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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]
----- 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]
One day John put on old clothes and went to a big dinner party at Mr. Green's house. When he came in, the people at the party looked at him, but they gave him no seat and no food. So John went home, put on his best clothes,――レベル３
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]
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]
"What's wrong with you, Ken?" Sam said to his friend. "I think I need Mary Ann's ideas. I have a problem now and I must tell someone. I can't do my schoolwork. I can't sleep at night," said Ken.――レベル６
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]
May I Change Places with You?
The women's college had a very small car-park, and as several of the teachers and students, and many of the students' boyfriends, had cars, it was often difficult to find a place to park. The head of the college, whose name was Miss Baker, therefore had a special place in the car-park for her own small car. There were white lines round it, and it had a notice saying, "Reserved for Head of College."....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]
Each year, thousands of children all over America enter hospitals for operations. Usually, it is for the removal of tonsils and adenoids, but the emotional preparation of the child is most important....レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
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]
The ideal "green" car of the future will consume no fossil fuels and generate no pollution. The car itself will consume fewer resources during the manufacturing process, and it will be easily disposed of. ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
A Successful Tribe
The Pequot and other native peoples have lived in southwestern Connecticut in the United States for thousands of years. After European settlers arrived about 400 years ago, they began to take away the land belonging to the Native Americans. By the early 1970s, only a small percentage of the Pequot tribe remained on the tiny territory that still belonged to it. Many of the tribe had left to find jobs, while those who stayed could only find low-paying work. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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By the middle of the 19th century most locomotives had steam-powered brakes. Steam from the boiler operated a piston that forced curved brake shoes against the wheel. The steam worked very well on locomotives,...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]
Change in the Family
In virtually all preindustrial societies the son characteristically saw his father working at all times of the day and all seasons of the year. When the son no longer sees that, what happens? Alexander Mitscherlich, a German psychologist, has developed a metaphor : a hole appears in the son's psyche. ...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]
