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"Cindy, do you like cycling?"
"Yes, I like it very much."
"Great, let's go cycling next Sunday."
-- Question: Does Cindy like cycling? ...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]
A Day at the Beach
Last year, Bob and his sister Jean went to Florida for their summer vacation with their parents. They visited Florida for one week. The weather was very nice. So everyone was really happy. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
The Lady with the Lamp
Florence Nightingale, a British woman, was born in Italy in 1820 and grew up in Britain. Her family was rich and had several large houses in different parts of Britain. Florence didn't go to school, but instead, her father was her teacher at home. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Are you interested in dinosaurs? Have you ever seen the skeletons of them in a museum? Do you know what they ate and how they lived? Dinosaurs don't live now. Where did they go?―― ... レベル５――[都立工業･航空高専]
One day when Tom was on his way home, he met a friend of his, Mike. "Hi, Mike. Do you want to play video games with me after homework?" Tom asked. "No, I can't," Mike said. "I have to pack." "Pack?" Tom asked." "Where are you going?" ……レベル６――[筑波大付属高]
Automobiles, television and telephones are so much a part of American life today that most Americans under the age of forty or fifty cannot remember or imagine what――レベル７[灘高]
Each year 200 million tons of household trash is collected in the USA. This means that each person produces about 1,000 kilograms of garbage every year. The average European produces about 300 kilograms of household trash annually. The amount of waste produced around the world is growing each year because the richer a country becomes, the more trash it produces.......レベル８
For many teenagers, summer jobs are one of the necessary steps between childhood and maturity. It is during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction of work that translates into money.
The summer I was 18, I got a job at the post office. It seemed flattering to have a uniform and be entrusted with a leather bag containing important correspondence. ...レベル９
Going to the shore on the first morning of the vacation. Jerry stopped and looked at a wild and rocky bay, and then over to the crowded beach he knew so well from other year. His mother looked back at him...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]
In business, a letter is used to communicate with someone outside the company. When you wish to write to someone within your own company, you send a memorandum. Memos are used to communicate with other employees, regardless of where the employees may be located -- whether in the same...レベル12 [英検１級リスニング]
Deserts
A desert is generally thought of as a hot, barren region that receives little rainfall. Rainfall is scarce in all desert regions, but deserts are not barren wastelands. Deserts have a wide variety of land formations and soil substances, and most of them have at least one permanent stream. Deserts cannot support the abundant plant and animal life found in humid climates. But many kinds of plants and animals thrive in deserts. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Tony was eight, and a bully. He picked on other children in the playground, spoilt their games and, sometimes hit them. He was a big boy, and the other children were afraid of him. His mother wouldn't believe me when I told her about Tony's behaviour. 'He's such a good boy at home,' she said......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]
Reenacting: Northern Blue vs. Southern Gray
The American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, was the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy). The issues over which the war was fought, particularly slavery, ...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]
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]
