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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"I will not let him," said the Woodman; "so do not be afraid."
One by one the mice came ①( )reeping back, and Toto did not bark again, although he tried to get out of the Woodman's arms, and would have bitten him ②( )ad he not known very well he was made of tin. Finally one of the biggest mice spoke.
"Is there anything we can do," it asked, "to repay you for saving the life of our Queen?"
"Nothing that I know of," answered the Woodman; but the Scarecrow, who had been trying to think, but could not because his head was stuffed with straw, said, quickly, "Oh, yes; you can save our friend, the Cowardly Lion, who is asleep in the poppy bed."
"A Lion!" cried the little Queen. "Why, he would eat us all up."
"Oh, no," ③( )eclared the Scarecrow; "this Lion is a coward."
"Really?" asked the Mouse.
"He says so himself," answered the Scarecrow, "and he would never ④hur( ) anyone who is our friend. If you will help us to save him I ⑤promi( )( ) that he shall treat you all with kindness."
"Very well," said the Queen, "we ⑥trus( ) you. But what shall we do?"
"Are there many of these mice which call you Queen and are willing to obey you?"
"Oh, yes; there are thousands," she replied.
"Then send for them all to come here as soon as possible, and let each one bring a long piece of ⑦strin( )."
The Queen turned to the mice that ⑧( )ttended her and told them to go at once and get all her people. As soon as they heard her orders they ran away in every direction as fast as possible.
"Now," said the Scarecrow to the Tin Woodman, "you must go to those trees by the riverside and make a ⑨truc( ) that will carry the Lion."
So the Woodman went at once to the trees and began to work; and he soon made a truck out of the ⑩( )imbs of trees, from which he ⑪( )hopped away all the leaves and branches. He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk. So fast and so well did he work that by the time the mice began to arrive the truck was all ready for them.
They came from all directions, and there were thousands of them: big mice and little mice and middle-sized mice; and each one brought a piece of string in his mouth. It was about this time that Dorothy woke from her long sleep and opened her eyes. She was greatly ⑫( )stonished to find herself lying upon the grass, with thousands of mice standing around and looking at her timidly. But the Scarecrow told her about everything, and turning to the ⑬( )ignified little Mouse, he said:
"Permit me to introduce to you her Majesty, the Queen."
Dorothy ⑭( )odded gravely and the Queen made a curtsy, after which she became quite friendly with the little girl.
The Scarecrow and the Woodman now began to fasten the mice to the truck, using the strings they had brought. One end of a string was ⑮( )ied around the neck of each mouse and the other end to the truck. Of course the truck was a thousand times bigger than any of the mice who were to ⑯( )raw it; but when all the mice had been harnessed, they were able to pull it quite easily. Even the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman could sit on it, and were drawn ⑰( )wiftly by their queer little horses to the place where the Lion lay asleep.
After a great deal of hard work, for the Lion was heavy, they managed to get him up on the truck. Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the ⑱ord( )( ) to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
At first the little creatures, many though they were, could hardly stir the heavily loaded truck; but the Woodman and the Scarecrow both pushed from behind, and they got along better. Soon they rolled the Lion out of the poppy bed to the green fields, where he could breathe the sweet, fresh air again, instead of the ⑲poisono( )( ) ⑳scen( ) of the flowers.
※(21)の解答①creeping②had③declared④hurt⑤promise⑥trust⑦string⑧attended ⑨truck⑩limbs⑪chopped⑫astonished⑬dignified ⑭nodded⑯draw⑰swiftly⑱order⑲poisonous⑳scent
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"I will not let him," said the Woodman; "so do not be afraid."
One by one the mice came ①( )reeping back, and Toto did not bark again, although he tried to get out of the Woodman's arms, and would have bitten him ②( )ad he not known very well he was made of tin. Finally one of the biggest mice spoke.
"Is there anything we can do," it asked, "to repay you for saving the life of our Queen?"
"Nothing that I know of," answered the Woodman; but the Scarecrow, who had been trying to think, but could not because his head was stuffed with straw, said, quickly, "Oh, yes; you can save our friend, the Cowardly Lion, who is asleep in the poppy bed."
"A Lion!" cried the little Queen. "Why, he would eat us all up."
"Oh, no," ③( )eclared the Scarecrow; "this Lion is a coward."
"Really?" asked the Mouse.
"He says so himself," answered the Scarecrow, "and he would never ④hur( ) anyone who is our friend. If you will help us to save him I ⑤promi( )( ) that he shall treat you all with kindness."
"Very well," said the Queen, "we ⑥trus( ) you. But what shall we do?"
"Are there many of these mice which call you Queen and are willing to obey you?"
"Oh, yes; there are thousands," she replied.
"Then send for them all to come here as soon as possible, and let each one bring a long piece of ⑦strin( )."
The Queen turned to the mice that ⑧( )ttended her and told them to go at once and get all her people. As soon as they heard her orders they ran away in every direction as fast as possible.
"Now," said the Scarecrow to the Tin Woodman, "you must go to those trees by the riverside and make a ⑨truc( ) that will carry the Lion."
So the Woodman went at once to the trees and began to work; and he soon made a truck out of the ⑩( )imbs of trees, from which he ⑪( )hopped away all the leaves and branches. He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk. So fast and so well did he work that by the time the mice began to arrive the truck was all ready for them.
They came from all directions, and there were thousands of them: big mice and little mice and middle-sized mice; and each one brought a piece of string in his mouth. It was about this time that Dorothy woke from her long sleep and opened her eyes. She was greatly ⑫( )stonished to find herself lying upon the grass, with thousands of mice standing around and looking at her timidly. But the Scarecrow told her about everything, and turning to the ⑬( )ignified little Mouse, he said:
"Permit me to introduce to you her Majesty, the Queen."
Dorothy ⑭( )odded gravely and the Queen made a curtsy, after which she became quite friendly with the little girl.
The Scarecrow and the Woodman now began to fasten the mice to the truck, using the strings they had brought. One end of a string was ⑮( )ied around the neck of each mouse and the other end to the truck. Of course the truck was a thousand times bigger than any of the mice who were to ⑯( )raw it; but when all the mice had been harnessed, they were able to pull it quite easily. Even the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman could sit on it, and were drawn ⑰( )wiftly by their queer little horses to the place where the Lion lay asleep.
After a great deal of hard work, for the Lion was heavy, they managed to get him up on the truck. Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the ⑱ord( )( ) to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
At first the little creatures, many though they were, could hardly stir the heavily loaded truck; but the Woodman and the Scarecrow both pushed from behind, and they got along better. Soon they rolled the Lion out of the poppy bed to the green fields, where he could breathe the sweet, fresh air again, instead of the ⑲poisono( )( ) ⑳scen( ) of the flowers.
※(21)の解答①creeping②had③declared④hurt⑤promise⑥trust⑦string⑧attended ⑨truck⑩limbs⑪chopped⑫astonished⑬dignified ⑭nodded⑯draw⑰swiftly⑱order⑲poisonous⑳scent