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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]
Julie's Surprise Julie is 14 years old. She lives in Hawaii with her parents and her grandfather. Every morning they all have breakfast together.
One Saturday morning, he grandfather did not eat breakfast with ... レベル３ [英検４級]
State of Oregon
The United States is a very large country. It has fifty states. The largest state is Alaska. The second largest state is Texas. And the third largest state is California. California is about the same size as Japan, but Japan has a larger population than California. ....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]
Many people smile when they hear the name of Babe Ruth. The story of the Babe is one of the most wonderful stories in baseball.
Babe Ruth loved children. Some people said this ――レベル７
The oil crisis of a few years ago made everyone keenly aware of how dangerously dependent industrialized societies have become on this vital fuel, bringing home the fact that the earth's resources are...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]
It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Capitan, a huge mass of rock almost three-quarters of a mile high in California's beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark's dream to climb El Capitan for as long as he could...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]
Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health. Scientific research shows that it causes many kinds of disease. In fact, many people who smoke get lung cancer. ... レベル12 [平安女学院大短大部]
Green Belts
"Green belts" are areas of countryside around cities and town in England where development is limited in order to prevent further growth. The idea of placing a green belt around a city was first adopted by London before World War II, and other cities copied the concept after the war. The plan worked, and while American communities have tended to join together as they have gotten larger, hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in England are still separated by areas of undeveloped land. It is these areas that help the country look so green and pleasant. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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The homes into which most babies are born are places where people talk. They will talk about the baby and a great many other things as well, and before long---long before they expect any response---they will talk to the baby. Among the other noises that reach its ears are likely to be television programmes,...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]
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]
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]
