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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 Present for Tom
Yesterday was Tom's birthday. His family had a party for him. His mother cooked a special dinner. After dinner, his brother played the guitar and his sister sang a song. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Vegetarians ---- People Who Eat Mainly Vegetables
Many, many years ago, all the people of the world lived in one place and spoke the same language. One day they went to live in a new land and started to make a new city there. ――レベル５ [青森県]
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]
Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest *composers of all time. Much of his music was filled with great joy. However, Beethoven's life wasn't filled with joy or happiness.....レベル７ [慶応義塾高]
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas presents, but he was always very busy, so he was never able to find time to go to the shop. At last, when it was a week before Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could not wait any longer....レベル８
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]
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]
Until recently, it appeared that global agricultural output was expanding nicely. From 1950 to 1984, food production rose faster than ever before in human history. World grain harvests rose 2.6 times in those years, ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Gestures
A gesture is any action that sends a visual signal to an onlooker. To become a gesture, an act has to be seen by someone else and has to communicate some piece of information. It can do this either because the gesturer deliberately sets out to send a signal --- as when he waves his hand --- or it can do it only incidentally ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Japanese politicians and government administrators are lamenting the country's declining birthrate, and they are especially concerned about the effect of this decline on the younger generation's ability to finance social security.....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 Morse Highway
Appropriate for a technology associated with radio operators on sinking ships, the idea of Morse code is said to have occurred to Samuel Morse while on board a ship crossing the Atlantic. The year was 1832. At the time, Morse was a painter and occasional inventor. But when another of the ship's passengers informed him of recent advances in electrical theory, Morse was suddenly taken with the idea of building an electric telegraph. ...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]
