N1 Grammar · Test 1

1はおろか

はおろか means 'let alone, not to mention' and says even the extreme case fails so the other case fails too. プロの写真家はおろか would mean even pros cannot master it, let alone ordinary people, so it asserts both are impossible instead of excusing pros to reject only ordinary people.

3どころではなく

どころではなく means 'far from, not merely' and upgrades a description, as in 寒いどころではなく凍える. It does not excuse one person and then reject another person.

4に比して

に比して is formal written language for 'compared with', like プロに比して. It only makes a comparison and lacks the concessive meaning that A would be acceptable but B is not.

2危険の

危険の uses の to link one noun to another noun, but 極まりない is not a noun, so 危険の極まりない cannot modify 行為.

3危険な

危険な uses な to link a na-adjective to a noun, as in 危険な行為. Before 極まりない the な must be dropped, so 危険な極まりない is ungrammatical.

4危険に

危険に uses に to make an adverbial modifier for a verb, not to build the fixed adjective 危険極まりない. It cannot appear in this position before 極まりない.

2開催されるや否や

開催されるや否や means 'the instant A happens, B immediately follows' and describes two nearly simultaneous past actions. It cannot describe a planned tour stretching after this weekend.

3開催されたとたんに

開催されたとたんに means 'the moment it was held' and reports a sudden, often unexpected result in the past. It requires a completed event plus a sudden consequence, not a future plan with 予定だ.

4開催されて以来

開催されて以来 means 'ever since it was held' and looks back from now on a continuing state. It clashes with 今週末, which is still in the future.

1雨とも雪とも

雨とも雪とも alone is incomplete and, with も, typically lists items for a negative or uncertain predicate, as in どちらとも言えない. It cannot by itself mean regardless and lead to 毎日通勤してくる.

2雨でもなく雪でもなく

雨でもなく雪でもなく means 'neither rain nor snow' and denies both weather types. That is the opposite of the needed meaning that he rides in either weather.

3雨というか雪というか

雨というか雪というか is used when the speaker is unsure how to describe something, meaning 'something like rain, or rather snow'. It expresses hesitation in wording, not a condition that is ignored.

1言ってみたばかり

言ってみたばかり means 'just tried saying' or 'just said'. ばかり for recency only states timing, and てみる adds the meaning of attempt, so it cannot express cause leading to disaster.

2言ってみたとおり

言ってみたとおり means 'just as one tried saying' or 'as said'. とおり expresses conformity between two things, not a cause and bad effect.

4言ってしまったとおりに

言ってしまったとおりに means 'exactly as one ended up saying' or 'in accordance with what was said'. とおりに shows manner or agreement, so it cannot link the slip to 災いが降りかかる as its cause.

1もらう

もらう means to receive a favor or have someone do something. It must follow 説明して to make 説明してもらう, so it goes second, not in the ★ spot.

2ない

ない is the negative ending. It must come last to complete までもない, so it cannot go in the ★ spot before までも.

3説明して

説明して is the te-form of 説明する, to explain. It must come first after あなたに to connect to もらう, so it cannot go in the ★ spot.

2だって

だって here is a casual quoting marker, that. It must follow 冗談だ directly to quote it, so it goes first, not in the ★ spot.

3に

に here is the second half of のに, meaning but or although with regret. It must follow わかるだろう to link to the next clause, so it goes last.

4ことくらい

ことくらい means to the extent of something, at least that much. It nominalizes だって and pairs with わかる, so it goes second, not in the ★ spot.

2のみならず

のみならず means not only, but also. It must follow the completed first clause ことが多い, so it goes second, not in the ★ spot.

3姿勢そのものも

姿勢そのものも means the attitude itself, also. It is the subject of 真面目で, so it must sit just before that predicate, in fourth place.

4ことが多い

ことが多い means often happens. It nominalizes 入っている to finish the first clause, so it goes first, not in the ★ spot.

1優勝を逃した

優勝を逃した means missed the championship. It is a relative clause modifying 選手たちは, so it goes second, just before that subject.

2控え室に戻っても

控え室に戻っても means even after returning to the locker room. This ても clause must sit just before the main result ぼう然としていた, so it goes last.

4あと一歩というところで

あと一歩というところで means at the point just one step away. It describes how they missed victory, so it goes first after 惜しくも.

1常に考えているのは

常に考えているのは means what I am always thinking is. It opens the cleft sentence after にあたって, so it goes first, not in the ★ spot.

2何であって

何であって means what it is, and. It links the two questions about customer wishes, so it goes third, after お客様が求めていることは.

3それに応えるために

それに応えるために means in order to respond to that. It is a purpose clause before 自分は何をすべきか, so it goes last among the four.