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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]
----- 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]
Julie's Surprise Julie is 14 years old. She lives in Hawaii with her parents and her grandfather. Every morning they all have breakfast together.
One Saturday morning, he grandfather did not eat breakfast with ... 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]
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]
My hobby is collecting stamps. When I was still only a baby, my mother began to collect them for me. Of course, she did not let me touch the stamps until I was old enough not to damage them. I remember ――レベル７
A long time ago I learned that most books are written backwards, and are often read in the same way. Most writers write their introductions last, and many readers read the introduction after...レベル８
Lloyd had worked for many years in the office of Jim Max, the stockbroker. Lloyd was a quiet man. He didn't usually let his face show his feelings. But this morning he looked surprised -- and very interested. Jim Max had arrived, full of energy as usual, at 9:30. ...レベル９[東京家政大]
It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Capitan, a huge mass of rock almost three-quarters of a mile high in California's beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark's dream to climb El Capitan for as long as he could...レベル10 [センター]
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]
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Along with the Age of Automation, we are also about to enter the Age of Leisure. At the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the average American worked almost ninety hours a week. By the end of the Civil War in 1865,...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]
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]
