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"Cindy, do you like cycling?"
"Yes, I like it very much."
"Great, let's go cycling next Sunday."
-- Question: Does Cindy like cycling? ...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 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]
Michael's Favorite Sports
Students in America do many different sports. Michael is a high school student in Minnesota. In winter, many students play ice hockey and basketball there. Michael is on his high school's hockey team. He and his friends practice it after school five days a week. But his team is not so strong. Last year his team played twenty games but won only three of them. Sometimes they even practice it on Sundays. ....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
Much of the land of the Netherlands is as low as the sea. Some of the land is even lower than the sea. The word Netherlands means "Lowlands". The Dutch people――レベル６[筑波大付駒場高]
I guess I'm pretty good at learning different languages. I speak English and Japanese, as well as Hindi and the special dialect of my hometown called Marati. every educated Indian must learn at least three languages. In India there are 14 major languages spoken――レベル７[立命館高]
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
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]
Many little episodes we hear make us realize that people are people regardless of time and place. One such instance might be the story of King Canute, who lived in the 11th century. It is said that he was so arrogant that he ordered the advancing tide to recede. However, the truth was the exact opposite. Canute was a well-meaning king who was fed up with the flatteries of his courtiers, who even went so far as to say that he could stop the waves of the sea. So he took them to the seaside to show them they were wrong....レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
Almost any opinion poll in the 1990s reveals a deep-seated anxiety among people about America's economic future. No matter how much we are told that the economy is growing or how many new jobs are created, Americans feel they are on shaky ground. They worry about the future---both their own and their children's. ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Challenges Facing American Health Care
There are currently 600,000 doctors in the United States, and experts say that is about 30% more than are actually needed. This excess, however, has not discouraged large numbers of ambitious students from applying to medical school. ... 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]
Dialing the Future
Phones are pretty handy things just the way they are. But when phones get hooked up to computers, it's no exaggeration to describe the new potential as a world communications revolution.
Internationally, telephone systems are now in the midst of that change and it is fast gathering speed. ...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]
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]
