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"Dave, what is your favorite food?"
"I like hamburgers."
-- Question: Does Dave like hamburgers? ...レベル１ [英検５級]
----- On Sunday afternoon, Kate goes to a fast-food restaurant for lunch.
Clerk: Hello. Can I help you? .... レベル２ [英検５級]
A Day at the Beach
Last year, Bob and his sister Jean went to Florida for their summer vacation with their parents. They visited Florida for one week. The weather was very nice. So everyone was really happy. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Yuki's Wonderful Day in California
Last summer, Yuki and her family left Nagoya and went to Sacramento, California. It was really hot, but the air was dry, so Yuki liked the weather better than in Nagoya. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Long ago, there was an old man whose name was John Smith. John lived with his sons on a big farm. One day he became very sick and he knew he was going to die, so he called his sons to his room.
"Sons," he said, "I have already given one horse to Pete, four to Dick and eight to Bob. Now, I will give one half of my cows to ――レベル５ [大分県]
A boy was walking in the field. Suddenly he stopped, because he found a frog under a large leaf. He stooped down and looked at it. The frog looked back at the boy.――レベル６[関西学院高]
We all have ideas about what kinds of foods are good to eat. We also have ideas about what kinds of foods are bad to eat. So people from one culture often think the foods that people from another culture eat――レベル７
Several years ago, certain scientists developed a way of investigating the nature of the atmosphere of the past by studying air caught in the ice around the North Pole. According to their theory, when snow...レベル８ [センター]
A Carnation for Mother
Mother's Day first became an official holiday in 1914 in the United States. The person who started Mother's Day was a woman named Anna Jarvis. Jarvis's mother had spent her life helping families without fathers. After her mother died in 1905, ...レベル９[英検準２級]
The world is full of modern technological "conveniences" and everyone is expected to understand how to use them. Some people, however, are not so clever at dealing with them as they should be. I am one of these....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]
Making mistakes is the key to making progress. There are times, of course, when it is important not to make any mistakes -- ask any surgeon or airline pilot. But it is less widely appreciated that there are also times ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
An Itch to Know
Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito or had dry skin in the winter? If so, then you know how annoying an itch can be. But what, exactly, is an itch? Itching seems much like pain in many ways. Both sensations are carried by our nerves, but they are actually very different. Pain has been closely studied by ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Camels are uniquely adapted to the difficult conditions of the desert. In the desert there are extremes of heat by day and cold at night. Vast areas are virtually without plant life and water. Dangerous areas of soft sand can swallow large vehicles. Sand storms blind and confuse...速読演習レベル14 [京産大]入試問題より
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]
Wheels of Fortune
"Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia," wrote English author H. G. Wells. In his vision of a flawless world, the bicycle would be the preferred way for people to get from A to B. Although Wells was writing in 1905 before the age of automobile, ...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]
There's a funny story that anthropologists* tell to demonstrate how many different ways the same things can be named and classified, depending on the culture doing the naming. A group of anthropologists were giving a sort of IQ test ...レベル20 [東京大学]
By now it should be clear that the United Nations has been held back not just by the cold war and the Soviet veto. The task of creating an effective world organization is in itself extremely difficult and frustrating whatever the political climate. During the post-cold war period, after two or ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 法学部]
