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。スラッシュで区切られた整序問題は文の意味が通るように並べ替えてください。
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When he had fastened the Scarecrow's head on his body again he said to him, "Hereafter you will be a great man, for I have given you a lot of bran-new brains."
The Scarecrow was both pleased and proud at the ①( )ulfillment of his greatest wish, and having thanked Oz warmly he went back to his friends.
Dorothy looked at him ②( )uriously. His head was quite bulged out at the top with brains.
"How do you feel?" she asked.
"I feel wise indeed," he answered earnestly. "When I get used to my brains I shall know everything."
"Why are those needles and pins ③( )ticking out of your head?" asked the Tin Woodman.
"That is ④pro( )( ) that he is sharp," remarked the Lion.
"Well, I must go to Oz and get my heart," said the Woodman. So he walked to the Throne Room and ⑤( )nocked at the door.
"Come in," called Oz, and the Woodman entered and said, "I have come for my heart."
"Very well," answered the little man. "But I shall have to cut a hole in your breast, so I can put your heart in the right place. I hope it won't hurt you."
"Oh, no," answered the Woodman. "I shall not ⑥(all / feel / at / it )."
So Oz brought a pair of tinsmith's shears and cut a small, square hole in the left side of the Tin Woodman's breast. Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.
"Isn't it a beauty?" he asked.
"It is, indeed!" replied the Woodman, who was greatly pleased. "But is it a kind heart?"
"Oh, very!" answered Oz. He put the heart in the Woodman's breast and then replaced the square of tin, soldering it ⑦( )eatly together where it had been cut.
"There," said he; "now you have a heart that any man ⑧(proud / might / of / be ). I'm sorry I had to put a patch on your breast, but it really couldn't be helped."
"Never mind the patch," exclaimed the happy Woodman. "I am very ⑨grate( )( )( ) to you, and shall never forget your kindness."
"Don't speak of it," replied Oz.
Then the Tin Woodman went back to his friends, who wished him every joy on account of his good fortune.
The Lion now walked to the Throne Room and knocked at the door.
"Come in," said Oz.
"I have come for my courage," announced the Lion, entering the room.
"Very well," answered the little man; "I will get it for you."
He went to a cupboard and reaching up to a high shelf took down a square green bottle, the ⑩( )ontents of which he poured into a green-gold dish, beautifully carved. Placing this before the Cowardly Lion, who sniffed at it as if he did not like it, the Wizard said:
"Drink."
"What is it?" asked the Lion.
"Well," answered Oz, "if it were inside of you, it would be courage. You know, of course, that courage is always inside one; so that this really cannot be called courage until you have ⑪( )wallowed it. Therefore I advise you to drink it as soon as possible."
The Lion hesitated no longer, but drank till the dish was empty.
"How do you feel now?" asked Oz.
"Full of courage," ⑫( )eplied the Lion, who went joyfully back to his friends to tell them of his good fortune.
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his ⑬( )uccess in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. "How can I help being a humbug," he said, "when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done? It was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy, because they ⑭( )magined I could do anything. But it will ⑮( )ake more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas, and I'm sure I don't know how it can be done."
17. How the Balloon Was Launched
For three days Dorothy heard nothing from Oz. These were sad days for the little girl, although her friends were all quite happy and ⑯( )ontented. The Scarecrow told them there were wonderful thoughts in his head; but he would not say what they were because he knew no one could understand them but himself. When the Tin Woodman walked about he felt his heart rattling around in his breast; and he told Dorothy he had discovered it to be a kinder and more tender heart than the one he had ⑰( )wned when he was made of flesh. The Lion declared he was afraid of nothing on earth, and would gladly ⑱fac( ) an army or a dozen of the fierce Kalidahs.
Thus each of the little party was ⑲( )atisfied except Dorothy, who ⑳( )onged more than ever to get back to Kansas.
※(46)の解答①fulfillment②curiously③sticking④proof⑤knocked ⑥(feel it at all)⑦neatly ⑧(might be proud of)⑨grateful⑩contents ⑪swallowed⑫replied⑬success⑭imagined⑮take⑯contented⑰owned⑱face⑲satisfied⑳longed
※(46)の解説
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his ⑬success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. "How can I help being a humbug," he said,における、
"How can I help being a humbug,"とは「どうして詐欺師であることをやめられようか？」という反語表現で、ニセモノの「脳みそ」や「勇気」を与えた成功にほくそ笑んでいるわけです。ここでのhelpはもちろん「助ける」ではなく「こらえる」といった意味で、ジーニアス英和大辞典には
How can I help it?（そういうことにならないようにするには）どうしたらよいだろうか。という用例が掲載されています。
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When he had fastened the Scarecrow's head on his body again he said to him, "Hereafter you will be a great man, for I have given you a lot of bran-new brains."
The Scarecrow was both pleased and proud at the ①( )ulfillment of his greatest wish, and having thanked Oz warmly he went back to his friends.
Dorothy looked at him ②( )uriously. His head was quite bulged out at the top with brains.
"How do you feel?" she asked.
"I feel wise indeed," he answered earnestly. "When I get used to my brains I shall know everything."
"Why are those needles and pins ③( )ticking out of your head?" asked the Tin Woodman.
"That is ④pro( )( ) that he is sharp," remarked the Lion.
"Well, I must go to Oz and get my heart," said the Woodman. So he walked to the Throne Room and ⑤( )nocked at the door.
"Come in," called Oz, and the Woodman entered and said, "I have come for my heart."
"Very well," answered the little man. "But I shall have to cut a hole in your breast, so I can put your heart in the right place. I hope it won't hurt you."
"Oh, no," answered the Woodman. "I shall not ⑥(all / feel / at / it )."
So Oz brought a pair of tinsmith's shears and cut a small, square hole in the left side of the Tin Woodman's breast. Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.
"Isn't it a beauty?" he asked.
"It is, indeed!" replied the Woodman, who was greatly pleased. "But is it a kind heart?"
"Oh, very!" answered Oz. He put the heart in the Woodman's breast and then replaced the square of tin, soldering it ⑦( )eatly together where it had been cut.
"There," said he; "now you have a heart that any man ⑧(proud / might / of / be ). I'm sorry I had to put a patch on your breast, but it really couldn't be helped."
"Never mind the patch," exclaimed the happy Woodman. "I am very ⑨grate( )( )( ) to you, and shall never forget your kindness."
"Don't speak of it," replied Oz.
Then the Tin Woodman went back to his friends, who wished him every joy on account of his good fortune.
The Lion now walked to the Throne Room and knocked at the door.
"Come in," said Oz.
"I have come for my courage," announced the Lion, entering the room.
"Very well," answered the little man; "I will get it for you."
He went to a cupboard and reaching up to a high shelf took down a square green bottle, the ⑩( )ontents of which he poured into a green-gold dish, beautifully carved. Placing this before the Cowardly Lion, who sniffed at it as if he did not like it, the Wizard said:
"Drink."
"What is it?" asked the Lion.
"Well," answered Oz, "if it were inside of you, it would be courage. You know, of course, that courage is always inside one; so that this really cannot be called courage until you have ⑪( )wallowed it. Therefore I advise you to drink it as soon as possible."
The Lion hesitated no longer, but drank till the dish was empty.
"How do you feel now?" asked Oz.
"Full of courage," ⑫( )eplied the Lion, who went joyfully back to his friends to tell them of his good fortune.
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his ⑬( )uccess in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. "How can I help being a humbug," he said, "when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done? It was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy, because they ⑭( )magined I could do anything. But it will ⑮( )ake more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas, and I'm sure I don't know how it can be done."
17. How the Balloon Was Launched
For three days Dorothy heard nothing from Oz. These were sad days for the little girl, although her friends were all quite happy and ⑯( )ontented. The Scarecrow told them there were wonderful thoughts in his head; but he would not say what they were because he knew no one could understand them but himself. When the Tin Woodman walked about he felt his heart rattling around in his breast; and he told Dorothy he had discovered it to be a kinder and more tender heart than the one he had ⑰( )wned when he was made of flesh. The Lion declared he was afraid of nothing on earth, and would gladly ⑱fac( ) an army or a dozen of the fierce Kalidahs.
Thus each of the little party was ⑲( )atisfied except Dorothy, who ⑳( )onged more than ever to get back to Kansas.
※(46)の解答①fulfillment②curiously③sticking④proof⑤knocked ⑥(feel it at all)⑦neatly ⑧(might be proud of)⑨grateful⑩contents ⑪swallowed⑫replied⑬success⑭imagined⑮take⑯contented⑰owned⑱face⑲satisfied⑳longed
※(46)の解説
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his ⑬success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. "How can I help being a humbug," he said,における、
"How can I help being a humbug,"とは「どうして詐欺師であることをやめられようか？」という反語表現で、ニセモノの「脳みそ」や「勇気」を与えた成功にほくそ笑んでいるわけです。ここでのhelpはもちろん「助ける」ではなく「こらえる」といった意味で、ジーニアス英和大辞典には
How can I help it?（そういうことにならないようにするには）どうしたらよいだろうか。という用例が掲載されています。
To think of がよくわかりません。coem to think of の省略形でしょうか？
２．Whenever I've met a man I've been awfully scared; but I just roared at him, and he has always run away as fast as he could go.
上記の文は、どうして現在完了形が使われているのでしょうか？
３．If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself
上記の文が、よくわかりません。
４．"Perhaps you have heart ⑱dise( )( )( )," said the Tin Woodman.
"It may be," said the Lion.
It may be. は It may be true to have heart disease. の省略形でしょうか？
５．"Have you brains?" asked the Scarecrow.
Have you brains? はDo you have brains? と同じ意味でしょうか？