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"Do you have a baseball bat, Tom?"
"Yes, I do. I have an old one."
-- Question: Does Tom have an old baseball bat? ...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 Mr. Brown Emily is 14 years old. Her best friend is Cindy. They both joined their school's music club last year. They enjoy singing and playing the guitar together every day. ... レベル３ [英検４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]
Have you ever heard of Angel Falls? It's the highest waterfall in the world, deep in the jungles of Venezuela. Few people have ever seen Angel Falls. It's very hard to get there. If you go by land, you――レベル７
Modern science has brought so many changes that there is hardly anything in our daily lives which is not different from what it was in the past. Perhaps the greatest change of all, though, is not...レベル８ [センター]
Commercial Classrooms
Advertisements can be found almost everywhere in today's world. There are commercials on TV and radio. Advertisements also appear in newspapers and magazines, and on signs at sports events. These days, more and more of these ads are being made especially for children. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Rediscovering Manhattan There was a time when I thought I knew Manhattan. I'd visited all the main attractions and dozens of other lesser-known museums, parks, and historic spots described in the better guidebooks...レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
Bread, cakes and similar food contain moderate amounts of water, and are usually described as "intermediate" in water content. The amount of water is more than in dried food, but less than in wet food, such as meat. This amount of water in bread and cakes is critical since ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
The Titanic
The great ship Titanic sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10, 1912. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 66,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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One of the major achievements of our civilization is "death control," the steady march towards victory over disease and famine.
Today the inhabitants of most developed countries can expect to live 70 years or more; the figure is around 76 in Scandinavia. Th....レベル14
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]
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]
