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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]
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]
One day John put on old clothes and went to a big dinner party at Mr. Green's house. When he came in, the people at the party looked at him, but they gave him no seat and no food. So John went home, put on his best clothes,――レベル３
My Dream
My name is Julia Keith, and I'm now in my final year of high school in the United States. I have had the same dream ever since I was a child. Can you imagine what it is? ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Because plants cannot move or talk, most people think they have no feelings, they think they cannot receive signals from outside. But a plant knows about the sun and about gravity. If you put a plant in a dark corner, in a few hours it will bow towards the light. ――レベル５
When I was a little girl about seventy years ago, I lived in Chicago with my mother, father and little brother Bob. We were very happy because our apartment had a bathroom. Most other families in our building had to use one bathroom together.――レベル６ [青山学院大高等部]
Have you ever heard of Angel Falls? It's the highest waterfall in the world, deep in the jungles of Venezuela. Few people have ever seen Angel Falls. It's very hard to get there. If you go by land, you――レベル７
The nightingale comes to England in April. He is a plain-looking bird. English people like this little bird very much. The name of this bird means a night-singing bird. The nightingale, however, ...レベル８
Car of the Century
In December 1999, an international group of car experts got together to choose the most important car o the 20th century. The car they agreed on was not the fastest or the most expensive of its time. It was the Model T, nicknamed the "Tin Lizzie," which was designed by Henry Ford. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
In second-hand shops there are many works of art which are forgotten and gathering dust. Yet each one of them may have an interesting tale to tell if only we could discover it....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]
Frequently "heading" the ball in soccer lowers players' IQs and impairs their ability to concentrate, suggests a new study. Soccer is relatively safe for most players, says psychologist Adrienne Witol of the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, but those who ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Sources of Intelligence
Some social scientists are starting to take a wider view of intelligence than as simple academic ability. They are trying to redefine it in terms of what it takes to lead a successful and happy life. This change of approach is based on recent studies like one made of Harvard University students who graduated in the 1940s. In this study it was found that students with ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Of all the famous designers there has been one person who stands out as a genius in many areas of design. This person is Leonardo da Vinci. He stands above all others because he brought together all kinds of knowledge in his work. His approach speaks to us over the centuries and is still relevant today....速読演習レベル14 [京産大]入試問題より
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]
Kids Need Computers!
In the area of education and technology, U.S. families are divided into two groups -- those where children have access to computers and those where they don't. In homes where income is less than $20,000, just 15% of children ...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]
