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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]
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]
A Christmas Present Henry is eight years old. His house is near a small river. After school he and his brother Tom like to play at the river. One day ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Cheerleading
If you watch American football or basketball games on TV, you can see some of the best cheerleaders in America. The cheerleaders are the people who cheer for their teams by singing songs, dancing, and shouting. By doing this, they help their teams to win. ....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
When I was a little girl about seventy years ago, I lived in Chicago with my mother, father and little brother Bob. We were very happy because our apartment had a bathroom. Most other families in our building had to use one bathroom together.――レベル６ [青山学院大高等部]
Rainforests are perhaps the most important places on Earth. And yet we destroy thousands of square kilometers every year. In 1950, rainforests covered fifteen percent of the Earth's land. We have already destroyed half of these. Will there be any rainforests in the year 2020? No one knows the answer to that question....レベル７――[御茶ﾉ水女子大学付属高等学校]
Most of you are familiar with a newspaper and usually read one in the morning or the evening. But you may not know how...レベル８
Fast Food for Bears
We usually think of bears as living in the wild, but these days more and more of them are spending time in towns. A study by the ...レベル９[英検準２級]
My son and I were trying to sell the house we had restored but in the barn attached to it there were bats and they didn't leave. The barn was their home. They told us so in their own way. They hung there in the barn and seemed determined to stay for the season...レベル10 [センター]
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]
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]
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
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]
The Future of Film
In the past two decades, moviegoing has changed dramatically in the United States. The picture palaces of Hollywood's pre-television era have given way to megaplexes -- large theater complexes -- with 30 or more screens. In addition to having a wide ...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]
Ts'ai Lun, the inventor of paper, is a man whose name is probably unfamiliar to most readers. Considering the importance of his invention, the extent to which he has been ignored in the West is indeed surprising. There are major reference books which do not have even brief articles on Ts'ai Lun, and his name is seldom mentioned in standard, history textbooks....レベル19 [早稲田大]
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]
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]
