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"Do you have a baseball bat, Tom?"
"Yes, I do. I have an old one."
-- Question: Does Tom have an old baseball bat? ...レベル１ [英検５級]
----- Mike is visiting his friend, Fred. They are in Fred's room now.
Mike: What's this, Fred?
Fred: It's my new computer game. .... レベル２ [英検５級]
A Present for Mr. Brown Emily is 14 years old. Her best friend is Cindy. They both joined their school's music club last year. They enjoy singing and playing the guitar together every day. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Yoko's Trip to Chicago
Yoko is a high school student in Japan. During spring vacation, she visited her American pen pal, Mike, in Chicago. On the first day, Mike showed her around the city. Yoko was surprised, because many people were wearing green clothes. ....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
Today potatoes are eaten all over the world. But long ago people didn't eat potatoes. They did not even give them to their pigs. They believed that the roots which grew underground were bad for people's health.――レベル６
The Green family lives on the forty-second story of a large city building. The building has more than two thousand rooms. The Greens live in five of the rooms.――レベル７[武蔵高]
May I Change Places with You?
They were a couple in their late thirties, and they looked unmistakably married. They sat on the banquette opposite us in a little narrow restaurant, having dinner. The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses; the woman was pretty, in a big hat.....レベル８
Fifty years after his death, Sigmund Freud's thought is still very much alive, but the costly, time-consuming treatment he pioneered remains an accepted therapy only for the milder forms of mental and emotional distress. These days, the once...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]
There is clear evidence of functional differences in learning between the young and the old. It is said that no mathematicians has ever had an original mathematical inspiration after the age of 25. ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Standing Up for Children
Soccer is the favorite sport of many children around the world. As a result, there is a huge demand for new soccer balls. To meet this demand, workers in countries, like Pakistan are forced to work long hours in dark factories, stitching the balls together by hand. Low pay and dangerous working conditions are common, ... 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
At the University of Kansas Art Museum, University researchers tested the effects of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was...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]
The standard of literacy required by modern society has been rising throughout the developed world, but American literacy rates have not risen to meet this standard. What seemed an acceptable level in the 1950s is no longer acceptable in the late 1980s, when only highly literate societies can prosper economically. ...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]
It has been estimated that 80 percent of all the information transmitted over the Internet comes from English-speaking countries. Much the largest English-speaking nation is the United States, which is home to some 64 percent of all the computers linked to the Internet. Other nations belonging to the English language's global empire, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and, of course, Britain, the mother country, account for a further 12.7 percent....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]
If we look at the languages spoken in the world today, we notice wide differences in the use to which they are put. Most languages are the first language of some community and serve the everyday functions of that community perfectly well. On the other hand, some languages have wider functions than that of everyday communication and are used as official languages in the administration of whole nations. Yet other languages enjoy an international role. ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 総合政策学部]
