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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]
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
When I was a little girl about seventy years ago, I lived in Chicago with my mother, father and little brother Bob. We were very happy because our apartment had a bathroom. Most other families in our building had to use one bathroom together.――レベル６ [青山学院大高等部]
Much of the land of the Netherlands is as low as the sea. Some of the land is even lower than the sea. The word Netherlands means "Lowlands". The Dutch people――レベル７[筑波大付駒場高]
Foreigners are not always pleased with the things that they find in Japan. Not all the treatment that they receive in Japan is considered to be polite. For example, many of them don't like to be...レベル８
Beavers in Washington, D. C.
In 1912, Tokyo presented about 3,000 flowering cherry trees to Washington, D. C., as a symbol of friendship between Japan and the United States. The trees -- which now number about 3,700 -- were planted near a large pond near the Jefferson Memorial. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
The Airport at Katmandu Few international airports demand more skill from pilots than the airport outside the Nepalese capital of...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]
American publishers turn out 100 new titles a day. Yet, it is one thing to buy a book, another to read it. How many of us buy a book for its title or cover, with good intentions to read it, but discover on dusting the bookshelf ten years ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
The Magic of Touch
Few people fully realize that human touch is perhaps our most powerful form of communication. It is necessary for good health and is probably a requirement for survival. Indeed, it is a fact that children who are raised without being touched will become physically or mentally weak and may even die. The simple touch of another person's hand reduces the human heart rate and lowers blood pressure. Touch also helps the brain produce endorphins, ... 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
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]
Kids Need Computers!
In the area of education and technology, U.S. families are divided into two groups -- those where children have access to computers and those where they don't. In homes where income is less than $20,000, just 15% of children ...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]
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]
