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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]
----- 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]
A Present for Tom
Yesterday was Tom's birthday. His family had a party for him. His mother cooked a special dinner. After dinner, his brother played the guitar and his sister sang a song. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
My Dream
My name is Julia Keith, and I'm now in my final year of high school in the United States. I have had the same dream ever since I was a child. Can you imagine what it is? ....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]
We all have ideas about what kinds of foods are good to eat. We also have ideas about what kinds of foods are bad to eat. So people from one culture often think the foods that people from another culture eat――レベル７
When you spill salt, do you quickly throw a pinch of it over your left shoulder? Have you tried to catch a bird by...レベル８
Signs from Costa Rica's Mysterious Past
What do you know about the country called Costa Rica? The early history of Costa Rica is less well understood than that of any other country in Central America. The ancient people who lived there left few signs of their culture. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Old Fred Ford had gone to live with his daughter, Kate, and her family shortly after his wife, Mary, died. Kate was an energetic woman who expected people always to be doing something, and she found plenty of jobs for Fred to do. This made him feel part of the household, but now he really wanted to be able to sit and reflect on the events of his life. If he had continued to live alone, he would have had the time to do this to his heart's content...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]
There is no issue of our times more challenging or more difficult to solve than the global warming caused by greenhouse gasses, unless it is the explosive, exponential growth of the world's human population. The world has been warming for over one hundred years and may ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Every year there are about 100,000 square kilometers of tropical rain forest being destroyed. In fact, at the present rate of destruction there may be little left of tropical rain forests by the year 2000. Scientists have warned us for a long time about this, but only recently are people beginning to care. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Soon the "golden week" string of national holidays will be upon us. During this period, the nation goes on holiday in a mass, and as a result all the tourist destinations become jammed with people....レベル11 [京産大]
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]
WATCH OUT!!
Millions of cold viruses are now on their way to invade and destroy the cells of your nose and breathing passages. Let's look up your nose and see what happens... The cells inside your nose are always ready for trouble. They produce a gloppy fluid called mucus that traps viruses and other ...レベル20 [東京大学]
By now it should be clear that the United Nations has been held back not just by the cold war and the Soviet veto. The task of creating an effective world organization is in itself extremely difficult and frustrating whatever the political climate. During the post-cold war period, after two or ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 法学部]
