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"What time do you go to bed, Steve?"
"I go to bed at 11:00."
-- Question: What time does Steve go to bed? ...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 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]
Technology -- Good or Bad?
Technology is everywhere. It's in our homes, cars, offices, hospitals, and many other places. Life is much easier today because of technology. ....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]
Climbing the most difficult mountains needs a very special mental condition. Because the climber is doing something very difficult, everything that he or she sees, hears, or feels must come ――レベル７
Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. But they often forget them almost as quickly as they learn them. There are other people who only remember things when they have said them over and over, but when they know them they don't forget them....レベル８
Alaska's Great Dog Race
Every year in the state of Alaska in the United States, a special kind of race is held. This is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Using dogs to pull their sleds across the snow, people race about 1,100 miles between the cities of Anchorage and Nome. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Going to the shore on the first morning of the vacation. Jerry stopped and looked at a wild and rocky bay, and then over to the crowded beach he knew so well from other year. His mother looked back at him...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]
For three days Eric Cornell kept rechecking his computer, not quite willing to believe what his eyes and instruments were telling him. There on the screen was a dense knot of something that had appeared in a cloud of rubidium atoms. Finally, Cornell had to acknowledge that it ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
News Reporting in the U.S.
Several years ago, a researcher compared the number of television reports dealing with Japan shown on U.S. television with the number of reports dealing with the United States shown on Japanese television. The results were remarkable. Over a seven-month period in 1992-93 there were 1,121 reports about the U.S. on Japanese TV, but only 92 about Japan in the U.S. ... 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。
Keeping a diary or journal can be a rewarding habit. Such a journal need not be a record of everything you do each day. You will find it more interesting if your journal entries include thoughts that occur to you, interesting ideas that you come across in your reading, notes on your observations of...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]
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]
