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"Do you have a baseball bat, Tom?"
"Yes, I do. I have an old one."
-- Question: Does Tom have an old baseball bat? ...レベル１ [英検５級]
Emi, a junior high school student, is walking to school on Monday morning. She meets an American on the street.... レベル２ [英検５級]
The Tickets
Daisuke is a junior high school student from Nagoya. He is staying at Mr. White's home in California this summer. Mr. White worked with Daisuke's ... レベル３ [英検４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
Once there was a princess. She was called Ann. The Princess Ann loved hiding. She hid in the garden and her friends came and found her. ...速読演習レベル６[海城高]の入試問題から
Galileo Galilei was born in Italy more than four hundred years ago. Galileo's father sent him to school to make him a doctor. But Galileo grew more interested in science and he became a teacher of science. As a scientist he made many interesting and useful discoveries.――レベル７ [法政大二高]
May I Change Places with You?
They were a couple in their late thirties, and they looked unmistakably married. They sat on the banquette opposite us in a little narrow restaurant, having dinner. The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses; the woman was pretty, in a big hat.....レベル８
Harry Barber had been driving a taxi for over ten years. He enjoyed his work because it gave him a chance to meet a lot of interesting people. He had driven someone to the airport, and was waiting for a fare back to the city, when a famous movie star opened the door. It was Susan Pink, Harry's favorite actress. He recognized her as soon as she got in the taxi. ...レベル９
The world is full of modern technological "conveniences" and everyone is expected to understand how to use them. Some people, however, are not so clever at dealing with them as they should be. I am one of these....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]
When Columbia's Galeras Volcano erupted on January 14, 1993, six volcanologists and three tourists lost their lives in a hail of ash, poisonous gases and glowing blocks of lava. Such surprise attacks have killed field volcanologists before and are considered a largely...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
Ozone Depletion The primary cause of the hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer is a group of man-made chemicals used in refrigerators, air conditioners and plastic foams. The chlorine released when these compounds decompose destroys ozone, letting dangerous ultraviolet light from the...レベル13 [英検１級リスニング]
◇レベル14 このレベルの長文のリストを表示します。
ランダムに１問だけ表示します。
An English conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversation ball, I expect you to hit it back. If you agree with me, I don't expect you simply to agree and do nothing more. I expect you to add something -- a reason for agreeing or another example to carry the...レベル14 [中央大]
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]
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]
The Chamorro Language
Guam is known around the world as a place for relaxing at luxury hotels, swimming in the Pacific surf, and getting a tan on the beach. Indeed, much of one side of the island ...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]
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]
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]
The degree to which males and females are socially unequal has varied, both cross-culturally and historically, from near equality to radical female disadvantage. Such variation is linked to the type of technology and economy (e.g., industrial, agrarian, horticultural, foraging) and to women's role in the economy. Women's status relative ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 環境情報学部]
