

• Light

• Fragrance

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, buttons were quite expensive and only very rich people could afford them.  Women in such wealthy families had ​

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who dressed them.  Therefore, to make it easier for the servants, buttons were put on the left.

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Multiple Choice

The color purple has often been regarded as a symbol of wealth and power, but the dye used to produce it did not have 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 give off a strong-smelling liquid that changes color when it comes into 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.

問2　Which part or parts of Murex snails was used to produce dye?

• The hard shells.

• The shells and a liquid it produces.

• A liquid that has a disgusting smell.

• Their bodies and a smelly liquid.

Multiple Choice

The color purple has often been regarded as a symbol of wealth and power, but the dye used to produce it did not have 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 give off a strong-smelling liquid that changes color when it comes into 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.

問3　Which of the sentences below is true?

• The dye is no longer produced.

• They still produce the purple dye at the same location.

• The author visited the place where they produced the dye.

• The site for the production of the dye still smells of the snails.

意味を理解しましょう意味を理解しましょう

The color purple has often been regarded as a symbol of wealth and power, but the dye used to produce it did not have 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 give off a strong-smelling liquid that changes color when it comes into 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.     

                                                                                   

　紫という色はしばしば富と権力の象徴であるとみなされてきたが，紫を作り出すために使われる染料には，優雅な始まりがあったわけではなかった。地中海の海岸に沿って住んでいた古代の人々は，硬い殻を持った小さな海洋動物であるアクキガイから染料を作る方法を最初に発見した。他の巻き貝とは違って，アクキガイは空気や光に接触すると色を変える，強いにおいのする液体を放出する。この液体から人々は紫色の染料を作り出した。その染料が作り出された場所を訪れれば，アクキガイの殻を今でも見ることができるかもしれない。そのにおいがしないよう願おう。

​もう一度読みましょう

The color purple has often been regarded as a symbol of wealth and power, but the dye used to produce it did not have 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 give off a strong-smelling liquid that changes color when it comes into 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.

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as a symbol of wealth and power, but the dye used to produce it did not have an elegant beginning.  An ancient people living along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea first ​

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how to make the dye from Murex snails*, small sea animals with hard shells.  Unlike other snails, Murex snails give off a strong-smelling liquid that changes color when it comes into ​

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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.  ​

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