著作権の切れた童話「ドリトル先生航海記」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。コロンで区切られているのが四語選択問題、スラッシュで区切られているのが四語整序問題です。＊印は難易度の目安で、＊印が多いほど難しい単語になっています。無印は語法・文法等の問題です。
※(82)の解答①(present)②(various)③(tired of Indian food)④(spoiling)⑤(sneak downstairs with us)⑥(finest cook that ever)⑦(subject of discussion at)⑧(reminding)⑨(cows to give cream)⑩(intends)⑪(answer out of him)⑫(pause)⑬(thinking of going home)⑭(ready on his chair)⑮(serious)⑯(sigh)⑰(murmured)⑱(staring) ⑲(you would be starting)⑳(chair looking rather uncomfortable)
(83)
"Well, as a ①(case : matter : cause : result) of fact," said he after a moment, "I meant to speak to you myself this evening on that very subject. But it's—er—a little hard to make any one exactly understand the ②*(quality : situation : triumph : creature). I am ③*(prepared : afraid : likely : intellectual) that it would be impossible for me to leave the work I am now engaged on.... You remember, when they first insisted on making me king, I told you it was not easy to shake off responsibilities, once you had taken them up. These people have come to ④*(shape : rely : last : cough) on me for a great number of things. We found them ignorant of much that white people enjoy. And we have, one might say, changed the current of their lives considerably. Now it is a very ticklish business, to change the lives of other people. And ⑤(because : whether : unless : while) the changes we have made will be, in the end, for good or for bad, is our lookout."
He thought a moment—then went on in a quieter, sadder voice:
"I would like ⑥(voyages / to / my / continue) and my natural history work; and I would like to go back to Puddleby—as much as any of you. This is March, and the crocuses will be showing in the lawn... . But that which I feared has come true: I cannot close my eyes to what might happen if I should leave these people and run away. They would probably go back to their old habits and customs: wars, ⑦**(masterpieces : discourses : ambassadors : superstitions), devil-worship and what not; and many of the new things we have taught them might be ⑧(use / improper / to / put) and make their condition, then, worse by far than that in which we found them.... They like me; they trust me; they have come to look to me for help in all their problems and troubles. And no man wants to do unfair things to them who trust him.... And then again, I like THEM. They are, as it were, my children—I never had any children of my own—and I am ⑨*(decently : rudely : terribly : swiftly) interested in how they will grow up. Don't you see what I mean?—How can I possibly run away and leave them in the lurch?... No. I have thought it over a good deal and tried to ⑩(what / decide / best / was). And I am afraid that the work I took up when I ⑪**(accelarated : deceived : assumed : enlightened) the crown I must stick to. I'm afraid—I've got to stay."
"For good—for your whole life?" asked Bumpo in a low voice.
For some moments the Doctor, frowning, made no answer.
"I don't know," he said at last—"Anyhow for the present there is certainly no ⑫(my / hope / leaving / of ). It wouldn't be right."
The sad silence ⑬(followed / that / broken / was) finally by a knock upon the door.
With a patient sigh the Doctor got up and put on his crown and cloak again.
"Come in," he called, sitting down in his chair once more.
The door opened and a footman—one of the hundred and forty-three who were always on night ⑭*(quantity : duty : wage : account)—stood bowing in the entrance.
"Oh, Kindly One," said he, "there is a traveler at the palace-gate who would have speech with Your Majesty."
"Another baby's been born, I'll bet a shilling," muttered Polynesia.
"Did you ask the traveler's name?" ⑮**(cherished : inquired : embarked : resigned) the Doctor.
"Yes, Your Majesty," said the footman. "It is Long Arrow, the son of Golden Arrow."
THE THIRD CHAPTER. THE RED MAN'S SCIENCE
"LONG ARROW!" cried the Doctor. "How splendid! Show him in—show him in ⑯(from : on : at : by) once."
"I'm so glad," he continued, turning to us as soon as the footman had gone. "I've missed Long Arrow terribly. He's an awfully good ⑰(have / man / around / to)—even if he doesn't talk much. Let me see: it's five months now since he went off to Brazil. I'm so glad he's back safe. He does take such tremendous chances with that canoe of his—clever as he is. It's no joke, crossing a hundred miles of open sea in a twelve-foot canoe. I wouldn't ⑱(to / it / care / try)."
Another knock; and when the door swung open in answer to the Doctor's call, there stood our big friend on the threshold, a smile upon his strong, bronzed face. Behind him appeared two porters carrying loads done up in Indian palm-matting. These, when the first salutations were over, Long Arrow ordered to lay their ⑲*(species : infants : burdens : souls) down.
"Behold, oh Kindly One," said he, "I bring you, as I promised, my collection of plants which I had hidden in a cave in the Andes. These ⑳*(polls : treasures : opportunities : inhabitants) represent the labors of my life."
※(82)の解答①(present)②(various)③(tired of Indian food)④(spoiling)⑤(sneak downstairs with us)⑥(finest cook that ever)⑦(subject of discussion at)⑧(reminding)⑨(cows to give cream)⑩(intends)⑪(answer out of him)⑫(pause)⑬(thinking of going home)⑭(ready on his chair)⑮(serious)⑯(sigh)⑰(murmured)⑱(staring) ⑲(you would be starting)⑳(chair looking rather uncomfortable)
(83)
"Well, as a ①(case : matter : cause : result) of fact," said he after a moment, "I meant to speak to you myself this evening on that very subject. But it's—er—a little hard to make any one exactly understand the ②*(quality : situation : triumph : creature). I am ③*(prepared : afraid : likely : intellectual) that it would be impossible for me to leave the work I am now engaged on.... You remember, when they first insisted on making me king, I told you it was not easy to shake off responsibilities, once you had taken them up. These people have come to ④*(shape : rely : last : cough) on me for a great number of things. We found them ignorant of much that white people enjoy. And we have, one might say, changed the current of their lives considerably. Now it is a very ticklish business, to change the lives of other people. And ⑤(because : whether : unless : while) the changes we have made will be, in the end, for good or for bad, is our lookout."
He thought a moment—then went on in a quieter, sadder voice:
"I would like ⑥(voyages / to / my / continue) and my natural history work; and I would like to go back to Puddleby—as much as any of you. This is March, and the crocuses will be showing in the lawn... . But that which I feared has come true: I cannot close my eyes to what might happen if I should leave these people and run away. They would probably go back to their old habits and customs: wars, ⑦**(masterpieces : discourses : ambassadors : superstitions), devil-worship and what not; and many of the new things we have taught them might be ⑧(use / improper / to / put) and make their condition, then, worse by far than that in which we found them.... They like me; they trust me; they have come to look to me for help in all their problems and troubles. And no man wants to do unfair things to them who trust him.... And then again, I like THEM. They are, as it were, my children—I never had any children of my own—and I am ⑨*(decently : rudely : terribly : swiftly) interested in how they will grow up. Don't you see what I mean?—How can I possibly run away and leave them in the lurch?... No. I have thought it over a good deal and tried to ⑩(what / decide / best / was). And I am afraid that the work I took up when I ⑪**(accelarated : deceived : assumed : enlightened) the crown I must stick to. I'm afraid—I've got to stay."
"For good—for your whole life?" asked Bumpo in a low voice.
For some moments the Doctor, frowning, made no answer.
"I don't know," he said at last—"Anyhow for the present there is certainly no ⑫(my / hope / leaving / of ). It wouldn't be right."
The sad silence ⑬(followed / that / broken / was) finally by a knock upon the door.
With a patient sigh the Doctor got up and put on his crown and cloak again.
"Come in," he called, sitting down in his chair once more.
The door opened and a footman—one of the hundred and forty-three who were always on night ⑭*(quantity : duty : wage : account)—stood bowing in the entrance.
"Oh, Kindly One," said he, "there is a traveler at the palace-gate who would have speech with Your Majesty."
"Another baby's been born, I'll bet a shilling," muttered Polynesia.
"Did you ask the traveler's name?" ⑮**(cherished : inquired : embarked : resigned) the Doctor.
"Yes, Your Majesty," said the footman. "It is Long Arrow, the son of Golden Arrow."
THE THIRD CHAPTER. THE RED MAN'S SCIENCE
"LONG ARROW!" cried the Doctor. "How splendid! Show him in—show him in ⑯(from : on : at : by) once."
"I'm so glad," he continued, turning to us as soon as the footman had gone. "I've missed Long Arrow terribly. He's an awfully good ⑰(have / man / around / to)—even if he doesn't talk much. Let me see: it's five months now since he went off to Brazil. I'm so glad he's back safe. He does take such tremendous chances with that canoe of his—clever as he is. It's no joke, crossing a hundred miles of open sea in a twelve-foot canoe. I wouldn't ⑱(to / it / care / try)."
Another knock; and when the door swung open in answer to the Doctor's call, there stood our big friend on the threshold, a smile upon his strong, bronzed face. Behind him appeared two porters carrying loads done up in Indian palm-matting. These, when the first salutations were over, Long Arrow ordered to lay their ⑲*(species : infants : burdens : souls) down.
"Behold, oh Kindly One," said he, "I bring you, as I promised, my collection of plants which I had hidden in a cave in the Andes. These ⑳*(polls : treasures : opportunities : inhabitants) represent the labors of my life."
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