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。
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THE TWELFTH CHAPTER
MEDICINE AND MAGIC
VERY, very quietly, ①(that / making / no / sure) one should see her, Polynesia then slipped out at the back of the tree and flew across to the prison.
She found Gub-Gub poking his nose through the bars of the window, trying to sniff the cooking-smells that came from the palace-kitchen. She told the pig to bring the Doctor to the window because she wanted to speak to him. So Gub-Gub went and woke the Doctor who was taking a ②**(nap : stain : cheer : flavor).
"Listen," whispered the parrot, when John Dolittle's face ③*(occured : appeared : bursted : existed)"Prince Bumpo is coming here to-night to see you. And you've got to find some way ④(him / to / white / turn). But be sure to make him promise you first that he will open the prison-door and find a ship for you to ⑤(in / sea / the / cross)."
"This is all very well," said the Doctor. "But it isn't so easy to turn a black man white. You speak ⑥(were / as / he / though) a dress to be re-dyed. It's not so simple. 'Shall the leopard change his spots, or the Ethiopian his skin,' you know?"
"I don't know anything about that," said Polynesia impatiently. "But you MUST turn this man white. Think of a way—think hard. You've got plenty ⑦(left / of / in / medicines) the bag. He'll do ⑧(for / anything / if / you ) you change his color. It is your only chance to get out of prison."
"Well, I ⑧*(represent : suppose : publish : seek) it MIGHT be possible," said the Doctor. "Let me see—," and ⑨(went : he : to : over) his medicine-bag, murmuring something about "liberated chlorine on animal-pigment—perhaps zinc-ointment, as a ⑩(urgent : temporary : ordinary : accurate) measure, spread thick—"
Well, that night Prince Bumpo came secretly to the Doctor in prison and said to him,
"White Man, I am an unhappy prince. Years ago I ⑪(of / went / search /in) The Sleeping Beauty, whom I had read of in a book. And having traveled through the world many days, I at last found her and kissed the lady very gently to ⑫*(replace : awaken : flourish : arrest) her—as the book said I should. 'Tis true indeed that she awoke. But when she saw my face she cried out, 'Oh, he's black!' And she ran away and wouldn't marry me—but went to sleep again somewhere else. So I came back, full of sadness, to my father's kingdom. Now I hear that you are a wonderful magician and have many powerful potions. So I come ⑬(you / to / help / for). If you will turn me white, ⑭(may / so / I / that) go back to The Sleeping Beauty, I will give you half my kingdom and anything besides you ask."
"Prince Bumpo," said the Doctor, looking thoughtfully at the bottles in his medicine-bag, "supposing I made your hair a nice blonde color—would not that do instead to make you happy?"
"No," said Bumpo. "Nothing else will ⑮*(satisfy : earn : supply : indicate) me. I must be a white prince."
"You know it is very hard to change the color of a prince," said the Doctor—"one of the hardest things a magician can do. You only want your face white, do you not?"
"Yes, that is all," said Bumpo. "Because I shall wear shining armor and gauntlets of steel, like the other white princes, and ride on a horse."
"Must your face be white all over?" asked the Doctor.
"Yes, all over," said Bumpo—"and I would like my eyes blue too, but I suppose that would be very hard to do."
"Yes, it would," said the Doctor quickly. "Well, I will ⑯(can : I : what : do) for you. You will have to be very ⑰*(solid : strict : patient :vital) though—you know with some medicines you can never be very sure. I might have to try two or three times. You have a strong skin—yes? Well that's all right. Now come over here by the light—Oh, but before I do anything, you must first go down to the beach and get a ship ready, ⑱(it / in / food / with), to take me across the sea. Do not speak a word of this to any one. And when I have ⑲(you / done / ask / as), you must let me and all my animals out of prison. Promise—by the crown of Jolliginki!"
So the Prince promised and went away to get a ship ready at the seashore.
When he came back and said that it was done, the Doctor asked Dab-Dab to bring a basin. Then he mixed a lot of medicines in the basin and told Bumpo to ⑳***(dip : slap : emit : depict) his face in it.
※(20)の解答①(making sure that no)←分詞構文 ②(nap)③( appeared)④(to turn him white). ←turn him whiteでVOC構造⑤(cross the sea in)⑥(as though he were)⑦(of medicines left in)⑧(anything for you if)⑧(suppose)⑨(he went over to)⑩(temporary) ⑪(went in search of)⑫(awaken)⑬(to you for help)⑭(so that I may)⑮(satisfy)⑯(do what I can) for ⑰(patient)⑱(with food in it)⑲(done as you ask)⑳(dip)
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THE TWELFTH CHAPTER
MEDICINE AND MAGIC
VERY, very quietly, ①(that / making / no / sure) one should see her, Polynesia then slipped out at the back of the tree and flew across to the prison.
She found Gub-Gub poking his nose through the bars of the window, trying to sniff the cooking-smells that came from the palace-kitchen. She told the pig to bring the Doctor to the window because she wanted to speak to him. So Gub-Gub went and woke the Doctor who was taking a ②**(nap : stain : cheer : flavor).
"Listen," whispered the parrot, when John Dolittle's face ③*(occured : appeared : bursted : existed)"Prince Bumpo is coming here to-night to see you. And you've got to find some way ④(him / to / white / turn). But be sure to make him promise you first that he will open the prison-door and find a ship for you to ⑤(in / sea / the / cross)."
"This is all very well," said the Doctor. "But it isn't so easy to turn a black man white. You speak ⑥(were / as / he / though) a dress to be re-dyed. It's not so simple. 'Shall the leopard change his spots, or the Ethiopian his skin,' you know?"
"I don't know anything about that," said Polynesia impatiently. "But you MUST turn this man white. Think of a way—think hard. You've got plenty ⑦(left / of / in / medicines) the bag. He'll do ⑧(for / anything / if / you ) you change his color. It is your only chance to get out of prison."
"Well, I ⑧*(represent : suppose : publish : seek) it MIGHT be possible," said the Doctor. "Let me see—," and ⑨(went : he : to : over) his medicine-bag, murmuring something about "liberated chlorine on animal-pigment—perhaps zinc-ointment, as a ⑩(urgent : temporary : ordinary : accurate) measure, spread thick—"
Well, that night Prince Bumpo came secretly to the Doctor in prison and said to him,
"White Man, I am an unhappy prince. Years ago I ⑪(of / went / search /in) The Sleeping Beauty, whom I had read of in a book. And having traveled through the world many days, I at last found her and kissed the lady very gently to ⑫*(replace : awaken : flourish : arrest) her—as the book said I should. 'Tis true indeed that she awoke. But when she saw my face she cried out, 'Oh, he's black!' And she ran away and wouldn't marry me—but went to sleep again somewhere else. So I came back, full of sadness, to my father's kingdom. Now I hear that you are a wonderful magician and have many powerful potions. So I come ⑬(you / to / help / for). If you will turn me white, ⑭(may / so / I / that) go back to The Sleeping Beauty, I will give you half my kingdom and anything besides you ask."
"Prince Bumpo," said the Doctor, looking thoughtfully at the bottles in his medicine-bag, "supposing I made your hair a nice blonde color—would not that do instead to make you happy?"
"No," said Bumpo. "Nothing else will ⑮*(satisfy : earn : supply : indicate) me. I must be a white prince."
"You know it is very hard to change the color of a prince," said the Doctor—"one of the hardest things a magician can do. You only want your face white, do you not?"
"Yes, that is all," said Bumpo. "Because I shall wear shining armor and gauntlets of steel, like the other white princes, and ride on a horse."
"Must your face be white all over?" asked the Doctor.
"Yes, all over," said Bumpo—"and I would like my eyes blue too, but I suppose that would be very hard to do."
"Yes, it would," said the Doctor quickly. "Well, I will ⑯(can : I : what : do) for you. You will have to be very ⑰*(solid : strict : patient :vital) though—you know with some medicines you can never be very sure. I might have to try two or three times. You have a strong skin—yes? Well that's all right. Now come over here by the light—Oh, but before I do anything, you must first go down to the beach and get a ship ready, ⑱(it / in / food / with), to take me across the sea. Do not speak a word of this to any one. And when I have ⑲(you / done / ask / as), you must let me and all my animals out of prison. Promise—by the crown of Jolliginki!"
So the Prince promised and went away to get a ship ready at the seashore.
When he came back and said that it was done, the Doctor asked Dab-Dab to bring a basin. Then he mixed a lot of medicines in the basin and told Bumpo to ⑳***(dip : slap : emit : depict) his face in it.
※(20)の解答①(making sure that no)←分詞構文 ②(nap)③( appeared)④(to turn him white). ←turn him whiteでVOC構造⑤(cross the sea in)⑥(as though he were)⑦(of medicines left in)⑧(anything for you if)⑧(suppose)⑨(he went over to)⑩(temporary) ⑪(went in search of)⑫(awaken)⑬(to you for help)⑭(so that I may)⑮(satisfy)⑯(do what I can) for ⑰(patient)⑱(with food in it)⑲(done as you ask)⑳(dip)
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