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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]
----- 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 Tea Party Amy is 14 years old and lives in England. One Sunday morning she called her friends, Jane and Wendy, and said, "Let's have ... 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]
"What's wrong with you, Ken?" Sam said to his friend. "I think I need Mary Ann's ideas. I have a problem now and I must tell someone. I can't do my schoolwork. I can't sleep at night," said Ken.――レベル６
The Taj Mahal in India is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Over three hundred years ago Shah Jehan built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife. Shah Jehan wanted his wife's tomb to be perfect. He did not care――レベル７
Why is it that people who have suffered a major shock, such as divorce or the death of a family member, seem to be weaker against a variety of major and minor illnesses? One common idea among psychologists has been that people could deal with suffering more effectively if they were able to understand and accept it. Indeed many experts emphasize the value of expressing thoughts and feelings associated with upsetting events....レベル８ [センター]
The white-haired old man was sitting in his favorite chair, holding a thick book and rubbing his tired eyes. When his nineteen-year-old granddaughter, Valerie, came into the room, he looked up and smiled. His eyes instantly brightened with happiness to see her.....レベル10 [センター 2007本試験]
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 ideal "green" car of the future will consume no fossil fuels and generate no pollution. The car itself will consume fewer resources during the manufacturing process, and it will be easily disposed of. ...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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A young man may ask any girl to whom he's been introduced for a date, at any time. Usually he uses the telephone, but there is no reason why he should not ask her in person when he sees her...レベル14 [甲南大]
A normal English family, especially when it has just moved into a new district, wants to be friendly with those living in the same area. However, it often hesitates because there is a fear that some neighbors might be too friendly and make such a habit of calling that the family could not call their home their own. It is not surprising, therefore, that quite nice people wait for a proper invitation, paying attention t...レベル15 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
Change in the Family
In virtually all preindustrial societies the son characteristically saw his father working at all times of the day and all seasons of the year. When the son no longer sees that, what happens? Alexander Mitscherlich, a German psychologist, has developed a metaphor : a hole appears in the son's psyche. ...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]
Where was the first city? Fifty years ago, archaeologists would have pointed to Mesopotamia, the land between the Rivers Tigiris and Euphrates. Here, it was thought, was the 'cradle of civilization,' the area that produced the great cities of Ur and Babylon. This surely was the place where urban life began and from where the idea of the city spread to the rest of Asia and to Europe...レベル15 [早稲田大]
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]
