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。わからない単語があれば英英辞典で調べると一層有効です。
(5)
Dorothy began to sob at this, for she felt lonely among all these strange people. Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they ①( )( )( )ediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to ②( )( )ep also. As for the little old woman, she took off her cap and balanced the point on the end of her nose, while she counted "One, two, three" in a solemn voice. At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
"LET DOROTHY GO TO THE CITY OF EMERALDS"
The little old woman took the slate from her nose, and having read the words on it, asked, "Is your name Dorothy, my dear?"
"Yes," answered the child, looking up and drying her tears.
"Then you must go to the City of Emeralds. Perhaps Oz will help you."
"Where is this city?" asked Dorothy.
"It is exactly in the center of the country, and is ruled by Oz, the Great Wizard I told you of."
"Is he a good man?" ③( )( )quired the girl anxiously.
"He is a good Wizard. Whether he is a man or not I cannot tell, for I have never seen him."
"How can I get there?" asked Dorothy.
"You must walk. It is a long ④jour( )( )( ), through a country that is sometimes ⑤pleas( )( )( ) and sometimes dark and ⑥terri( )( )( ). However, I will use all the magic arts I know of to keep you from ⑦ha( )( )."
"Won't you go with me?" ⑧( )( )eaded the girl, who had begun to look upon the little old woman as her only friend.
"No, I cannot do that," she replied, "but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare ⑨inju( )( ) a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North."
She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
"The road to the City of Emeralds is ⑩( )( )ved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot ⑪mi( )( ) it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you. Good-bye, my dear."
The three Munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees. The Witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around on her left heel three times, and straightway ⑫( )( )( )appeared, much to the surprise of little Toto, who ⑬( )( )rked after her loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been afraid even to growl while she stood by.
But Dorothy, knowing her to be a witch, had expected her to disappear in just that way, and was not surprised in the least.
3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she ⑭spre( )( ) with butter. She gave some to Toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water. Toto ran over to the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there. Dorothy went to get him, and saw such ⑮( )( )licious fruit hanging from the branches that she ⑯( )( )thered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
Then she went back to the house, and having helped herself and Toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water, she set about making ready for the journey to the City of Emeralds.
Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed. It was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat ⑰( )( )ded with many washings, it was still a pretty frock. The girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the clean gingham, and tied her pink sunbonnet on her head. She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. Then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes were.
"They surely will never do for a long journey, Toto," she said. And Toto looked up into her face with his little black eyes and wagged his tail to show he knew what she meant.
At that moment Dorothy saw lying on the table the silver shoes that had ⑱( )( )longed to the Witch of the East.
"I wonder if they will ⑲fi( ) me," she said to Toto. "They would be just the thing to take a long walk in, for they could not wear out."
She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.
Finally she picked up her basket.
"Come along, Toto," she said. "We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again."
She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. And so, with Toto trotting along ⑳( )( )berly behind her, she started on her journey.
※(5)の解答①immediately②weep③inquired④journey⑤pleasant⑥terrible⑦harm⑧pleaded⑨injure⑩paved⑪miss⑫dis⑬barked⑭spread⑮delicious⑯gathered⑰faded ⑱belonged⑲fit⑳soberly
※(5)の解説She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
良い魔女がドロシーを守る魔力を帯びたキスをしてくれるシーンで、全然難しい英文ではないです。しかし「ここでtheyが何を指しているかわかりますか？」と尋ねると、答に窮してしまう英語学習者が少なくありません。
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theyは明らかにher lipsを指しています。つまりlipの複数形を指しているわけです。itが「それ」を意味することは誰でも知っています。theyがheやsheの複数形になることも誰でも知っています。しかしtheyがitの複数形として物の代名詞としても多用されることは意外な盲点になっていて、英検１級レベルの学習者でもtheyが人以外の物を指していることに気づかずに誤読することがあります。
「theyは必ずしも人に非ず」、頭に入れておくと便利です。
(5)
Dorothy began to sob at this, for she felt lonely among all these strange people. Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they ①( )( )( )ediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to ②( )( )ep also. As for the little old woman, she took off her cap and balanced the point on the end of her nose, while she counted "One, two, three" in a solemn voice. At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
"LET DOROTHY GO TO THE CITY OF EMERALDS"
The little old woman took the slate from her nose, and having read the words on it, asked, "Is your name Dorothy, my dear?"
"Yes," answered the child, looking up and drying her tears.
"Then you must go to the City of Emeralds. Perhaps Oz will help you."
"Where is this city?" asked Dorothy.
"It is exactly in the center of the country, and is ruled by Oz, the Great Wizard I told you of."
"Is he a good man?" ③( )( )quired the girl anxiously.
"He is a good Wizard. Whether he is a man or not I cannot tell, for I have never seen him."
"How can I get there?" asked Dorothy.
"You must walk. It is a long ④jour( )( )( ), through a country that is sometimes ⑤pleas( )( )( ) and sometimes dark and ⑥terri( )( )( ). However, I will use all the magic arts I know of to keep you from ⑦ha( )( )."
"Won't you go with me?" ⑧( )( )eaded the girl, who had begun to look upon the little old woman as her only friend.
"No, I cannot do that," she replied, "but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare ⑨inju( )( ) a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North."
She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
"The road to the City of Emeralds is ⑩( )( )ved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot ⑪mi( )( ) it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you. Good-bye, my dear."
The three Munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees. The Witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around on her left heel three times, and straightway ⑫( )( )( )appeared, much to the surprise of little Toto, who ⑬( )( )rked after her loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been afraid even to growl while she stood by.
But Dorothy, knowing her to be a witch, had expected her to disappear in just that way, and was not surprised in the least.
3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
When Dorothy was left alone she began to feel hungry. So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she ⑭spre( )( ) with butter. She gave some to Toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water. Toto ran over to the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there. Dorothy went to get him, and saw such ⑮( )( )licious fruit hanging from the branches that she ⑯( )( )thered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
Then she went back to the house, and having helped herself and Toto to a good drink of the cool, clear water, she set about making ready for the journey to the City of Emeralds.
Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed. It was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat ⑰( )( )ded with many washings, it was still a pretty frock. The girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the clean gingham, and tied her pink sunbonnet on her head. She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. Then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes were.
"They surely will never do for a long journey, Toto," she said. And Toto looked up into her face with his little black eyes and wagged his tail to show he knew what she meant.
At that moment Dorothy saw lying on the table the silver shoes that had ⑱( )( )longed to the Witch of the East.
"I wonder if they will ⑲fi( ) me," she said to Toto. "They would be just the thing to take a long walk in, for they could not wear out."
She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.
Finally she picked up her basket.
"Come along, Toto," she said. "We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again."
She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. And so, with Toto trotting along ⑳( )( )berly behind her, she started on her journey.
※(5)の解答①immediately②weep③inquired④journey⑤pleasant⑥terrible⑦harm⑧pleaded⑨injure⑩paved⑪miss⑫dis⑬barked⑭spread⑮delicious⑯gathered⑰faded ⑱belonged⑲fit⑳soberly
※(5)の解説She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
良い魔女がドロシーを守る魔力を帯びたキスをしてくれるシーンで、全然難しい英文ではないです。しかし「ここでtheyが何を指しているかわかりますか？」と尋ねると、答に窮してしまう英語学習者が少なくありません。
下にスクロールして正解を見る前にちょっと考えてみてください。
theyは明らかにher lipsを指しています。つまりlipの複数形を指しているわけです。itが「それ」を意味することは誰でも知っています。theyがheやsheの複数形になることも誰でも知っています。しかしtheyがitの複数形として物の代名詞としても多用されることは意外な盲点になっていて、英検１級レベルの学習者でもtheyが人以外の物を指していることに気づかずに誤読することがあります。
「theyは必ずしも人に非ず」、頭に入れておくと便利です。
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