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
(25)
"Please make yourselves ①( )( )mfortable while I go to the door of the Throne Room and tell Oz you are here."
They had to wait a long time before the soldier ②( )eturned. When, at last, he came back, Dorothy asked:
"Have you seen Oz?"
"Oh, no," returned the soldier; "I have never seen him. But I spoke to him as he sat behind his ③scre( )( ) and gave him your message. He said he will ④gran( ) you an audience, if you so desire; but each one of you must enter his presence alone, and he will admit but one each day. Therefore, as you must remain in the Palace for several days, I will have you shown to rooms where you may ⑤res( ) in comfort after your journey."
"Thank you," replied the girl; "that is very kind of Oz."
The soldier now ⑥ble( ) upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "⑦Foll( )( ) me and I will show you your room."
So Dorothy said good-bye to all her friends ⑧exce( )( ) Toto, and taking the dog in her arms followed the green girl through seven passages and up three flights of ⑨( )tairs until they came to a room at the front of the Palace. It was the sweetest little room in the world, with a soft comfortable bed that had sheets of green silk and a green velvet counterpane. There was a tiny ⑩fountai( ) in the middle of the room, that shot a spray of green perfume into the air, to fall back into a beautifully carved green marble basin. Beautiful green flowers stood in the windows, and there was a shelf with a ⑪ro( ) of little green books. When Dorothy had time to open these books she found them full of queer green pictures that made her laugh, they were so funny.
In a wardrobe were many green dresses, made of silk and satin and velvet; and all of them fitted Dorothy ⑫( )xactly.
"Make yourself perfectly at ⑬ho( )( )," said the green girl, "and if you wish for anything ring the bell. Oz will send for you tomorrow morning."
She left Dorothy alone and went back to the others. These she also led to rooms, and each one of them found himself lodged in a very pleasant part of the Palace. Of course this politeness was wasted on the Scarecrow; for when he found himself alone in his room he stood ⑭( )tupidly in one spot, just within the doorway, to wait till morning. It would not rest him to lie down, and he could not close his eyes; so he remained all night ⑮( )taring at a little spider which was weaving its web in a corner of the room, just as if it were not one of the most wonderful rooms in the world. The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make ⑯su( )( ) they kept in good working order. The Lion would have ⑰( )referred a bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room; but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he ⑱( )prang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleep in a minute.
The next morning, after breakfast, the green maiden came to ⑲fetc( ) Dorothy, and she dressed her in one of the prettiest gowns, made of green brocaded satin. Dorothy put on a green silk apron and tied a green ribbon around Toto's neck, and they started for the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
※He said he will ④gran( ) you an audience, if you so desire; という表現が前回出てきました。正解はもちろん④grantで、grantは「与える、許可する」といった意味のある英検・TOEIC・大学受験に共通する重要単語です。ただここでのaudienceは「観衆」ではありません。「観衆を与える」ではわけのわからない話になってしまいます。ここのaudienceは「謁見」という意味になります。「望むなら謁見を許す」という何とも偉そうな物言いです。
audienceが「謁見」という意味で使われることは英検でもTOEICでも大学受験ではあまりないと思います。しかし、たとえ出題可能性の低い単語でも文脈の中で意味を推測する習慣を身につけておけば、どんな試験にも役に立ちます。
※(25)の解答①comfortable②returned③screen④grant⑤rest⑥blew⑦Follow⑧except⑨stairs⑩fountain⑪row⑫exactly⑬home⑭stupidly⑮staring ⑯sure⑰preferred⑱sprang⑲fetch
(25)
"Please make yourselves ①( )( )mfortable while I go to the door of the Throne Room and tell Oz you are here."
They had to wait a long time before the soldier ②( )eturned. When, at last, he came back, Dorothy asked:
"Have you seen Oz?"
"Oh, no," returned the soldier; "I have never seen him. But I spoke to him as he sat behind his ③scre( )( ) and gave him your message. He said he will ④gran( ) you an audience, if you so desire; but each one of you must enter his presence alone, and he will admit but one each day. Therefore, as you must remain in the Palace for several days, I will have you shown to rooms where you may ⑤res( ) in comfort after your journey."
"Thank you," replied the girl; "that is very kind of Oz."
The soldier now ⑥ble( ) upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "⑦Foll( )( ) me and I will show you your room."
So Dorothy said good-bye to all her friends ⑧exce( )( ) Toto, and taking the dog in her arms followed the green girl through seven passages and up three flights of ⑨( )tairs until they came to a room at the front of the Palace. It was the sweetest little room in the world, with a soft comfortable bed that had sheets of green silk and a green velvet counterpane. There was a tiny ⑩fountai( ) in the middle of the room, that shot a spray of green perfume into the air, to fall back into a beautifully carved green marble basin. Beautiful green flowers stood in the windows, and there was a shelf with a ⑪ro( ) of little green books. When Dorothy had time to open these books she found them full of queer green pictures that made her laugh, they were so funny.
In a wardrobe were many green dresses, made of silk and satin and velvet; and all of them fitted Dorothy ⑫( )xactly.
"Make yourself perfectly at ⑬ho( )( )," said the green girl, "and if you wish for anything ring the bell. Oz will send for you tomorrow morning."
She left Dorothy alone and went back to the others. These she also led to rooms, and each one of them found himself lodged in a very pleasant part of the Palace. Of course this politeness was wasted on the Scarecrow; for when he found himself alone in his room he stood ⑭( )tupidly in one spot, just within the doorway, to wait till morning. It would not rest him to lie down, and he could not close his eyes; so he remained all night ⑮( )taring at a little spider which was weaving its web in a corner of the room, just as if it were not one of the most wonderful rooms in the world. The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make ⑯su( )( ) they kept in good working order. The Lion would have ⑰( )referred a bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room; but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he ⑱( )prang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleep in a minute.
The next morning, after breakfast, the green maiden came to ⑲fetc( ) Dorothy, and she dressed her in one of the prettiest gowns, made of green brocaded satin. Dorothy put on a green silk apron and tied a green ribbon around Toto's neck, and they started for the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
※He said he will ④gran( ) you an audience, if you so desire; という表現が前回出てきました。正解はもちろん④grantで、grantは「与える、許可する」といった意味のある英検・TOEIC・大学受験に共通する重要単語です。ただここでのaudienceは「観衆」ではありません。「観衆を与える」ではわけのわからない話になってしまいます。ここのaudienceは「謁見」という意味になります。「望むなら謁見を許す」という何とも偉そうな物言いです。
audienceが「謁見」という意味で使われることは英検でもTOEICでも大学受験ではあまりないと思います。しかし、たとえ出題可能性の低い単語でも文脈の中で意味を推測する習慣を身につけておけば、どんな試験にも役に立ちます。
※(25)の解答①comfortable②returned③screen④grant⑤rest⑥blew⑦Follow⑧except⑨stairs⑩fountain⑪row⑫exactly⑬home⑭stupidly⑮staring ⑯sure⑰preferred⑱sprang⑲fetch
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