「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(21)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。コロンで区切られているのが四語選択問題、スラッシュで区切られているのが四語整序問題です。

(21)
The Prince ①(leaned : displayed : examined : poured) down and put his face in—right up to the ears.

He held it there a long time—so long that the Doctor seemed to get dreadfully anxious and fidgety, standing first on one leg and then on the other, looking at all the bottles he had used for the ②**(glory : mixture : border : applause), and reading the labels on them again and again. A strong smell ③(urged : convinced : acquired : filled) the prison, like the ④(brown / smell / paper / of) burning.

At last the Prince ⑤(chased : lifted : stored : developed) his face up out of the basin, ⑥(pretending : hesitating : ignoring : breathing) very hard. And all the animals ⑦(surprise / cried / in / out).

For the Prince's face had turned as white as snow, and his eyes, which had been mud-colored, were a manly gray!

When John Dolittle ⑧*(rented : lent : spoiled : removed) him a little looking-glass to see himself in, he sang for joy and began dancing around the prison. But the Doctor asked ⑨(make / to / not / him) so much noise about it; and when he had closed his medicine-bag in a hurry he ⑩(to / told / open / him) the prison-door.

Bumpo ⑪(defended : polished : repaired : begged) that he might keep the looking-glass, as it was the only one in the Kingdom of Jolliginki, and he wanted to look at himself all day long. But the Doctor said he needed it to shave with.

Then the Prince, taking a ⑫***(odor : bunch : hazard : outlet) of copper keys from his pocket, undid the great double locks. And the Doctor with all his animals ran as fast as they could down to the seashore; while Bumpo leaned against the wall of the empty dungeon, smiling after them happily, his big face shining like ⑬*(equipped : polished : divided : wasted) ivory in the light of the moon.

When they came to the beach they saw Polynesia and Chee-Chee waiting for them on the rocks near the ship.

"I feel sorry about Bumpo," said the Doctor.

"I am afraid that medicine I used will never ⑭*(lack : envy : warn : last). Most likely he will be as black as ever when he wakes up in the morning—that's one reason why I didn't like to ⑮*(own : leave : reflect : produce) the mirror with him. But then again, he MIGHT stay white—I had never used that mixture before. To tell the truth, I was surprised, myself, that it ⑯*(delayed : recovered : worked : assisted) so well. But I had to do something, didn't I?—I couldn't possibly scrub the King's kitchen for the ⑰(of / rest / life / my). It was such a dirty kitchen!—I could see it from the prison-window.—Well, well!—Poor Bumpo!"

"Oh, of course he will know we were just joking with him," said the parrot.

"They had no business to lock us up," said Dab-Dab, waggling her tail angrily. "We never ⑱(harm / did / any / them). Serve him right, if he does turn black again! I hope it's a dark black."

"But HE didn't have anything ⑲(do / to / it / with)," said the Doctor. "It was the King, his father, who had us locked up—it wasn't Bumpo's fault.... I wonder if I ought to go back and ⑳**(conquer : apologize : confuse : decorate)—Oh, well—I'll send him some candy when I get to Puddleby. And who knows?—he may stay white after all."

※(21)の解答①(leaned)②(mixture)③(filled)④(smell of brown paper) ⑤(lifted)⑥(breathing)⑦(cried out in surprise)⑧(lent)⑨(him not to make)⑩(told him to open)⑪(begged)⑫(bunch)⑬(polished)⑭(last)⑮(leave)⑯(worked)⑰(rest of my life)⑱(did them any harm)⑲(to do with it) ⑳(apologize)

※黒人王子が肌を白くして欲しいと必死で懇願するといった、現代の童話には出てきそうにない白人至上主義的表現もあります。１００年近く前に書かれた童話ということでご了承ください。

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(22)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。
　コロンで区切られているのが四語選択問題、スラッシュで区切られているのが四語整序問題です。四語選択問題の単語は大学入試、英検、TOEICに共通する重要単語で＊印は難易度の目安です。＊印が多いほど難しい単語になっています。わからない単語は辞書で調べて、どの単語が文脈に合うか考えるだけでも英語力がつきます。英英辞典を使えれば効果倍増です。英英辞典が使えるかどうかは
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(22)
"The Sleeping Beauty would never have him, even if he did," said Dab-Dab. "He looked better the way he was, I thought. But he'd never be anything but ugly, ①(matter / no / color / what) he was made."

"Still, he had a good heart," said the Doctor—"romantic, of course—but a good heart. After all, 'handsome is as handsome does.'"

"I don't believe the poor booby found The Sleeping Beauty at all," said Jip, the dog. "Most likely he kissed some farmer's fat wife who was taking a snooze under an apple-tree. Can't ②(for / blame / getting / her ) scared! I wonder who he'll go and kiss this time. Silly business!"

Then the pushmi-pullyu, the white mouse, Gub-Gub, Dab-Dab, Jip and the owl, Too-Too, went on to the ship with the Doctor. But Chee-Chee, Polynesia and the crocodile stayed behind, because Africa was their ③*(proper : rapid : contrary : vague) home, the land where they were born.

And when the Doctor stood upon the boat, he looked over the side across the water. And then he remembered that they had ④(with / no / them / one ) to guide them back to Puddleby.

The wide, wide sea looked terribly big and lonesome in the moonlight; and he began to wonder if they would ⑤(their / lose / when / way) they passed out of sight of land.

But ⑥(was / even / he / while) wondering, they heard a strange whispering noise, high in the air, coming through the night. And the animals all stopped saying Good-by and listened.

The noise grew louder and bigger. It seemed to be coming nearer to them—a sound like the Autumn wind ⑦*(resting : blowing : hurting : bending) through the leaves of a poplar-tree, or a great, great rain beating down upon a roof.

And Jip, with his nose pointing and his tail quite straight, said,

"Birds!—millions of them—flying fast—that's it!"

And then they all looked up. And there, ⑧*(affecting : streaming : aiding : curing) across the face of the moon, like a huge swarm of tiny ants, they could see thousands and thousands of little birds. Soon the whole sky seemed full of them, and still more kept coming—more and more. There were so many that for a little they covered the whole moon so it could not shine, and the sea grew dark and black—like when a storm-cloud passes over the sun.

And presently all these birds came down close, skimming over the water and the land; and the night-sky was left clear above, and the ⑨(before / as / moon / shone). Still never a call nor a cry nor a song they made—no sound but this great rustling ⑩(grew / which / feathers / of )greater now than ever. When they ⑪(to / began / on / settle ) the sands, along the ropes of the ship—anywhere and everywhere except the trees—the Doctor could see that they had blue wings and white breasts and very short, feathered legs. As soon as they had all found a place to sit, suddenly, there was ⑫(anywhere / no / left / noise)—all was quiet; all was still.

And in the silent moonlight John Dolittle spoke:

"I had no idea that we had been in Africa so long. It will be nearly Summer when we get home. For these are the swallows going back. Swallows, I thank you for waiting for us. It is very thoughtful of you. Now we need not be ⑬*(ideal : worth : empty : afraid) that we will lose our way upon the sea.... Pull up the anchor and set the sail!"

When the ⑭(out / ship / upon / moved) the water, those who stayed behind, Chee-Chee, Polynesia and the crocodile, grew terribly sad. For never in their lives ⑮(any / had / known / they) one they liked so well as Doctor John Dolittle of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.

And after they had called Good-by to him again and again and again, they still stood there upon the rocks, crying bitterly and waving till the ship was out of ⑯*(thought : limitation : function : sight).

THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER
RED SAILS AND BLUE WINGS
SAILING homeward, the Doctor's ship had to ⑰*(rescue : transport : pass : destroy)the coast of Barbary. This coast is the seashore of the Great Desert. It is a wild, lonely place—all sand and stones. And it was here that the Barbary pirates lived.

These pirates, a bad lot of men, used to wait for sailors to be shipwrecked on their shores. And often, if they saw a boat passing, they would come out in their fast sailing-ships and ⑱*(chase : maintain : invent : fix) it. When they caught a boat like this at sea, they would steal everything on it; and after they had taken the people ⑲(sink / off / would / they) the ship and sail back to Barbary singing songs and feeling proud of the ⑳*(grave : mischief : welfare : client) they had done. Then they used to make the people they had caught write home to their friends for money. And if the friends sent no money, the pirates often threw the people into the sea.

※(22)の解答①(no matter what color)②(blame her for getting) ③(proper)④(no one with them)⑤(lose their way when)⑥(even while he was) ⑦(blowing)⑧(streaming)⑨(moon shone as before)⑩(of feathers which grew)greater now than ever. When they ⑪(began to settle on)⑫(no noise left anywhere)⑬(afraid)⑭(ship moved out upon)⑮(had they known any)⑯(sight)⑰(pass)⑱(chase)⑲(off they would sink)⑳(mischief)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(23)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。

(23)
Now one sunshiny day the Doctor and Dab-Dab were walking up and down on the ship for ①*(degree : exercise : insight : surface); a nice fresh wind was blowing the boat along, and everybody was happy. Presently Dab-Dab saw the ②(of / sail / ship / another) a long way behind them on the edge of the sea. It was a red sail.

"I don't like the look of that sail," said Dab-Dab. "I have a ③*(thinking : telling : seeing : feeling) it isn't a friendly ship. I am afraid there is more ④(us / trouble / to / coming)."

Jip, who was lying near taking a nap in the sun, began to ④**(refrain : rob : bump : growl) and talk in his sleep.

"I ⑤(beef / smell / cooking / roast)," he mumbled—"underdone roast beef—with brown gravy over it."

"Good gracious!" cried the Doctor. "What's the matter with the dog? Is he SMELLING in his sleep—as well as talking?"

"I suppose he is," said Dab-Dab. "All dogs can ⑥(sleep / their / in / smell)."

"But what is he smelling?" asked the Doctor.

"There is no roast beef cooking on our ship." "No," said Dab-Dab. "The roast beef ⑦(that / be / must / on) other ship over there."

"But that's ten miles away," said the Doctor. "He couldn't smell that far surely!"

"Oh, yes, he could," said Dab-Dab. "You ask him."

Then Jip, still fast asleep, began to growl again and his lip curled up angrily, showing his clean, white teeth.

"I smell bad men," he growled—"the worst men I ever smelt. I smell trouble. I smell a fight—six bad scoundrels fighting against one brave man. I want to help him. Woof—oo—WOOF!" Then he barked, loud, and woke himself up with a ⑧(on / surprised / his / look) face.

"See!" cried Dab-Dab. "That boat is nearer now. You can count its three big sails—all red. Whoever it is, they are coming after us.... I ⑨(who / wonder / are / they)."

"They are bad sailors," said Jip; "and their ship is very ⑩**(neutral : swift : marine : awkward). They are surely the pirates of Barbary."

"Well, we must ⑪(more / put / sails / up) on our boat," said the Doctor, "so we can go faster and ⑫(away / get / them / from). Run downstairs, Jip, and ⑬**(defeat : fetch : alarm : disguise) me all the sails you see."

The dog hurried downstairs and ⑭**(yelled : dragged : scared : transmitted) up every sail he could find.

But even when all these were put up on the masts to catch the wind, the boat did not go nearly as fast as the pirates'—which ⑮(on / kept / behind / coming), closer and closer.

"This is a poor ship the Prince gave us," said Gub-Gub, the pig—"the slowest he could find, I should think. Might as well try to win a race in a soup-tureen as hope to get ⑯(in / away / them / from) this old barge. Look how near they are now!— You can see the mustaches on the faces of the men—six of them. What are we going to do?"

Then the Doctor asked Dab-Dab to fly up and tell the swallows that pirates were coming after them in a swift ship, and what should he do about it.

When the swallows heard this, they all came down on to the Doctor's ship; and they told him to unravel some pieces of long rope and make them into a lot of ⑰*(dull : thin : severe : fair) strings as quickly as he could. Then the ends of these strings were ⑱*(relieved : tied : demanded : proposed) on to the front of the ship; and the swallows took hold of the strings with their feet and flew off, pulling the boat along.

And although swallows are not ⑲(strong / very / only / when) one or two are by themselves, it is different when there are a great lot of them together. And there, tied to the Doctor's ship, were a thousand strings; and two thousand swallows were pulling on each string—all ⑳(legally : terribly : finally : correctly) swift fliers.

And in a moment the Doctor found himself traveling so fast he had to hold his hat on with both hands; for he felt as though the ship itself were flying through waves that frothed and boiled with speed.

And all the animals on the ship began to laugh and dance about in the rushing air, for when they looked back at the pirates' ship, they could see that it was growing smaller now, instead of bigger. The red sails were being left far, far behind.

※(23)の解答①(exercise)②(sail of another ship)③(feeling)④(trouble coming to us)④(growl)⑤(smell roast beef cooking)⑥(smell in their sleep)⑦(must be on that)⑧(surprised look on his)⑨(wonder who they are)⑩(swift)⑪(put up more sails)⑫(get away from them). ⑬(fetch)⑭(dragged)⑮(kept coming on behind)⑯(away from them in)⑰(thin)⑱(tied)⑲(very strong when only)⑳(terribly)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(24)

　英語学習において、「読み書きは得意なのに、英会話は苦手な日本人」という迷信ほどたちの悪いものはありません。三面記事が満足に読めない段階で社説を読ませるような旧来の英語教育では、会話であれ読み書きであれ得意になるのはきわめて困難です。まずは、高い精度と速度で読めるやさしい英語にたくさん触れて、和訳せずに理解する英語思考力の養成をおすすめします。それができれば英会話習得も難しくありません。
　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。
　ちなみにここのブログの運営者がはじめて「ドリトル先生シリーズ」に触れたのはTOEIC800台にようやく到達した頃でした。楽しくもかなり勉強になり、「どうしてもっと早く読まなかったのだろう」と歯ぎしりした記憶があります。英検１級/TOEIC900点レベルに到達する日本人英語学習者を増やすには、旧来の大学入試英語のあり方を大幅に修正する必要があるようです。

(24)
THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER
THE RATS' WARNING
DRAGGING a ship through the sea is hard work. And after two or three hours the swallows ①(get / began / tired / to) in the wings and short of breath. Then they sent a message down to the Doctor to say that they would have to take a ②*(rest : tale : trend : custom) soon; and that they would pull the boat over to an island not far off, and hide it in a deep bay till they had got breath ③(on / enough / go / to).

And presently the Doctor saw the island they had spoken of. It had a very beautiful, high, green mountain in the middle of it.

When the ship had ④(reacted : pleased : sailed : resolved ) safely into the bay where it could not be seen from the open sea, the Doctor said he would get off on to the island to look for water—because there was none left to drink on his ship. And he told all the animals to get out too and romp on the grass to ⑤(scream : survey : distinguish : stretch) their legs.

Now as they were getting off, the Doctor ⑥*(obtained : noticed : predicted : intended) that a whole lot of rats were coming up from downstairs and leaving the ship as well. Jip started to run after them, because chasing rats had always been his ⑦*(elementary : favorite : average : precise) game. But the Doctor told him to stop.

And one big black rat, who seemed to want to say something to the Doctor, now ⑧(piled : exceeded : glowed : crept) forward timidly along the rail, watching the dog out of the corner of his eye. And after he had ⑨(roamed : coughed : leaked : crashed) nervously two or three times, and cleaned his whiskers and wiped his mouth, he said,

"Ahem—er—you know of course that all ships have rats in them, Doctor, do you not?"

And the Doctor said, "Yes."

"And you have heard that rats always leave a sinking ship?"

"Yes," said the Doctor—"so I've been told."

"People," said the rat, "always speak of it with a sneer—as though it were something disgraceful. But you can't ⑩*(bury : doubt : blame : avoid) us, can you? After all, who WOULD stay on a sinking ship, if he could get off it?"

"It's very natural," said the Doctor—"very natural. I quite understand.... Was there— Was there anything else you wished to say?"

"Yes," said the rat. "I've come to tell you that we are leaving this one. But we wanted to ⑪*(warn : preserve : occupy : surround) you before we go. This is a bad ship you have here. It isn't safe. The sides aren't strong enough. Its boards are ⑫**(terrific : rotten : vivid : wicked). Before to-morrow night it will sink to the bottom of the sea."

"But how do you know?" asked the Doctor.

"We always know," answered the rat. "The tips of our tails get that tingly feeling—like when your foot's asleep. This morning, at six o'clock, while I was getting breakfast, my tail suddenly began to tingle. At first I thought it was my rheumatism coming back. So I went and asked my ⑬(how / aunt / felt / she)—you remember her?—the long, piebald rat, rather skinny, who came to see you in Puddleby last Spring with jaundice? Well—and she said HER tail was tingling like everything! Then we knew, for sure, that this boat was going to ⑭(less / sink / than / in) two days; and we all ⑮(minds / made / our / up) to leave it as soon as we got near enough to any land. It's a bad ship, Doctor. Don't sail in it any more, or you'll be surely ⑯(erased : drowned : expired : contaminated).... Good-by! We are now going to look for a good place to live on this island."

"Good-by!" said the Doctor. "And thank you very much for coming to tell me. Very ⑰**(potential : moderate : horrible : considerate) of you—very! Give my ⑱*(means : regards : matters : regrets) to your aunt. I remember her perfectly.... Leave that rat alone, Jip! Come here! Lie down!"

So then the Doctor and all his animals went off, carrying pails and saucepans, to look for water on the island, ⑲*(although : while : unless : if) the swallows took their rest.

"I wonder what is the name of this island," said the Doctor, as he was climbing up the mountainside. "It seems a ⑳*(nuclear : pleasant : mere : abundant) place. What a lot of birds there are!"

※(24)の解答①(began to get tired)②(rest)③(enough to go on)④(sailed)⑤(stretch)⑥(noticed)⑦(favorite)⑧(crept)⑨(coughed) ⑩(blame)⑪(warn)⑫(rotten)⑬(aunt how she felt)⑭(sink in less than) ⑮(made up our minds)⑯(drowned)⑰(considerate)⑱(regards)⑲( while)⑳(pleasant)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(25)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。コロンで区切られているのが四語選択問題、スラッシュで区切られているのが四語整序問題です。

(25)
"Why, these are the Canary Islands," said Dab-Dab. "Don't you hear the canaries singing?"

The Doctor stopped and listened.

"Why, to be sure—of course!" he said. "How stupid of me! I wonder if they can tell us ①(find / where / water / to)."

And presently the canaries, who had heard all about Doctor Dolittle from birds of passage, came and led him to a beautiful spring of cool, clear water where the canaries used to take their bath; and they showed him lovely meadows where the bird-seed grew and all the other sights of their island.

And the pushmi-pullyu was glad they had come; because he liked the green grass ②(much / so / than / better) the dried apples he had been eating on the ship. And Gub-Gub squeaked for joy when he found a whole valley full of wild sugarcane.

A little later, when they had all had plenty to eat and drink, and were ③(backs / lying / their / on) while the canaries sang for them, two of the swallows came hurrying up, very flustered and excited.

"Doctor!" they cried, "the pirates have come into the bay; and they've all got on to your ship. They are downstairs looking for things to steal. They have left their own ship ④(it / on / nobody / with). If you hurry and come down to the shore, you can get on to their ship—which is very fast—and escape. But you'll have to hurry."

"That's a good idea," said the Doctor—"splendid!"

And he called his animals together at once, said Good-by to the canaries and ran down to the beach.

When they reached the shore they saw the pirate-ship, with the three red sails, standing in the water; and—just as the swallows had said—there was nobody on it; all the pirates were downstairs in the Doctor's ship, looking for things to steal.

So John Dolittle told his animals to walk very softly and they ⑤(crept / all / to / on ) the pirate-ship.

THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER
THE BARBARY DRAGON
EVERYTHING would have gone all right if the ⑥(not / pig / caught / had) a cold in his head while eating the damp sugar-cane on the island. This is what happened:

After they had pulled up the anchor without a sound, and were moving the ship very, very carefully out of the bay, Gub-Gub suddenly ⑦**(sneezed : expanded : retired : faded) so loud that the pirates on the other ship ⑧(to / came / upstairs / rushing) see what the noise was.

As soon as they saw that the Doctor was escaping, they sailed the other boat right across the ⑨*(weapon : entrance : conduct : method) to the bay so that the Doctor could ⑩(into / out / get / not) the open sea.

Then the leader of these bad men (who called himself "Ben Ali, The Dragon") shook his fist at the Doctor and shouted across the water,

"Ha! Ha! You are caught, my fine friend! You were going to run off in my ship, eh? But you are not a good enough sailor to ⑪*(hate : beat : refuse : punish)Ben Ali, the Barbary Dragon. I want that duck you've got—and the pig too. We'll have pork-chops and roast duck for supper to-night. And before I ⑫(you / let / home / go), you must make your friends send me a trunk-full of gold."

Poor Gub-Gub began to ⑬**(restrict : weep : dominate : strive); and Dab-Dab made ready to ⑭(save / fly / her / to) life. But the owl, Too-Too, whispered to the Doctor,

"Keep him talking, Doctor. Be pleasant to him. Our old ship is ⑮*(accustomed : used : bound : eager) to sink soon—the rats said it would be at the bottom of the sea before to-morrow night—and the rats are never wrong. Be pleasant, till the ship sinks under him. Keep him talking."

"What, until to-morrow night!" said the Doctor. "Well, I'll do my best.... Let me see— What shall I talk about?"

"Oh, let them come on," said Jip. "We can fight the dirty rascals. There are only six of them. Let them come on. I'd ⑯(to / love / that / tell) collie next door, when we get home, that I had bitten a real pirate. Let 'em come. We can fight them."

"But they have pistols and swords," said the Doctor. "No, that would never do. I must talk to him.... Look here, Ben Ali—"

But before the Doctor could say any more, the pirates began to sail the ship nearer, laughing with glee, and saying one to another, "Who shall be the first to catch the pig?"

Poor Gub-Gub was dreadfully ⑰*(neglected : frightened : supected : reduced); and the pushmi-pullyu began to sharpen his horns for a fight by ⑱**(coping : eliminating : rubbing : inheriting) them on the mast of the ship; while Jip kept springing into the air and barking and calling Ben Ali bad names in dog-language.

But presently something seemed to go wrong with the pirates; they stopped laughing and cracking jokes; they looked ⑱**(nodded : puzzled : broadcasted : kneeled)something was making them uneasy.

Then Ben Ali, staring down at his feet, suddenly bellowed out,

"Thunder and Lightning!—Men, THE BOAT'S LEAKING!"

And then the other pirates peered over the side and they saw that the boat was indeed getting lower and lower in the water. And one of them said to Ben Ali,

"But surely if this old boat ⑲(should / were / we / sinking) see the rats leaving it."

And Jip ⑳*(appeared : shouted : attended : concentrated) across from the other ship,

"You great duffers, there are no rats there to leave! They left two hours ago! 'Ha, ha,' to you, 'my fine friends!'"

※(25)の解答①(where to find water)②(so much better than)③(lying on their backs)④(with nobody on it)⑤(all crept on to)⑥(pig had not caught)⑦(sneezed) so loud that the pirates on the other ship ⑧(came rushing upstairs to)⑨(entrance) to the bay so that the Doctor could ⑩(not get out into)⑪(beat)←ここでは「負かす」という意味⑫(let you go home)⑬(weep)⑭(fly to save her)⑮(bound)⑯(love to tell that) ⑰(frightened)⑱(rubbing)⑱(puzzled)⑲(were sinking we should)⑳(shouted)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(26)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。コロンで区切られているのが四語選択問題、スラッシュで区切られているのが四語整序問題です。

(26)
But of course the men did not understand him. Soon the front end of the ship began to go down and down, faster and faster—till the boat looked almost ①(though / as / were / it ) standing on its head; and the pirates had to ②*(cling : quit : direct : attempt) to the rails and the masts and the ropes and anything to ③(sliding / keep / off / from). Then the sea ④*(furnished : observed : rushed : extended) roaring in and through all the windows and the doors. And at last the ship ⑤**(reformed : plunged : transformed : esteemed) right down to the bottom of the sea, making a dreadful gurgling sound; and the six bad men were left bobbing about in the deep water of the bay.

Some of them ⑥(for / started / swim / to) the shores of the island; while others came and tried to get on to the boat where the Doctor was. But Jip kept snapping at their noses, so they were ⑦(up / climb / to / afraid) the side of the ship.

Then suddenly they all ⑧(in / cried / great / out) fear,

"THE SHARKS! The sharks are coming! Let us get on to the ship before they eat us! Help, help!—The sharks! The sharks!"

And now the Doctor could see, all over the bay, the backs of big fishes swimming swiftly through the water.

And one great shark came near to the ship, and ⑨(nose / poking / out / his) of the water he said to the Doctor,

"Are you John Dolittle, the famous animal-doctor?"

"Yes," said Doctor Dolittle. "That is my name."

"Well," said the shark, "we know these pirates to be a bad lot—especially Ben Ali. If they are ⑩*(disappointing : annoying : abandoning : scattering) you, we will gladly ⑪(up / eat / for / them) you—and then you won't be troubled any more."

"Thank you," said the Doctor. "This is really most attentive. But I don't think it will be necessary to eat them. Don't let ⑫(reach / any / them / of) the shore until I tell you—just keep them swimming about, will you? And please make Ben Ali swim over here that I may talk to him."

So the shark went off and chased Ben Ali over to the Doctor.

"Listen, Ben Ali," said John Dolittle, leaning over the side. "You have been a very bad man; and I understand that you have killed many people. These good sharks here have just ⑬*(awarded : responded : advertised : offered) to eat you up for me—and 'twould indeed be a good thing if the seas were rid of you. But if you will promise to do as I tell you, I well let you go in safety."

"What must I do?" asked the pirate, looking down sideways at the big shark who was ⑭(leg / smelling / under / his) the water.

"You must ⑮(no / kill / people / more)," said the Doctor; "you must stop stealing; you must never sink another ship; you must give up being a pirate altogether."

"But what shall I do then?" asked Ben Ali. "How shall I live?"

"You and all your men must go on to this island and be bird-seed-farmers," the Doctor answered. "You must grow bird-seed for the canaries."

The Barbary Dragon ⑯(pale / turned / anger / with). "GROW BIRD-SEED!" he groaned in ⑰**(donation : pavement : disgust : witness). "Can't I be a sailor?"

"No," said the Doctor, "you cannot. You have been a sailor long enough—and sent many ⑱***(polar : stout : eventual : reluctant) ships and good men to the bottom of the sea. For the rest of your life you must be la peaceful farmer. The shark is waiting. Do not ⑲*(harm : waste : alter : deny) any more of his time. Make up your mind."

"Thunder and Lightning!" Ben Ali ⑳**(fascinated : muttered : convicted : banned)—"BIRD-SEED!" Then he looked down into the water again and saw the great fish smelling his other leg.

"Very well," he said sadly. "We'll be farmers."

※(26)の解答①(as though it were)②(cling)③(keep from sliding off). ④(rushed)⑤(plunged)⑥(started to swim for)⑦(afraid to climb up) ⑧(cried out in great)⑨(poking his nose out)⑩(annoying)⑪(eat them up for)⑫(any of them reach)⑬(offered)⑭(smelling his leg under)⑮(kill no more people)⑯(turned pale with anger)⑰(disgust)⑱(stout) ⑲(waste)⑳(muttered)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(27)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。

(27)
"And remember," said the Doctor, "that if you do not keep your promise—if you start killing and stealing again, I shall hear of it, because the canaries will come and tell me. And be very sure that I will find a way to ①*(exaggerate : punish : reject : compete) you. For ②(I / though / not / may ) be able to sail a ship as well as you, so long as the birds and the beasts and the fishes are my friends, I do not have to be afraid of a pirate chief—even though he call himself 'The Dragon of Barbary.' Now go and be a good farmer and live in peace."

Then the Doctor turned to the big shark, and ③(he / waving / hand / his ) said,

"All right. Let them swim safely to the land."

THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER
TOO-TOO, THE LISTENER
HAVING ④(again / sharks / the / thanked) for their kindness, the Doctor and his pets set off once more on their journey home in the swift ship with the three red sails.

As they moved out into the open sea, the animals all went downstairs to see what ⑤(new / their / was / boat) like inside; while the Doctor leant on the rail at the back of the ship with a pipe in his mouth, watching the Canary Islands ⑥**(fade : carve : surpass : bless) away in the blue dusk of the evening.

While he was standing there, wondering how the ⑦(were / monkeys / on / getting)—and what his garden would look like when he got back to Puddleby, Dab-Dab came tumbling up the stairs, all smiles and full of news.

"Doctor!" she cried. "This ship of the pirates is simply beautiful—absolutely. The beds downstairs are made of primrose silk—with hundreds of big pillows and cushions; there are thick, soft carpets on the floors; the dishes are made of silver; and there are all sorts of good things to eat and drink—special things; the larder—well, it's just like a shop, that's all. You never saw anything like it in your life— Just think—they kept five different kinds of sardines, those men! Come and look.... Oh, and we found a little ⑧(there / room / with / down) the door locked; and we are all crazy to get in and see what's inside. Jip says it must be where the pirates kept their ⑨*(desert : poverty : cradle : treasure). But we can't open the door. Come down and see if you ⑩(in / can / us / let)."

So the Doctor went downstairs and he saw that it was indeed a beautiful ship. He found the animals gathered round a little door, all talking at once, trying to ⑪*(promote : guess : argue : exhibit)what was inside. The Doctor turned the handle but it wouldn't open. Then they all ⑫(hunt / started / for / to) the key. They looked under the mat; they looked under all the carpets; they looked in all the cupboards and drawers and lockers—in the big chests in the ship's dining-room; they looked everywhere.

While they were ⑫(discovered / doing / they / this) a lot of new and wonderful things that the pirates ⑬(have / must / from / stolen) other ships: Kashmir shawls as thin as a cobweb, embroidered with flowers of gold; jars of fine tobacco from Jamaica; carved ivory boxes full of Russian tea; an old violin with a string broken and a picture on the back; a set of big chess-men, carved out of coral and amber; a walking-stick which had a ⑭(when / sword / it / inside) you pulled the handle; six wine-glasses with turquoise and silver round the rims; and a lovely great sugar-bowl, made of mother o' pearl. But nowhere in the whole boat could they find a key to ⑮*(mend : fit : unite : possess) that lock.

So they all came back to the door, and Jip peered through the key-hole. But something ⑯(been / had / against / stood) the wall on the inside and he could see nothing.

While they were standing around, ⑰(they / wondering / should / what) do, the owl, Too-Too, suddenly said,

"Sh!—Listen!—I do believe there's some one in there!"

They ⑱(a / all / still / kept) moment. Then the Doctor said,

"You must be mistaken, Too-Too. I don't hear anything."

"I'm sure of it," said the owl. "Sh!—There it is again—Don't you hear that?"

"No, I do not," said the Doctor. "What kind of a sound is it?"

"I hear the noise of some one putting his hand in his pocket," said the owl.

"But that makes ⑲*(almost : hardly : merely : tremendously) any sound at all," said the Doctor. "You couldn't hear that out here."

"Pardon me, but I can," said Too-Too. "I tell you there is some one on the other side of that door putting his hand in his pocket. Almost everything makes SOME noise—if your ears are only ⑳(enough / sharp / catch / to) it. Bats can hear a mole walking in his tunnel under the earth—and they think they're good hearers. But we owls can tell you, using only one ear, the color of a kitten from the way it winks in the dark."

※(27)の解答①(punish)②(though I may not)③(waving his hand he)←分詞構文 ④(thanked　the　sharks　again)←時間差のある分詞構文⑤(their new boat was)⑥(fade)⑦(monkeys were getting on)⑧(room down there with)⑨(treasure)⑩(can let us in)⑪(guess)⑫(started to hunt for)⑫(doing this they discovered)⑬(must have stolen from)⑭(sword inside it when)⑮(fit)⑯(had been stood against)⑰(wondering what they should)←分詞構文⑱(all kept still a) ⑲(hardly)⑳(sharp enough to catch)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(28)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。

(28)
"Well, well!" said the Doctor. "You surprise me. That's very interesting.... Listen again and tell me what he's doing now."

"I'm not sure yet," said Too-Too, "if it's a man at all. Maybe it's a woman. Lift me up and let me listen at the key-hole and I'll soon tell you."

So the Doctor lifted the owl up and ①(close / him / held / to) the lock of the door.

After a moment Too-Too said,

"Now he's ②**(yielding : swearing : roaring : rubbing) his face with his left hand. It is a small hand and a small face. It MIGHT be a woman—No. Now he pushes his hair back off his forehead—It's a man all right."

"Women sometimes do that," said the Doctor.

"True," said the owl. "But when they do, their long hair makes quite a different sound.... Sh! Make that fidgety pig keep still. Now all hold your breath a moment ③(I / so / listen / can) well. This is very difficult, what I'm doing now—and the pesky door is so thick! Sh! Everybody quite still—shut your eyes and don't breathe."

Too-Too leaned down and listened again very hard and long.

At last ④(into / he / up / looked) the Doctor's face and said,

"The man in there is unhappy. He weeps. He has taken care not to blubber or sniffle, lest we should find out that he is crying. But I heard—quite distinctly—the sound of a tear ⑤(sleeve / falling / his / on)."

"How do you know it wasn't a ⑥(of / drop / falling / water) off the ceiling on him?" asked Gub-Gub. "Pshaw!—Such ignorance!" sniffed Too-Too. "A drop of water falling off the ceiling would have made ten times as much noise!"

"Well," said the Doctor, "if the poor fellow's unhappy, we've ⑦(in / got / get / to) and see what's the matter with him. Find me an axe, and I'll chop the door down."

THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER
THE OCEAN GOSSIPS
RIGHT away an axe was found. And the Doctor soon chopped a hole in the ⑧(big / door / to / enough) clamber through.

At first he could see nothing at all, it was so dark inside. So he struck a match.

The room was quite small; no window; the ceiling, low. For ⑨*(route : furniture : benefit : income) there was only one little stool. All round the room big barrels stood against the walls, ⑩*(fastened : improved : ruined : suffered) at the bottom so they wouldn't tumble with the rolling of the ship; and above the barrels, pewter jugs of all sizes hung from wooden pegs. There was a strong, winey smell. And in the middle of the floor sat a little boy, about eight years old, crying bitterly.

"I ⑪*(resist : declare : regret : cultivate), it is the pirates' rum-room!" said Jip in a whisper.

"Yes. Very rum!" said Gub-Gub. "The smell makes me giddy."

The little boy seemed ⑫(find / to / frightened / rather) a man standing there before him and all those animals ⑬*(dealing : staring : persisting : deciding) in through the hole in the broken door. But as soon as he saw John Dolittle's face by the light of the match, he stopped crying and got up.

"You aren't one of the pirates, are you?" he asked.

And when the Doctor threw back his head and laughed long and loud, the little boy smiled too and came and took his hand.

"You laugh like a friend," he said—"not like a pirate. Could you tell me where my uncle is?"

"I am afraid I can't," said the Doctor. "When did you see him last?"

"It was the day before yesterday," said the boy. "I and my uncle were out fishing in our little boat, when the pirates came and caught us. They sunk our fishing-boat and brought us both on to this ship. They told my uncle that they wanted him to be a pirate like them—⑭(clever / for / was / he ) at sailing a ship in all weathers. But he said he didn't want to be a pirate, because killing people and stealing ⑮(no / was / for / work ) a good fisherman to do. Then the leader, Ben Ali, got very angry and gnashed his teeth, and said they would throw my uncle into the sea if he didn't do as they said. They sent me downstairs; and I heard the noise of a ⑯(on / fight / above / going). And when they let me come up again next day, my uncle was nowhere to be seen. I asked the pirates where he was; but they wouldn't tell me. I am very much afraid they threw him into the sea and drowned him."

And the little boy began to cry again.

"Well now—wait a minute," said the Doctor. "Don't cry. Let's go and have tea in the dining-room, and we'll talk it over. Maybe your uncle is quite safe all the time. You don't KNOW that he was drowned, do you? And that's something. Perhaps we can find him for you. First we'll go and have tea—with strawberry-jam; and then we will ⑰(can / see / be / what) done."

All the animals had been standing around listening with great ⑱*(attitude : explanation : experiment : curiosity). And when they had gone into the ship's dining-room and were having tea, Dab-Dab came up behind the Doctor's chair and whispered.

"Ask the porpoises if the boy's uncle was drowned—they'll know."

"All right," said the Doctor, taking a second piece of bread-and-jam.

"What are those funny, clicking noises ⑲(making / you / with / are) your tongue?" asked the boy.

"Oh, I just said a couple of words in duck-language," the Doctor answered. "This is Dab-Dab, one of my pets."

"I didn't even know that ducks had a language," said the boy. "Are all these other animals your pets, too? What is that strange-looking thing with two heads?"

"Sh!" the Doctor whispered. "That is the pushmi-pullyu. Don't let him see we're talking about him—he gets so dreadfully ⑳**(compelled : embarrassed : consented : tolerated).... Tell me, how did you come to be locked up in that little room?"

※(28)の解答①(held him close to)②(rubbing)③(so I can listen) ④(he looked up into)⑤(falling on his sleeve)⑥(drop of water falling) ⑦(got to get in)⑧(door big enough to)⑨(furniture)⑩(fastened)⑪(declare)⑫(rather frightened to find)⑬(staring)⑭(for he was clever) ⑮(was no work for)⑯(fight going on above)⑰(see what can be) ⑱(curiosity)⑲(you are making with)⑳(embarrassed)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(29)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。コロンで区切られているのが四語選択問題、スラッシュで区切られているのが四語整序問題です。四語選択問題の単語は大学入試、英検、TOEICに共通する重要単語で＊印は難易度の目安です。＊印が多いほど難しい単語になっています。
　わからない単語は辞書で調べて、どの単語が文脈に合うか考えるだけでも英語力がつきます。英英辞典を使えれば効果倍増です。英英辞典が使えるかどうかは
英英実力判定テストでお調べください。使いにくければ
english x englishをお試しください。英英辞典を使うのが楽になります。

(29)
"The pirates shut me in there when they were ①(to / going / steal / off )things from another ship. When I heard some one chopping on the door, I didn't know who it could be. I was very glad to ②(it / find / you / was ). Do you think you will be able to find my uncle for me?"

"Well, we are going to try very hard," said the Doctor. "Now what was your uncle like to look at?"

"He had red hair," the boy answered—"very red hair, and the picture of an anchor tattooed on his arm. He was a strong man, a kind uncle and the best sailor in the South Atlantic. His fishing-boat was called The Saucy Sally—a cutter-rigged sloop."

"What's 'cutterigsloop'?" whispered Gub-Gub, turning to Jip.

"Sh!—That's the kind of a ship the man had," said Jip. "Keep still, can't you?"

"Oh," said the pig, "is that all? I thought it was something to drink."

So the Doctor left the boy to play with the animals in the dining-room, and went upstairs to look for passing porpoises.

And soon a ③(dancing / whole / came / school) and jumping through the water, ④(to / way / their / on) Brazil.

When they saw the Doctor leaning on the rail of his ship, they came ⑤(see / over / how / to) he was getting on.

And the Doctor asked them if they had seen anything of a man with red hair and an anchor tattooed on his arm.

"Do you mean the master of The Saucy Sally?" asked the porpoises.

"Yes," said the Doctor. "That's the man. Has he been drowned?"

"His fishing-sloop was sunk," said the porpoises—"for we ⑥(it / saw / on / lying) the bottom of the sea. But there was nobody inside it, because we went and looked."

"His little nephew is on the ship with me here," said the Doctor. "And he is terribly afraid that the pirates threw his uncle into the sea. Would you be ⑦(to / so / as / good) find out for me, for sure, whether he has been drowned or not?"

"Oh, he isn't drowned," said the porpoises. "If he were, we would be sure to have heard of it from the deep-sea Decapods. We hear all the salt-water news. The shell-fish call us 'The Ocean Gossips.' No—tell the little boy we are sorry we do not know where his uncle is; but we are quite ⑧*(awake : certain : frequent : mental) he hasn't been drowned in the sea."

So the Doctor ran downstairs with the news and told the nephew, who ⑨**(crammed : clapped : mocked : captured)his hands with happiness. And the pushmi-pullyu took the little boy on his back and ⑩*(took : made : had : gave) him a ride round the dining-room table; while all the other animals ⑪*(prepared : followed : floated : aimed) behind, beating the dish-covers with spoons, pretending it was a parade.

THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER
SMELLS
"YOUR uncle must now be FOUND," said the Doctor—"that is the next thing—now ⑫(know / that / he / we) wasn't thrown into the sea."

Then Dab-Dab came up to him again and whispered,

"Ask the eagles to look for the man. No ⑬(creature / living / see / can)better than an eagle. When they are miles high in the air they can count the ants crawling on the ground. Ask the eagles."

So the Doctor sent one of the ⑭(get / swallows / to / off) some eagles.

And in about an hour the little bird came back with six different kinds of eagles: a Black Eagle, a Bald Eagle, a Fish Eagle, a Golden Eagle, an Eagle-Vulture, and a White-tailed Sea Eagle. Twice as high as the boy they were, each one of them. And they stood on the rail of the ship, like round-shouldered soldiers all in a row, stern and still and stiff; while their great, gleaming, black eyes shot darting glances here and there and everywhere.

Gub-Gub was ⑮**(prevailed : leaped : stripped : scared) of them and got behind a barrel. He said he felt as though those ⑯*(thick : sound : terrible : positive) eyes were looking right inside of him to see what he had stolen for lunch.

And the Doctor said to the eagles,

"A man has been lost—a fisherman with red hair and an anchor marked on his arm. Would you be so kind as to ⑰(can / you / if / see) find him for us? This boy is the man's nephew."

Eagles do not talk very much. And all they answered in their husky voices was,

"You may ⑱(that / be / we / sure) will do our best—for John Dolittle."

Then they flew off—and Gub-Gub came out from behind his barrel ⑲(go / to / them / see). Up and up and up they went—higher and higher and higher still. Then, when the Doctor could only just see them, they parted company and started going off all different ways—North, East, South and West, looking like ⑳**(grateful : tiny : fake : silly) grains of black sand creeping across the wide, blue sky.

※(29)の解答①(going off to steal)②(find it was you)③(whole school came dancing) ←ここでのschoolは「群れ」の意味④(on their way to)⑤(over to see how)⑥(saw it lying on)⑦(so good as to)⑧(certain) ⑨(clapped)⑩(gave)⑪(followed)⑫(that we know he)⑬(living creature can see)⑭(swallows off to get)⑮(scared)⑯(terrible)⑰(see if you can)⑱(be sure that we)⑲(to see them go)⑳(tiny)

「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(30)

　著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生アフリカゆき」から、シンプルで、大学入試にもTOEICにも英検にも有効な練習問題を作成しています。楽しみながら英語力を伸ばしていただければ幸いです。
(30)
"My gracious!" said Gub-Gub in a hushed voice. "What a height! I wonder they don't scorch their feathers—so near the sun!"

They were gone a long time. And when ①(came / they / it / back ) was almost night.

And the eagles said to the Doctor,

"We have ②*(informed : searched : defined : uttered) all the seas and all the countries and all the islands and all the cities and all the villages in this half of the world. But we have ②*(failed : joined : flowed : separated). In the main street of Gibraltar we saw three red hairs lying on a wheel-barrow before a baker's door. But they were not the hairs of a man—they were the hairs out of a fur-coat. Nowhere, on land or water, could we ③(of / see / sign / any) this boy's uncle. And if WE could not see him, then he is not to be seen.... For John Dolittle—we have done our best."

Then the six great birds ④***(launched : flapped : reviewed : speculated) their big wings and ⑤(to / flew / their / back) homes in the mountains and the rocks.

"Well," said Dab-Dab, after they had gone, "what are we going to do now? The boy's uncle MUST be found—there's no two ways about that. The lad isn't old enough to be knocking around the world by himself. Boys aren't like ducklings—they have to be ⑥(of / taken / till / care) they're quite old.... I wish Chee-Chee were here. He would soon find the man. Good old Chee-Chee! I wonder how he's getting on!"

"If we only ⑦(have : has : had : having) Polynesia with us," said the white mouse. "SHE would soon think of some way. Do you remember ⑧(us / got / she / how) all out of prison—the second time? My, but she was a clever one!"

"I don't think so much of those eagle-fellows," said Jip. "They're just conceited. They may have very good eyesight and all that; but when you ask them to find a man for you, they can't do it—and they have the cheek to come back and ⑨(that / say / else / nobody) could do it. They're just conceited—like that collie in Puddleby. And I don't think a whole lot of those gossipy old porpoises either. All ⑩(us / they / tell / could) was that the man isn't in the sea. We don't want to know where he ISN'T—we want to know where he IS."

"Oh, don't talk so much," said Gub-Gub. "It's easy to talk; but it isn't so easy to find a man when you have got the whole world to hunt him in. Maybe the fisherman's hair has turned white, ⑪*(allowing : worrying : rewarding : reminding) about the boy; and that was ⑫(when : which : what : why) the eagles didn't find him. You don't know everything. You're just talking. You are not doing anything to help. You couldn't find the boy's uncle any more than the eagles could—you couldn't do as well."

"Couldn't I?" said the dog. "That's all you know, you ⑬*(awful : stupid : mutual : domestic) piece of warm bacon! I haven't begun to try yet,
have I? You wait and see!"

Then Jip went to the Doctor and said,

"Ask the boy if he has anything in his pockets that belonged to his uncle, will you, please?"

So the Doctor asked him. And the boy showed them a gold ring which he wore on a piece of string around his neck because it was too big for his finger. He said his uncle ⑭(to / gave / him / it) when they saw the pirates coming.

Jip smelt the ring and said,

"That's no good. Ask ⑮(if / him / has / he) anything else that belonged to his uncle."

Then the boy took from his pocket a great, big red handkerchief and said, "This was my uncle's too."

As soon as the boy pulled it out, Jip shouted,

"SNUFF, by Jingo!—Black Rappee snuff. Don't you smell it? His uncle took snuff— Ask him, Doctor."

The Doctor questioned the boy again; and he said, "Yes. My uncle took a lot of snuff."

"Fine!" said Jip. "The man's as good as found. 'Twill be as easy as stealing milk from a kitten. Tell the boy I'll find his uncle for him in less than a week. Let us go upstairs and see which way the wind is blowing."

"But it is dark now," said the Doctor. "You can't find him in the dark!"

"I don't need any ⑯(look / light / for / to) a man who smells of Black Rappee snuff," said Jip as he climbed the stairs. "If the man had a hard smell, like string, now—or hot water, it would be different. But SNUFF!—Tut, tut!"

"Does hot water have a smell?" asked the Doctor.

"Certainly it has," said Jip. "Hot water smells quite different from cold water. It is warm water—or ice—that has the really difficult smell. Why, I once followed a man for ten miles on a dark night by the smell of the hot water he had ⑰(with / shave / to / used)—for the poor fellow had no soap.... Now then, let us see which way the wind is blowing. Wind is very important in long-distance smelling. It mustn't be too fierce a wind—and of course it must blow the right way. A nice, steady, damp breeze is the best of all.... Ha!—This wind is from the North."

Then Jip went up to the front of the ship and smelt the wind; and he ⑱(to / started / himself / muttering),

"Tar; Spanish onions; kerosene oil; wet raincoats; crushed laurel-leaves; rubber burning; lace-curtains being washed—No, my mistake, lace-curtains hanging out to dry; and foxes—hundreds of 'em—cubs; and—"

"Can you really smell all ⑲(things / those / in / different) this one wind?" asked the Doctor.

"Why, of course!" said Jip. "And those are only a few of the easy smells—the strong ones. Any mongrel could smell those with a cold in the head. Wait now, and I'll tell you some of the harder ⑳***(germs : scents : hazards : riots) that are coming on this wind—a few of the dainty ones."

※(30)の解答①(they came back it)②(searched)②(failed)③(see any sign of)④(flapped)⑤(flew back to their)⑥(taken care of till)⑦(had)←仮定法過去⑧(how she got us)⑨(say that nobody else)⑩(they could tell us)⑪(worrying)⑫(why)⑬(stupid)⑭(gave it to him)⑮(him if he has)⑯(light to look for)⑰(used to shave with)⑱(started muttering to himself)⑲(those different things in)⑳(scents)