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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 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]
Tom is a high school student in San Francisco. His sister, Emily, married a Japanese businessman two years ago. She lives in Tokyo. Last summer she invited Tom to Tokyo for two weeks. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Because plants cannot move or talk, most people think they have no feelings, they think they cannot receive signals from outside. But a plant knows about the sun and about gravity. If you put a plant in a dark corner, in a few hours it will bow towards the light. ――レベル５
Babe Ruth began to play baseball as a pitcher. He was a good pitcher, with a record of 82-44 over 20 years. But he became famous not as a pitcher but as a home-run hitter. In 1927 he hit 60 home runs, a one-year record which stood for over――レベル６[成蹊高]
A hobby is a good way of spending your free time. It's an activity you turn to fro pleasure and relaxation. As different people like to do many different things in their free time――レベル７[愛光高]
Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square, New York, and looked up at the sky. A dead leaf fell on his arm. Winter was coming, and Soapy knew that he must make his plans. He wanted three months in a nice, warm prison, with food and friends. This was how he usually spent his winters. And now it was time, because at night on his seat in the square, three newspapers did not keep out the cold. ..レベル８ [中部大]
Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson, born in the United States in 1906, was known as the "Thai Silk King." Thompson became famous for helping to make Thai silk popular all over the world. Thompson also had a wonderful collection of traditional Thai art that can now be seen at the Jim Thompson House in Bangkok. However, he is best remembered for the mysterious way in which he disappeared. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Bacteria are larger and more complex than viruses. Some bacteria are harmful, but others are harmless. In some cases their activities are necessary for animals and plants to live. They occur everywhere: in our bodies, in the air, in soil, in water, and in food. A spoonful of rich garden earth might contain about 100 million bacteria, and a spoonful of milk, half a million....レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
American publishers turn out 100 new titles a day. Yet, it is one thing to buy a book, another to read it. How many of us buy a book for its title or cover, with good intentions to read it, but discover on dusting the bookshelf ten years ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
The Magic of Touch
Few people fully realize that human touch is perhaps our most powerful form of communication. It is necessary for good health and is probably a requirement for survival. Indeed, it is a fact that children who are raised without being touched will become physically or mentally weak and may even die. The simple touch of another person's hand reduces the human heart rate and lowers blood pressure. Touch also helps the brain produce endorphins, ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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ランダムに１問だけ表示します。
The Reverend Kitagawa, a Japan-born minister, writes of attending a going-away party for two young Nisei drafted into the U.S. Army in the fall of 1940 which was attended by all the people in the Japanese-American community. Kitagawa recalls an elderly Issei speaking at the party....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]
Education
Thanks to good schools and a national passion for education, Sri Lanka has a high literacy rate for an Asian country. Estimates of the percentages of Sri Lankans who are literate range from 60% to 80%. ...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]
