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"Do you like English, Naoko?"
"Yes, I do. I study English for two hours every day." ...レベル１ [英検５級]
Emi, a junior high school student, is walking to school on Monday morning. She meets an American on the street.... レベル２ [英検５級]
A Tea Party Amy is 14 years old and lives in England. One Sunday morning she called her friends, Jane and Wendy, and said, "Let's have ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Homecoming Week
Susan, my sister, is a junior in high school. Homecoming Week is coming up soon at her school. She is excited about the football game on Friday night and the dance on Saturday night at the school hall. In American schools, Homecoming Week has two big events: a football game and a dance. The students have egg tossing, orange passing, pie eating contests, and three-legged races during that week. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Many, many years ago, all the people of the world lived in one place and spoke the same language. One day they went to live in a new land and started to make a new city there. ――レベル５ [青森県]
It is easy to understand the calendar we use today. It was not always so easy. People had to try for thousands of years before they knew how to put together days, weeks, months, and years. More than 2,000 years ago, scientists in Egypt made a calendar. There were 10 days in a week, three weeks in a month, and 12 months in a year. This calendar showed a ――レベル６――[桐朋高]
Once there was a princess. She was called Ann. The Princess Ann loved hiding. She hid in the garden and her friends came and found her. ... レベル７[海城高]の入試問題から
Why do we talk about the weather to strangers? This is an interesting question. It's probably because the weather is a subject we can talk about quite safely. It's a way of reaching agreement....レベル８
Building for India's Future
India now has a population of around 1 billion people. Every two seconds another baby is born. By the middle of the twenty-first century, more people will be living in India than in China. That will give India the world's largest population. India's rapidly growing population has made homelessness a very serious problem there. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
People have trouble deciding what I am. Mexicans mistake me for Mexican; in Chinese restaurants I am usually given a menu written in Chinese; and once a Japanese boy asked me if I was Korean...レベル10 [センター]
Cigarettes seem to be going out of style with teens. A survey done by the University of Michigan shows a sharp drop in the number of teenagers who say they smoke cigarettes. ...レベル11 [帝塚山大]
Computer viruses are a form of life whose destructive powers reflect unfavorably on its creators -- humans. So says British astrophysicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking.
Scientists still debate whether biological viruses are life forms. That is because viruses, such as those causing measles and colds, depend on other living cells...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
The American dream has always been to rise from poverty or modest wealth to great wealth. In the United States this has usually been accomplished through successful business careers. The successful businessman has become a kind of hero to the American people. Two kinds of businessman-heroes have gained widespread respect among the people. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Our passion for doing things for ourselves is so great that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labor. No one can be ignorant of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself publications. Armed with the right tools and materials, the newly married gaily engage.........レベル14
A normal English family, especially when it has just moved into a new district, wants to be friendly with those living in the same area. However, it often hesitates because there is a fear that some neighbors might be too friendly and make such a habit of calling that the family could not call their home their own. It is not surprising, therefore, that quite nice people wait for a proper invitation, paying attention t...レベル15 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
Miraculous Soil
The people at the Rodale Institute experimental farm in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, claim to have discovered soil that not only grows excellent produce, but may even work toward reducing pollution. This magical dirt reportedly absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) ...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]
Where was the first city? Fifty years ago, archaeologists would have pointed to Mesopotamia, the land between the Rivers Tigiris and Euphrates. Here, it was thought, was the 'cradle of civilization,' the area that produced the great cities of Ur and Babylon. This surely was the place where urban life began and from where the idea of the city spread to the rest of Asia and to Europe...レベル15 [早稲田大]
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]
The degree to which males and females are socially unequal has varied, both cross-culturally and historically, from near equality to radical female disadvantage. Such variation is linked to the type of technology and economy (e.g., industrial, agrarian, horticultural, foraging) and to women's role in the economy. Women's status relative ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 環境情報学部]
