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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]
----- 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 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]
Vegetarians ---- People Who Eat Mainly Vegetables
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]
There are very few outdoor cafes in London. That's because the weather changes so often and so quickly, I think. The sun may be shining one minute and then, a few minutes later, it may be raining. I think our European way of sitting――レベル６[早大高等学院]
When you travel in a car or train, you go past people and trees and houses. Then suddenly you come to a river or a valley, but you don't have to slow up. You go on running or driving forward as there is nothing to stop you.――レベル７[東海大]
A Frightening Experience
A Journalist's Tragedy
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to the extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.......レベル８
Beavers in Washington, D. C.
In 1912, Tokyo presented about 3,000 flowering cherry trees to Washington, D. C., as a symbol of friendship between Japan and the United States. The trees -- which now number about 3,700 -- were planted near a large pond near the Jefferson Memorial. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
It has been estimated that by 1992 nearly 31 million American will be working at home either part-time or full-time. People increasingly prefer to stay at home and work on a more flexible schedule rather than to commute and work for 8 hours at the office....レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
Two teams of scientists have independently discovered that clouds soak up a lot more radiation from the sun than once thought. If they are right, researchers may have to revamp the computer simulations used to predict global climate change. ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Attitudes Toward Sleep
Twenty years ago, Britain was far from being a 24-hour society. People often complained of the inconvenience of shops closing at 5:30 p.m. and not opening on Sundays. Visitors from other countries were often amazed that, by law, pubs had to close by 11 p.m. Few people worked after 5:30 p.m., and the average adult slept almost nine hours per night. ... 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。
Keeping a diary or journal can be a rewarding habit. Such a journal need not be a record of everything you do each day. You will find it more interesting if your journal entries include thoughts that occur to you, interesting ideas that you come across in your reading, notes on your observations of...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]
Coffee, Tea or Cola?
Worries about the possible dangers of caffeine have caused many coffee drinkers to switch to decaffeinated coffee. Not only are people turning away from caffeine, they're turning away from coffee, and in more significant numbers. Since 1962 per capita coffee consumption has fallen by more than a third, from 3.12 to 1.75 cups a day. ...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]
