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"Do you like English, Naoko?"
"Yes, I do. I study English for two hours every day." ...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
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]
Are you interested in dinosaurs? Have you ever seen the skeletons of them in a museum? Do you know what they ate and how they lived? Dinosaurs don't live now. Where did they go?―― ... レベル５――[都立工業･航空高専]
How do you decide what you are going to buy in a supermarket? For example, you will think about the food you want to cook and then you will buy the things you need. But you should remember the supermarkets sometimes decides what to buy. Supermarkets do many kinds of things――レベル６ [東京学芸大附高]
Oxford is a beautiful city on the River Thames about fifty miles from London; some people say it is one of the most beautiful cities in England. But it has one great difficulty: there are more cars in the streets of Oxford than――レベル７[慶応義塾志木高]
Creative thinking is a process of attacking a problem by studying all the available facts, then finding previously unknown or unrecognized relationships among them, and coming up with a solution....レベル８
Building for India's Future
India now has a population of around 1 billion people. Every two seconds another baby is born. By the middle of the twenty-first century, more people will be living in India than in China. That will give India the world's largest population. India's rapidly growing population has made homelessness a very serious problem there. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
When I was a little girl of four, I went on an exciting trip to my grandmother's house for Christmas. It wasn't meant to be an exciting trip, but that is what it turned out to be.
We left home the day ....レベル10 [センターレベル]
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]
In business, a letter is used to communicate with someone outside the company. When you wish to write to someone within your own company, you send a memorandum. Memos are used to communicate with other employees, regardless of where the employees may be located -- whether in the same...レベル12 [英検１級リスニング]
Deserts
A desert is generally thought of as a hot, barren region that receives little rainfall. Rainfall is scarce in all desert regions, but deserts are not barren wastelands. Deserts have a wide variety of land formations and soil substances, and most of them have at least one permanent stream. Deserts cannot support the abundant plant and animal life found in humid climates. But many kinds of plants and animals thrive in deserts. ... 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。
We were very anxious as we quietly paddled our canoe across the bay at Crystal River, Florida. Warmed by the Florida sun, we stared at the water---watching, waiting, listening. Suddenly, we heard a sharp, deep breath and saw two round nostrils break the surface of the water. These nostrils opened to breathe out, and then breathe in. Finally, like trapdoors, they flapped shut again. The owner of the nostrils then disappeared beneath the water.....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]
A Good Trip?
If your idea of a good time is to sleep in a hut, carry your own trash, and eat insects and wild rodents, then ecotourism may be just for you. But is it also for people who want to fly over a rainforest canopy before checking into a luxury hotel in the middle of a national park? Whatever ecotourism is, it is hot -- perhaps too hot for its own good. ...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]
WATCH OUT!!
Millions of cold viruses are now on their way to invade and destroy the cells of your nose and breathing passages. Let's look up your nose and see what happens... The cells inside your nose are always ready for trouble. They produce a gloppy fluid called mucus that traps viruses and other ...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]
