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"Are you doing your homework now, Ben?"
"Yes. I have a lot of homework today."
-- Question: What is Ben doing now? ...レベル１ [英検５級]
----- Mike is visiting his friend, Fred. They are in Fred's room now.
Mike: What's this, Fred?
Fred: It's my new computer game. .... レベル２ [英検５級]
A Present for Tom
Yesterday was Tom's birthday. His family had a party for him. His mother cooked a special dinner. After dinner, his brother played the guitar and his sister sang a song. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
The Old Cherry Tree
One April afternoon Takashi decided to visit the area of Tokyo where he once lived. When he was twelve years old, he lived in a large wooden house. However, his father changed jobs and his family had to move to the country. They sold their old house and bought one in the country. Then they moved there. They didn't return to Tokyo. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
What do you know about the sea? Most of you have played in it. You know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. You also know that it is dangerous when the weather is very bad. What else do you know about it?――レベル５
As you well know, the earth turns round once a day from west to east. For example, when it is six in the morning of April 5 in Tokyo, it is still four in the afternoon of April 4 in New York. And it is still eleven in the morning of ――レベル６ [文京大附高]
Many people smile when they hear the name of Babe Ruth. The story of the Babe is one of the most wonderful stories in baseball.
Babe Ruth loved children. Some people said this ――レベル７
A current topic of debate is the amount of support and services we are willing to provide for handicapped people. Many people believe that society has become more caring over the ages. However, if we look back in time,...レベル８ [センター]
Ogopogo, the Lake Monster
More than a hundred years ago, Native Americans who lived near Canada's Lake Okanagan said that they could see a huge and very strange creature in the water. They were afraid of it and called it the "Devil of the Lake." Whenever they had to cross the lake by boat, they would throw a small animal into the lake as a sacrifice in order to stop the monster from attacking them. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
My son and I were trying to sell the house we had restored but in the barn attached to it there were bats and they didn't leave. The barn was their home. They told us so in their own way. They hung there in the barn and seemed determined to stay for the season...レベル10 [センター]
Invitations to dinner are issued by written notes, printed cards or by telephone. If the invitation is by telephone, it is often wise to send a reminder by post. Printed invitations usually imply a relatively formal occasion but if 'black tie' is required it will be stated on the card. ...レベル11 [京産大]
When a caterpillar feeds on a tomato leaf, the plant moves swiftly to protect itself, systematically releasing "proteins inhibitors" -- proteins that interfere with the caterpillar's digestion -- throughout the plant, especially in the leaves. But how does the message get from the wounded leaf to the rest of the plant?...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the desert country of Saudi Arabia. It is not a particularly large city nor is it now a great center of trade. It is a city that religion has made important. Every day millions of Moslems all over the world turn in the direction of Mecca when they pray. Every year hundreds of thousands of Moslems visit the city. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
◇レベル14 このレベルの長文のリストを表示します。
ランダムに１問だけ表示します。
An English conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversation ball, I expect you to hit it back. If you agree with me, I don't expect you simply to agree and do nothing more. I expect you to add something -- a reason for agreeing or another example to carry the...レベル14 [中央大]
It is possible that over the last hundred years, and especially the last forty, we may have already created a society that demands more brain power than most people are able to give. One of the major reasons, in fact, that our political system is breaking down, and that our society is coming apart, may be that we are expecting from people a level of abstract thinking never before required in the history of human beings. And it is only going to get worse...レベル15 [東京女子大]
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain test, or even the ability to do well in school; these are at best only indicators of something larger, deeper, and far more important. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in various situations, and particularly in new, strange and perplexing situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. ...レベル16 [関西大学]
Many of us were taught in school that North America had originally been occupied by about one million Indians. That low number helped justify the white conquest of what could then be viewed as an almost empty continent. However, archeological ...レベル17 [英検準１級]
American thinking tends to move from the specific and small to the general and large. American progress from personal and local issues to the state and finally to the nation -- not the other way around. ...レベル18 [英検１級リスニング]
I was never quite sure if blowing on food to cool it off was an inborn ability, inherited through the genes, or something that had to be learned. It is done so commonly all over the world that one is tempted to imagine how the habit originated. ....レベル19 [筑波大]
Fundamentally, there are just two major food illnesses in our society: eating too much and eating too little. The former is more prevalent, but both have steadily increased over the past few decades, and both are important because, when pushed to their extremes, they are killers. People who are very overweight may have various health problems, the most deadly of which begins...レベル20 [東京大学]
If we look at the languages spoken in the world today, we notice wide differences in the use to which they are put. Most languages are the first language of some community and serve the everyday functions of that community perfectly well. On the other hand, some languages have wider functions than that of everyday communication and are used as official languages in the administration of whole nations. Yet other languages enjoy an international role. ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 総合政策学部]
