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"What time do you go to bed, Steve?"
"I go to bed at 11:00."
-- Question: What time does Steve go to bed? ...レベル1 [英検5級]

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----- On Sunday afternoon, Kate goes to a fast-food restaurant for lunch.
Clerk: Hello. Can I help you? .... レベル2 [英検5級]

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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]

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What do you know about the sea? Most of you have played in it. You know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. You also know that it is dangerous when the weather is very bad. What else do you know about it?――レベル5

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As you well know, the earth turns round once a day from west to east. For example, when it is six in the morning of April 5 in Tokyo, it is still four in the afternoon of April 4 in New York. And it is still eleven in the morning of ――レベル6 [文京大附高]

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Once there was in a country a famous magician. One day this magician guessed the death of a man whom the king loved very much. The man died on the day when the――レベル7[広島大付福山高]

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If a woman decides to take a job outside the home, there are many important questions that are raised. Can she get...レベル8

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The store was called 'The Rock Shop'. It was a small store, but many people went there to buy rocks and precious stones. Some people bought them for their scientific interest; others bought them just because of their beauty.
Anna went to 'The Rock Shop' to buy a present for her husband, Peter. Peter was interested in science and Anna wanted to give him a beautiful rock for his birthday. ...レベル9

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The Mind and Health It is a well-known fact that the mind plays an important role in health. A person with a cheerful, ...レベル10 [英検1級リスニング]

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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]

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Archaeologists have long known that the Maya, who flourished between about A.D. 250 and 900, perfected the most complex writing system in the hemisphere, mastered mathematics and astrological calendars of astonishing accuracy, and built massive pyramids all over Central America, ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]

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Whenever I see children of school age openly smoking in public I wonder whether they really understand what they are doing. Probably most do not. I at least know that my clinical practice in lung disease will not be short of patients for the rest of my working life. About 34 per cent of boys aged 15 smoke, and two-thirds this number of girls. Over the past 10 years there has been a small but welcome reduction in the number of boys who smoke at this age, but an increase in the number of girls. ... 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。
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

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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]

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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]

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Many of us were taught in school that North America had originally been occupied by about one million Indians. That low number helped justify the white conquest of what could then be viewed as an almost empty continent. However, archeological ...レベル17 [英検準1級]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]