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"Do you like English, Naoko?"
"Yes, I do. I study English for two hours every day." ...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]
Yuki's Wonderful Day in California
Last summer, Yuki and her family left Nagoya and went to Sacramento, California. It was really hot, but the air was dry, so Yuki liked the weather better than in Nagoya. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
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]
Do you know when and where ice cream got its start? It's an international favorite with a long and interesting history. The earliest ices were eaten in China many years ago. ――レベル６ [甲陽学院高]
Mary was sitting in the front yard. She heard a noise and looked up. A pile of books was walking up to her. It had her brother's arms and legs. It also had his eyes and hair. ――レベル７
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one ...レベル８ [センター]
Diet and the Aging Process
Scientists are continually looking for ways to help us live longer. Some say that the length of our life is decided mainly by our genes. But other scientists are studying diet. In the past few years, studies have shown that giving mice less food ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Douglas Corrigan peered out of the window of his airplane. Below, a thick blanket of fog hid the ground from view. Earlier that morning on July 17, 1938, Corrigan had taken off from New York. He hoped to fly nonstop to the West Coast...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]
The phone rings at work."Hi, this is Philip Jones," a man says pleasantly. "I'm returning your call." Who? My call? Your brain spins. As you thank him for calling back, you hope it will dawn on you who Philip Jones is and why on earth you wanted to talk to him. ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Protecting the Bluefin
There are many kinds of tuna, but the biggest and most magnificent among them is the bluefin tuna. The largest members of the species can live for 40 years, grow to 3 meters in length, and weigh up to 400 kilograms. The bluefin is found all across the globe, but the most valuable kind, the southern bluefin, usually swims in the colder areas of the seas in the southern hemisphere. ... 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。
'Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather.' This statement, often made by Englishmen to describe the ( (a) ) meteorological conditions of their country, is both revealing and true. It is revealing because in it we see the Englishman insisting that what happens in England is not the same as what happens elsewhere; its truth can be ascertained by any foreigner who stays in the country for longer than a few days....レベル14 [京都産業大]
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]
The Sound of Too Much Music
With its many tournaments and ruthless competition for prizes, classical music sometimes seems intent on becoming more like a sport than an art form. Pianists, for instance, have been able to choose from a host of competitions this month. ...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]
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]
The degree to which males and females are socially unequal has varied, both cross-culturally and historically, from near equality to radical female disadvantage. Such variation is linked to the type of technology and economy (e.g., industrial, agrarian, horticultural, foraging) and to women's role in the economy. Women's status relative ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 環境情報学部]
