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。
(11)
"It must be inconvenient to be made of ①fle( )( )," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of ②bothe( ) to be able to think ③proper( )( )."
They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast. She saw there was not much bread left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was ④( )carcely enough for herself and Toto for the day.
When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.
"What was that?" she asked ⑤( )imidly.
"I cannot imagine," replied the Scarecrow; "but we can go and see."
Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them. They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ⑥ra( ) of sunshine that fell between the trees. She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise.
One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were ⑦( )ointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.
Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.
"Did you groan?" asked Dorothy.
"Yes," answered the tin man, "I did. I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."
"What can I do for you?" she inquired softly, for she was ⑧( )oved by the sad voice in which the man spoke.
"Get an oil-can and oil my joints," he answered. "They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again. You will find an oil-can on a ⑨shel( ) in my cottage."
Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then she returned and asked anxiously, "Where are your joints?"
"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman. So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it ⑩( )ently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.
"Now oil the joints in my arms," he said. And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow ⑪ben( ) them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.
The Tin Woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and ⑫( )owered his axe, which he leaned against the tree.
"This is a great comfort," he said. "I have been holding that axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to ⑬( )ut it down at last. Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I shall be all right once more."
So they oiled his legs until he could move them ⑭( )reely; and he thanked them again and again for his ⑮relea( )( ), for he seemed a very polite ⑯creatu( )( ), and very grateful.
"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly ⑰( )aved my life. How did you happen to be here?"
"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."
"Why do you wish to see Oz?" he asked.
"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains into his head," she replied.
The Tin Woodman ⑱( )ppeared to think deeply for a moment. Then he said:
"Do you ⑲suppo( )( ) Oz could give me a heart?"
"Why, I ⑳gue( )( ) so," Dorothy answered. "It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains."
※(11)の解答①flesh②bother③properly④scarcely⑤timidly⑥ray⑦jointed⑧moved⑨shelf⑩gently⑪bent⑫lowered⑬put⑭freely⑮release⑯creature⑰saved⑱appeared⑲suppose⑳guess
(11)
"It must be inconvenient to be made of ①fle( )( )," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of ②bothe( ) to be able to think ③proper( )( )."
They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast. She saw there was not much bread left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was ④( )carcely enough for herself and Toto for the day.
When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.
"What was that?" she asked ⑤( )imidly.
"I cannot imagine," replied the Scarecrow; "but we can go and see."
Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them. They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ⑥ra( ) of sunshine that fell between the trees. She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise.
One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were ⑦( )ointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.
Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.
"Did you groan?" asked Dorothy.
"Yes," answered the tin man, "I did. I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."
"What can I do for you?" she inquired softly, for she was ⑧( )oved by the sad voice in which the man spoke.
"Get an oil-can and oil my joints," he answered. "They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again. You will find an oil-can on a ⑨shel( ) in my cottage."
Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then she returned and asked anxiously, "Where are your joints?"
"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman. So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it ⑩( )ently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.
"Now oil the joints in my arms," he said. And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow ⑪ben( ) them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.
The Tin Woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and ⑫( )owered his axe, which he leaned against the tree.
"This is a great comfort," he said. "I have been holding that axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to ⑬( )ut it down at last. Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I shall be all right once more."
So they oiled his legs until he could move them ⑭( )reely; and he thanked them again and again for his ⑮relea( )( ), for he seemed a very polite ⑯creatu( )( ), and very grateful.
"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly ⑰( )aved my life. How did you happen to be here?"
"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."
"Why do you wish to see Oz?" he asked.
"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains into his head," she replied.
The Tin Woodman ⑱( )ppeared to think deeply for a moment. Then he said:
"Do you ⑲suppo( )( ) Oz could give me a heart?"
"Why, I ⑳gue( )( ) so," Dorothy answered. "It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains."
※(11)の解答①flesh②bother③properly④scarcely⑤timidly⑥ray⑦jointed⑧moved⑨shelf⑩gently⑪bent⑫lowered⑬put⑭freely⑮release⑯creature⑰saved⑱appeared⑲suppose⑳guess
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