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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 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 Lady with the Lamp
Florence Nightingale, a British woman, was born in Italy in 1820 and grew up in Britain. Her family was rich and had several large houses in different parts of Britain. Florence didn't go to school, but instead, her father was her teacher at home. ....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
Some people say that human beings are the only animals that have language. Is this true? It is a very difficult question to answer. Some animals may have a way to talk with each other.――レベル６ [早稲田実業高]
Oxford is a beautiful city on the River Thames about fifty miles from London; some people say it is one of the most beautiful cities in England. But it has one great difficulty: there are more cars in the streets of Oxford than――レベル７[慶応義塾志木高]
Most American newspapers have special advertisements in which people looking for love advertise themselves in the hope of meeting "Mr. or Ms. Right." These ads are often written in codes and abbreviations. For example, you might see an ad that goes like this: "30-something professional SBF, seeks cultured SBM, 35-50, HWP, with good job for along-term relationship." This means that a single black well-educated female , between 30 and 40 years old, is looking for a single black male, aged between 35 and 50, whose height and weight are proportionate (HWP usually means not too fat!), who makes.......レベル８
Kiki the parrot lived with a fisherman called Freddie in a small cottage not far from the sea. Kiki was a talking parrot. She was so tame that she didn't have a cage. She sat on a piece of wood Freddie had got for her, and sometimes flew around the room. Every evening, when Freddie was relaxing at home after a day's fishing, she would sit on his shoulder or on the back of his chair, and he would teach Kiki new words to say. ...レベル９
Uma heard the sound of a tray full of tea things and opened her eyes. Jyoti stood by her bed...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]
Already developed in a rudimentary form, "virtual reality" moves technology beyond sights and sounds to touch and even smell. Wearing special goggles that project images onto users' eyes, gloves and even body suits embedded with computer chips that sense users' motions and ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
The Survival of the Monarch Butterfly
Each February, large numbers of monarch butterflies come to California. They come to mate and to escape the winter cold. Recently, however, environmental changes have severely reduced the population of these beautiful orange-and-black butterflies. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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A young man may ask any girl to whom he's been introduced for a date, at any time. Usually he uses the telephone, but there is no reason why he should not ask her in person when he sees her...レベル14 [甲南大]
One man, it might be said, once fought an army. Ancient historians tell us that the man was old, over seventy. The army was that of the strongest power in the world -- Rome itself.
But the old man, a Greek, fought the Roman army to a standstill for nearly three years -- and almost won. The old man was ...レベル15 [青山学院大]
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]
The Future of Film
In the past two decades, moviegoing has changed dramatically in the United States. The picture palaces of Hollywood's pre-television era have given way to megaplexes -- large theater complexes -- with 30 or more screens. In addition to having a wide ...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]
Ts'ai Lun, the inventor of paper, is a man whose name is probably unfamiliar to most readers. Considering the importance of his invention, the extent to which he has been ignored in the West is indeed surprising. There are major reference books which do not have even brief articles on Ts'ai Lun, and his name is seldom mentioned in standard, history textbooks....レベル19 [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]
