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"Dave, what is your favorite food?"
"I like hamburgers."
-- Question: Does Dave like hamburgers? ...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]
One day John put on old clothes and went to a big dinner party at Mr. Green's house. When he came in, the people at the party looked at him, but they gave him no seat and no food. So John went home, put on his best clothes,――レベル３
Cheerleading
If you watch American football or basketball games on TV, you can see some of the best cheerleaders in America. The cheerleaders are the people who cheer for their teams by singing songs, dancing, and shouting. By doing this, they help their teams to win. ....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]
One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class. The teacher got angry. He kept them in the classroom after school. He told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.――レベル６ [国立工業高専]
Rainforests are perhaps the most important places on Earth. And yet we destroy thousands of square kilometers every year. In 1950, rainforests covered fifteen percent of the Earth's land. We have already destroyed half of these. Will there be any rainforests in the year 2020? No one knows the answer to that question....レベル７――[御茶ﾉ水女子大学付属高等学校]
The clerk in the drugstore handed Shoji change from the five dollar bill he had given her. "Thirty-two, thirty-five, forty, fifty, two, three, four, five dollars." she said, putting coins and bills into his hand one by one. ......レベル８ [大阪経済大]
Saving the Kiwi
Many people who hear the word "kiwi" will think first of the kiwi fruit. For New Zealanders, however, "kiwi" is the name of their national bird. The kiwi is an important symbol of the country and a very unusual bird. About the size of a chicken, the kiwi has wings but cannot fly, and it is active mainly at night. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
It began when I was a 16-year-old high school student. I was reading a popular youth magazine when I noticed a list of addresses of young people from all over the world who were seeking pen pals in...レベル10 [センター]
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]
By the end of last summer, Dr. David Hursh had noticed that his two sons, aged 8 and 12, were spending more time in front of the television set than doing just about anything else except sleep and eat....レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Breaking Habits
Susan had read all the health articles and knew she had to quit smoking. One day she did it -- cold turkey.
For several weeks she resisted all temptations to smoke. At first the cravings seemed close to overpowering. Gradually, however, they faded. Then one evening she met a friend for a drink after work. Susan arrived in a tense and miserable mood, having just had an argument with her boss. The friend had a cigarette burning in an ashtray. Almost without thinking, Susan took a puff. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Japanese politicians and government administrators are lamenting the country's declining birthrate, and they are especially concerned about the effect of this decline on the younger generation's ability to finance social security.....速読演習レベル14 [京産大]入試問題より
At the University of Kansas Art Museum, University researchers tested the effects of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was...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]
Calcutta
Perhaps no other city on earth is so widely considered a synonym for poverty, overcrowding, disease, and despair as Calcutta. Its teeming slums, crumbling infrastructure, and failed economy have attracted worldwide attention. But ...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]
It has been estimated that 80 percent of all the information transmitted over the Internet comes from English-speaking countries. Much the largest English-speaking nation is the United States, which is home to some 64 percent of all the computers linked to the Internet. Other nations belonging to the English language's global empire, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and, of course, Britain, the mother country, account for a further 12.7 percent....レベル15 [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]
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]
