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"Are you doing your homework now, Ben?"
"Yes. I have a lot of homework today."
-- Question: What is Ben doing now? ...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 Christmas Present Henry is eight years old. His house is near a small river. After school he and his brother Tom like to play at the river. One day ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Art on the Street
Last summer Hiroshi stayed with his friend Carlos in Los Angeles for two weeks. His first day there was a beautiful sunny day, so he and Carlos decided to go to the beach. After they put on their swimsuits and were ready to go, Carlos told Hiroshi that they were going to see some famous art ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Long ago, there was an old man whose name was John Smith. John lived with his sons on a big farm. One day he became very sick and he knew he was going to die, so he called his sons to his room.
"Sons," he said, "I have already given one horse to Pete, four to Dick and eight to Bob. Now, I will give one half of my cows to ――レベル５ [大分県]
The next day was Christmas. While the three of them were driving to the rocket port, the mother and father were worrying. It was the boy's first trip into space, and they hoped everything would be OK. So when――レベル６
On 22 January, international scientists produced a shocking 1,000-page report on global warming. The 1990s were the warmest ten years for 1,000 years, they say. Temperatures will go up more and more and more quickly in the next 100 years. The sea will be 88 centimeters higher than it...レベル７――[土佐塾高]
From the moment you wake up in the morning to the time you go to bed at night, you run your life by the clock. All day long, you check the time. A little clock on your wrist always lets you know what time it is. Without a wristtwatch, you'd have to stop someone and ask, "Do you have the time?" ......レベル８ [東京家政大]
An Animal's Best Friend
The World's largest population of wild cheetahs lives in the African country of Namibia. Over 90 percent of these cheetahs, however, live on land owned by farmers. Normally, the hunting ...レベル９[英検準２級]
In second-hand shops there are many works of art which are forgotten and gathering dust. Yet each one of them may have an interesting tale to tell if only we could discover it....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]
One essential aspect of realistic dog ownership is understanding that a dog is not a small hairy person. It is an animal with its own needs and drives specific to its species, not a creature to be molded into something we want it to be ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Computerized Clown Serves as Teaching "Toy"
A unique telecommunications system, designed by Dr. James W. Tawney at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, is helping 18 mentally and physically handicapped children in the state of Kentucky. Specially designed "teaching toys" that are actually minicomputer terminals are installed in homes across the state. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Shaking hands is something many people take for granted. But in the same way that Japanese learn how and when to bow, there are some simple ideas worth considering when greeting someone in an intercultural business setting. When meeting a person for the first time, be sure to pay attention to the distance ....速読演習レベル14 [京産大]入試問題より
A normal English family, especially when it has just moved into a new district, wants to be friendly with those living in the same area. However, it often hesitates because there is a fear that some neighbors might be too friendly and make such a habit of calling that the family could not call their home their own. It is not surprising, therefore, that quite nice people wait for a proper invitation, paying attention t...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]
Managing the Oceans
The oceans an their resources are a necessary element of life on the planet. The health of the oceans and the wise, safe and sustainable use of the ocean resources, should be an axiom for all governments to accept and honour for the long-term benefit and existence of their respective and collective peoples. ...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]
Where was the first city? Fifty years ago, archaeologists would have pointed to Mesopotamia, the land between the Rivers Tigiris and Euphrates. Here, it was thought, was the 'cradle of civilization,' the area that produced the great cities of Ur and Babylon. This surely was the place where urban life began and from where the idea of the city spread to the rest of Asia and to Europe...レベル15 [早稲田大]
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]
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]
