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。
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The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly ①()()()ough the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the ②exa()() center of the cyclone. In the middle of a cyclone the air is ③()()()erally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it ④()()mained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily. After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a ⑤crad()().
Toto did not like it. He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.
Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him. But soon she saw one of his ears ⑥()()icking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall. She crept to the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and ⑦()()agged him into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so that no ⑧()()re accidents could happen.
Hour after hour passed away, and slowly Dorothy got ⑨()()er her fright; but she felt quite lonely, and the wind shrieked so loudly all about her that she nearly became ⑩de()(). At first she had ⑪()()()dered if she would be dashed to pieces when the house fell again; but as the hours passed and nothing terrible happened, she stopped worrying and ⑫()()solved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring. At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her.
In spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
2. The Council with the Munchkins
She was ⑬()()akened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her ⑭bre()()() and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, ⑮()()ooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.
The little girl gave a cry of ⑯()()()zement and looked about her, her eyes growing bigger and bigger at the wonderful ⑰()()ghts she saw.
The cyclone had set the house down very gently--for a cyclone--in the midst of a country of ⑱marvel()()() beauty. There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees ⑲()()aring rich and luscious fruits. Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
※(2)の解答①through ②exact ③generally ④remained ⑤cradle⑥sticking⑦dragged⑧more⑨over ⑩deaf ⑪wondered⑫resolved⑬awakened⑭breath⑮flooding⑯amazement ⑰sights⑱marvelous ⑲bearing
(2)
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly ①()()()ough the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the ②exa()() center of the cyclone. In the middle of a cyclone the air is ③()()()erally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it ④()()mained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily. After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a ⑤crad()().
Toto did not like it. He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.
Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him. But soon she saw one of his ears ⑥()()icking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall. She crept to the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and ⑦()()agged him into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so that no ⑧()()re accidents could happen.
Hour after hour passed away, and slowly Dorothy got ⑨()()er her fright; but she felt quite lonely, and the wind shrieked so loudly all about her that she nearly became ⑩de()(). At first she had ⑪()()()dered if she would be dashed to pieces when the house fell again; but as the hours passed and nothing terrible happened, she stopped worrying and ⑫()()solved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring. At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her.
In spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
2. The Council with the Munchkins
She was ⑬()()akened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her ⑭bre()()() and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, ⑮()()ooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.
The little girl gave a cry of ⑯()()()zement and looked about her, her eyes growing bigger and bigger at the wonderful ⑰()()ghts she saw.
The cyclone had set the house down very gently--for a cyclone--in the midst of a country of ⑱marvel()()() beauty. There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees ⑲()()aring rich and luscious fruits. Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
※(2)の解答①through ②exact ③generally ④remained ⑤cradle⑥sticking⑦dragged⑧more⑨over ⑩deaf ⑪wondered⑫resolved⑬awakened⑭breath⑮flooding⑯amazement ⑰sights⑱marvelous ⑲bearing
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