著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生航海記」に、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組込んでみました。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。＊印は難易度の目安で、＊印が多いほど難しい単語になっています。無印は語法・文法等の問題です。
実用英検や大学入試では六語以上の整序問題が出題されます。ただ四語整序問題がすらすらできるレベルに至っていない段階では、六語整序問題や八語整序問題に取り組むよりも四語整序問題をたくさんこなした方が英語の語順の感覚を会得しやすいと思います。
※(89)の解答①(had better sit up) ②(talk over with him)③(opinion)④(publish)⑤(spend)⑥(attractive)⑦(suppose babies got along) ⑧(guessed)⑨(impression)⑩(palace without saying where)⑪(attending)⑫(addressed)⑬(make)⑭(consenting)⑮(on duty as king)⑯(escape) ⑰(offer)⑱(put chains on him)⑲(in making him take)⑳(temptation)
(90)
"How thrilling!" I cried. "Do you mean the snail could take us under the sea all the ①(to / way / Puddleby / back)?"
"Certainly," said Polynesia, "a little trip like that is nothing to him. He would crawl along the floor of the ocean and the Doctor could see all the sights. Perfectly simple. Oh, John Dolittle will come all right, if we can only ②(take / get / to / him) that holiday—AND if the snail will consent to give us the ③*(matter : ride : baggage : bill)."
"Golly, I hope he does!" sighed Jip. "I'm sick of these beastly tropics—they make you feel so ④*(flat : lazy : curious : efficient) and good-for-nothing. And there are no rats or anything here—not that a fellow would have the energy to chase 'em even if there were. My, wouldn't I be glad to see old Puddleby and the garden again! And won't Dab-Dab be glad ⑤(back / us / have / to)!"
"By the end of next month," said I, "it will be two whole years since we left England—since we pulled up the anchor at Kingsbridge and bumped ⑥(out / our / into / way) the river."
"And got stuck on the mud-bank," added Chee-Chee in a dreamy, far-away voice.
"Do you remember how all the people waved to us from the river-wall?" I asked.
"Yes. And I ⑦*(expand : devise : suppose : glance) they've often talked about us in the town since," said Jip—"wondering whether we're dead or alive."
"Cease," said Bumpo, "I feel I am about to weep from sediment."
THE SEVENTH CHAPTER. THE DOCTOR'S DECISION
WELL, you can guess how glad we were when next morning the Doctor, after his all-night conversation with the snail, told us that he had ⑧(put : made : went : got) up his mind to take the holiday. A proclamation was published right away by the Town Crier that His Majesty was going into the country for a seven-day rest, but that during his ⑨*(labor : absence : structure : convention) the palace and the government offices would be kept open as usual.
Polynesia was immensely pleased. She at once set quietly to work making arrangements for our ⑩*(conflict : enterprise : influence : departure)—taking good care the while that no one should get an inkling of where we were going, what we were taking with us, the hour of our leaving or which of the palace-gates we would go out by.
Cunning old schemer that she was, she forgot ⑪(everything : something : nothing : anything). And not even we, who were of the Doctor's party, could imagine what reasons she had for some of her preparations. She took me inside and told me that the one thing I must remember to bring with me was ALL of the Doctor's note-books. Long Arrow, who was the only Indian let into the secret of our ⑫*(literature : destination : entertainment : illusion), said he would like to come with us as far as the beach to see the Great Snail; and him Polynesia told to be sure and bring his collection of plants. Bumpo she ordered to carry the Doctor's high hat—carefully hidden under his coat. She sent off nearly all the footmen who were on night duty to do ⑬**(ruins : errands : ingredients : riots) in the town, so that there should be as few servants as possible ⑭(us / to / leave / see). And midnight, the hour when most of the towns-people would be asleep, she finally chose for our departure.
We had to take a week's food-supply with us for the royal holiday. So, with our other packages, we were heavy laden when on the stroke of twelve we opened the west door of the palace and stepped cautiously and quietly into the moonlit garden.
"Tiptoe incognito," whispered Bumpo ⑮(till : as : where : that) we gently closed the heavy doors behind us.
No one had seen us leave.
At the foot of the ⑯(steps / from / stone / leading) the Peacock Terrace to the Sunken Rosary, something made me pause and look back at the magnificent palace which we had built in this strange, far-off land where ⑰(but / no / men / white) ourselves had ever come. Somehow I felt it in my bones that we were leaving it to-night never to return again. And I wondered what other kings and ministers would ⑱***(evade : mount : dwell : nurture) in its splendid halls when we were gone. The air was hot; and everything was deadly still but for the gentle splashing of the tame flamingoes paddling in the lily-pond. Suddenly the twinkling lantern of a night watchman appeared round the corner of a cypress hedge. Polynesia plucked at my stocking and, in an ⑲**(adequate : overwhelming : abundant : impatient) whisper, bade me hurry before our flight be discovered.
On our arrival at the beach we found the snail already feeling much better and now able to move ⑳(pain / tail / his / without).
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実用英検や大学入試では六語以上の整序問題が出題されます。ただ四語整序問題がすらすらできるレベルに至っていない段階では、六語整序問題や八語整序問題に取り組むよりも四語整序問題をたくさんこなした方が英語の語順の感覚を会得しやすいと思います。
※(89)の解答①(had better sit up) ②(talk over with him)③(opinion)④(publish)⑤(spend)⑥(attractive)⑦(suppose babies got along) ⑧(guessed)⑨(impression)⑩(palace without saying where)⑪(attending)⑫(addressed)⑬(make)⑭(consenting)⑮(on duty as king)⑯(escape) ⑰(offer)⑱(put chains on him)⑲(in making him take)⑳(temptation)
(90)
"How thrilling!" I cried. "Do you mean the snail could take us under the sea all the ①(to / way / Puddleby / back)?"
"Certainly," said Polynesia, "a little trip like that is nothing to him. He would crawl along the floor of the ocean and the Doctor could see all the sights. Perfectly simple. Oh, John Dolittle will come all right, if we can only ②(take / get / to / him) that holiday—AND if the snail will consent to give us the ③*(matter : ride : baggage : bill)."
"Golly, I hope he does!" sighed Jip. "I'm sick of these beastly tropics—they make you feel so ④*(flat : lazy : curious : efficient) and good-for-nothing. And there are no rats or anything here—not that a fellow would have the energy to chase 'em even if there were. My, wouldn't I be glad to see old Puddleby and the garden again! And won't Dab-Dab be glad ⑤(back / us / have / to)!"
"By the end of next month," said I, "it will be two whole years since we left England—since we pulled up the anchor at Kingsbridge and bumped ⑥(out / our / into / way) the river."
"And got stuck on the mud-bank," added Chee-Chee in a dreamy, far-away voice.
"Do you remember how all the people waved to us from the river-wall?" I asked.
"Yes. And I ⑦*(expand : devise : suppose : glance) they've often talked about us in the town since," said Jip—"wondering whether we're dead or alive."
"Cease," said Bumpo, "I feel I am about to weep from sediment."
THE SEVENTH CHAPTER. THE DOCTOR'S DECISION
WELL, you can guess how glad we were when next morning the Doctor, after his all-night conversation with the snail, told us that he had ⑧(put : made : went : got) up his mind to take the holiday. A proclamation was published right away by the Town Crier that His Majesty was going into the country for a seven-day rest, but that during his ⑨*(labor : absence : structure : convention) the palace and the government offices would be kept open as usual.
Polynesia was immensely pleased. She at once set quietly to work making arrangements for our ⑩*(conflict : enterprise : influence : departure)—taking good care the while that no one should get an inkling of where we were going, what we were taking with us, the hour of our leaving or which of the palace-gates we would go out by.
Cunning old schemer that she was, she forgot ⑪(everything : something : nothing : anything). And not even we, who were of the Doctor's party, could imagine what reasons she had for some of her preparations. She took me inside and told me that the one thing I must remember to bring with me was ALL of the Doctor's note-books. Long Arrow, who was the only Indian let into the secret of our ⑫*(literature : destination : entertainment : illusion), said he would like to come with us as far as the beach to see the Great Snail; and him Polynesia told to be sure and bring his collection of plants. Bumpo she ordered to carry the Doctor's high hat—carefully hidden under his coat. She sent off nearly all the footmen who were on night duty to do ⑬**(ruins : errands : ingredients : riots) in the town, so that there should be as few servants as possible ⑭(us / to / leave / see). And midnight, the hour when most of the towns-people would be asleep, she finally chose for our departure.
We had to take a week's food-supply with us for the royal holiday. So, with our other packages, we were heavy laden when on the stroke of twelve we opened the west door of the palace and stepped cautiously and quietly into the moonlit garden.
"Tiptoe incognito," whispered Bumpo ⑮(till : as : where : that) we gently closed the heavy doors behind us.
No one had seen us leave.
At the foot of the ⑯(steps / from / stone / leading) the Peacock Terrace to the Sunken Rosary, something made me pause and look back at the magnificent palace which we had built in this strange, far-off land where ⑰(but / no / men / white) ourselves had ever come. Somehow I felt it in my bones that we were leaving it to-night never to return again. And I wondered what other kings and ministers would ⑱***(evade : mount : dwell : nurture) in its splendid halls when we were gone. The air was hot; and everything was deadly still but for the gentle splashing of the tame flamingoes paddling in the lily-pond. Suddenly the twinkling lantern of a night watchman appeared round the corner of a cypress hedge. Polynesia plucked at my stocking and, in an ⑲**(adequate : overwhelming : abundant : impatient) whisper, bade me hurry before our flight be discovered.
On our arrival at the beach we found the snail already feeling much better and now able to move ⑳(pain / tail / his / without).
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