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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]
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
Last month Akira turned fifteen years old and had a birthday party. He received lots of presents. His sister gave him a shirt, and his grandmother gave him some money. ...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]
Dinosaurs lived on earth for more than 140 million years. Then, about 65 million years ago, they died out. All the dinosaurs died almost at the same time! Why? No one knows. There were no human beings around to see that. Scientists can only use second-hand evidence to find out what happened. They sometimes find bones and eggs of dinosaurs under the ground ――レベル６
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
Modern science has brought so many changes that there is hardly anything in our daily lives which is not different from what it was in the past. Perhaps the greatest change of all, though, is not...レベル８ [センター]
The Elgin Marbles
The British Museum in London was founded in 1753. It has a huge collection of works of art from all over the world. The collection covers 2 million years of human history. Many people, however, come to the British Museum just to see the Elgin Marbles, a group of Greek sculptures. The sculptures are made of beautiful white stone and are 2,400 years old. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Sally arrived early. As she walked around the old house, she couldn't help feeling sad because of what was about to happen. It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two. The family had very much wanted to keep all her things...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]
The ideal "green" car of the future will consume no fossil fuels and generate no pollution. The car itself will consume fewer resources during the manufacturing process, and it will be easily disposed of. ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
A Successful Tribe
The Pequot and other native peoples have lived in southwestern Connecticut in the United States for thousands of years. After European settlers arrived about 400 years ago, they began to take away the land belonging to the Native Americans. By the early 1970s, only a small percentage of the Pequot tribe remained on the tiny territory that still belonged to it. Many of the tribe had left to find jobs, while those who stayed could only find low-paying work. ... 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
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]
Fort Rodd Hill park
Every year some 100,000 visitors stop by to spend hours at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Park in British Columbia, Canada, Where once six-inch guns thundered, today the site is idyllic as deer browse on the 44 acres of greensward and peaceful serenity. And in the foreground is beautiful Fisgard Lighthouse, the oldest operating lighthouse on the coast. ...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]
