「オズの魔法使い」から学ぶ大学入試・英検・TOEIC頻出語彙と読解(7)

　著作権の切れた童話「オズの魔法使い」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( )にアルファベットの一文字を入れて文脈に合う単語を完成してください。
(7)
"How far is it to the Emerald City?" the girl asked.

"I do not know," answered Boq ①( )ravely, "for I have never been there. It is better for people to keep away from Oz, ②unl( )( )( ) they have business with him. But it is a long way to the Emerald City, and it will take you many days. The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must pass through ③rou( )( ) and dangerous places before you reach the end of your journey."

This worried Dorothy a little, but she knew that only the Great Oz could help her get to Kansas again, so she ④( )ravely resolved not to turn back.

She bade her friends good-bye, and again started along the road of yellow brick. When she had gone several miles she thought she would stop to rest, and so climbed to the top of the fence beside the road and sat down. There was a great cornfield ⑤beyo( )( ) the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ⑥( )( )pe corn.

Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and ⑦( )azed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow. Its head was a small sack ⑧( )tuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to ⑨repres( )( )( ) a face. An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some Munchkin, was perched on his head, and the rest of the ⑩figu( )( ) was a blue suit of clothes, worn and faded, which had also been stuffed with straw. On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was ⑪( )( )ised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.

While Dorothy was looking ⑫( )( )rnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her. She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure ⑬( )odded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.

"Good day," said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice.

"Did you speak?" asked the girl, in wonder.

"⑭Certai( )( )( )," answered the Scarecrow. "How do you do?"

"I'm pretty well, thank you," replied Dorothy ⑮( )olitely. "How do you do?"

"I'm not feeling well," said the Scarecrow, with a smile, "for it is very ⑯tedio( )( ) being perched up here night and day to ⑰( )care away crows."

"Can't you get down?" asked Dorothy.

"No, for this pole is stuck up my back. If you will please take away the pole I shall be greatly ⑱( )( )liged to you."

Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the figure off the pole, for, being stuffed with straw, it was quite light.

"Thank you very much," said the Scarecrow, when he had been set down on the ground. "I feel like a new man."

Dorothy was ⑲( )( )zzled at this, for it sounded queer to hear a stuffed man speak, and to see him bow and walk along beside her.

"Who are you?" asked the Scarecrow when he had ⑳( )( )retched himself and yawned. "And where are you going?"

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