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。日本語を介在させずに読解力、語彙力を養成できます。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。
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"My name is Dorothy," said the girl, "and I am going to the Emerald City, to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
"Where is the Emerald City?" he ①( )( )quired. "And who is Oz?"
"Why, don't you know?" she returned, in surprise.
"No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no ②( )rains at all," he answered sadly.
"Oh," said Dorothy, "I'm ③( )wfully sorry for you."
"Do you think," he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?"
"I cannot tell," she returned, "but you may come with me, if you like. If Oz will not give you any brains you will be no ④( )orse off than you are now."
"That is true," said the Scarecrow. "You see," he continued ⑤( )( )nfidentially, "I don't mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt. If anyone ⑥( )reads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn't ⑦( )atter, for I can't feel it. But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ⑧( )ver to know anything?"
"I understand how you feel," said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him. "If you will come with me I'll ask Oz to do all he can for you."
"Thank you," he answered ⑨( )( )atefully.
They walked back to the road. Dorothy helped him over the fence, and they started along the path of yellow brick for the Emerald City.
Toto did not like this addition to the party at first. He ⑩( )melled around the stuffed man as if he ⑪( )( )spected there might be a nest of rats in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly way at the Scarecrow.
"Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to her new friend. "He never ⑫( )ites."
"Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the Scarecrow. "He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't ⑬( )et tired. I'll tell you a secret," he continued, as he walked along. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of."
"What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?"
"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a ⑭( )ighted match."
4. The Road Through the Forest
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking ⑮( )rew so difficult that the Scarecrow often ⑯( )tumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around. As ⑰( )or the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.
The farms were not nearly so well ⑱( )ared for here as they were farther back. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more ⑲disma( ) and lonesome the country became.
At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he ⑳( )efused.
※(8)の解答①inquired ②brains③awfully④worse⑤confidentially ⑥treads⑦matter⑧ever⑨gratefully⑩smelled⑪suspected⑫bites⑬get ⑭lighted⑮grew⑯stumbled⑰for⑱cared⑲dismal⑳refused
(8)
"My name is Dorothy," said the girl, "and I am going to the Emerald City, to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
"Where is the Emerald City?" he ①( )( )quired. "And who is Oz?"
"Why, don't you know?" she returned, in surprise.
"No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no ②( )rains at all," he answered sadly.
"Oh," said Dorothy, "I'm ③( )wfully sorry for you."
"Do you think," he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?"
"I cannot tell," she returned, "but you may come with me, if you like. If Oz will not give you any brains you will be no ④( )orse off than you are now."
"That is true," said the Scarecrow. "You see," he continued ⑤( )( )nfidentially, "I don't mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt. If anyone ⑥( )reads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn't ⑦( )atter, for I can't feel it. But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ⑧( )ver to know anything?"
"I understand how you feel," said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him. "If you will come with me I'll ask Oz to do all he can for you."
"Thank you," he answered ⑨( )( )atefully.
They walked back to the road. Dorothy helped him over the fence, and they started along the path of yellow brick for the Emerald City.
Toto did not like this addition to the party at first. He ⑩( )melled around the stuffed man as if he ⑪( )( )spected there might be a nest of rats in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly way at the Scarecrow.
"Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to her new friend. "He never ⑫( )ites."
"Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the Scarecrow. "He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't ⑬( )et tired. I'll tell you a secret," he continued, as he walked along. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of."
"What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?"
"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a ⑭( )ighted match."
4. The Road Through the Forest
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking ⑮( )rew so difficult that the Scarecrow often ⑯( )tumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around. As ⑰( )or the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.
The farms were not nearly so well ⑱( )ared for here as they were farther back. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more ⑲disma( ) and lonesome the country became.
At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he ⑳( )efused.
※(8)の解答①inquired ②brains③awfully④worse⑤confidentially ⑥treads⑦matter⑧ever⑨gratefully⑩smelled⑪suspected⑫bites⑬get ⑭lighted⑮grew⑯stumbled⑰for⑱cared⑲dismal⑳refused
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