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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]
At Basketball Camp
Mary loves basketball. Last spring, she went to a basketball camp for girls. Many girls from different schools came to the camp. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Art on the Street
Last summer Hiroshi stayed with his friend Carlos in Los Angeles for two weeks. His first day there was a beautiful sunny day, so he and Carlos decided to go to the beach. After they put on their swimsuits and were ready to go, Carlos told Hiroshi that they were going to see some famous art ....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]
On 22 January, international scientists produced a shocking 1,000-page report on global warming. The 1990s were the warmest ten years for 1,000 years, they say. Temperatures will go up more and more and more quickly in the next 100 years. The sea will be 88 centimeters higher than it...レベル７――[土佐塾高]
Men generally continue to use the study methods they used in college or high school. This is all very well...レベル８
For many teenagers, summer jobs are one of the necessary steps between childhood and maturity. It is during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction of work that translates into money.
The summer I was 18, I got a job at the post office. It seemed flattering to have a uniform and be entrusted with a leather bag containing important correspondence. ...レベル９
My old friend John Price persuaded me to take up hill walking. I am far from being the world's fittest man, and I always find it very tough. But when I first climbed to the top of a mountain, the view was so beautiful that I fell in love with walking. So now we go walking together whenever we can...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]
Making mistakes is the key to making progress. There are times, of course, when it is important not to make any mistakes -- ask any surgeon or airline pilot. But it is less widely appreciated that there are also times ...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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By the middle of the 19th century most locomotives had steam-powered brakes. Steam from the boiler operated a piston that forced curved brake shoes against the wheel. The steam worked very well on locomotives,...速読演習レベル14 [京産大]入試問題より
One man, it might be said, once fought an army. Ancient historians tell us that the man was old, over seventy. The army was that of the strongest power in the world -- Rome itself.
But the old man, a Greek, fought the Roman army to a standstill for nearly three years -- and almost won. The old man was ...レベル15 [青山学院大]
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]
Calcutta
Perhaps no other city on earth is so widely considered a synonym for poverty, overcrowding, disease, and despair as Calcutta. Its teeming slums, crumbling infrastructure, and failed economy have attracted worldwide attention. But ...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]
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]
