N2 Grammar · Test 13

The correct answer is 1 (に). The pattern 「数量＋に上る（のぼる）」means 'to reach / amount to (a certain number or quantity).' Here, 「1000万人に上った」means 'reached 10 million people.' The particle に marks the target quantity that the number climbed up to.

• 2で would mark means or location ('by means of' / 'at'), which does not pair with 上る to express reaching a figure.
• 3が would make 1000万人 the subject, but the subject is already 入場者数; 上る here needs に to mark the level reached.
• 4と does not form a meaningful pattern with 上る in this context.

• 上のぼる — to reach / amount to (a figure); to climb
• 入場者数にゅうじょうしゃすう — number of visitors / admissions

The correct answer is 3 (の末に). The pattern 「Nの末（すえ）に」means 'after a long period of N' or 'as a result of much N.' 「長期間の議論の末に」= 'after a long period of discussion,' which naturally leads to the decision being made.

• 1をめぐり is not a standard conjunctive form. The correct forms would be をめぐって or をめぐる＋N, and even then it means 'surrounding/concerning,' which doesn't express 'after much discussion.'
• 2を込めて means 'putting (emotion/effort) into,' used with things like 感謝を込めて or 思いを込めて. It does not pair with 議論 to mean 'after discussion.'
• 4ので is a reason/cause conjunction ('because'), and のことで is not a valid grammatical pattern in this context.

• 末すえ — after (a long process); at the end of (much ~)
• 議論ぎろん — discussion / debate
• 自治体じちたい — local government / municipality

The correct answer is 4 (強くなる). The pattern 「V辞書形＋ばかりだ」means 'only continuing to ~ more and more' (with a negative nuance of an undesirable trend). 「強くなるばかりだった」= 'the rain only kept getting stronger and stronger.' The verb must be in dictionary form before ばかりだ.

• 1強い is an い-adjective, not a verb in dictionary form. The pattern V-ばかりだ requires a verb.
• 2強く is the adverbial (連用形) form of the adjective. It cannot directly precede ばかりだ in this pattern.
• 3強かった is past tense. ばかりだ requires the dictionary (non-past) form to express an ongoing/worsening trend.

• 〜ばかりだ — only continuing to ~ more and more (negative trend); keeps on ~ing
• むしろ — rather / instead
• やまず — without stopping / unabated (やむ＋ず)

The correct answer is 2 (してからでないと). The pattern 「～てからでないと」means 'unless one does ~ first, (one cannot do something).' It is always followed by a negative potential expression. 「単位を取得してからでないと、受けることができません」= 'Unless you have earned the credits first, you cannot take the class.'

• 1してからか turns the clause into a question with か, which makes no sense before 受けることができません.
• 2してからで is incomplete — it lacks the ないと conditional, so it cannot produce the 'unless ~' meaning needed here.
• 4してからでなくて is grammatically broken in this pattern. The correct fixed form is 〜てからでないと.

• 〜てからでないと — unless one does ~ first, (cannot do something)
• 単位たんい — academic credit
• 取得しゅとく — acquisition / earning (credits)

The correct answer is 1 (なくなり次第). The pattern 「Vます形＋次第」means 'as soon as ~' / 'the moment ~ happens, immediately…' 「商品がなくなり次第終了します」= 'As soon as the products run out, (the sale) will end.' This fits the advertisement's urgency perfectly.

• 2なくなった以上 means 'since the products have run out (already),' implying the condition is already met. But the sale is still ongoing, so this contradicts the context.
• 3なくなるうちに means 'while the products are running out / before they run out,' which does not connect logically with 終了します (will end). The timing relationship is wrong.
• 4なくなっては does not form a proper pattern here. 〜ては can indicate repetitive action or conditional, but it does not convey 'as soon as' and sounds unnatural before 終了します.

• 〜次第（〜しだい） — as soon as ~; the moment ~ happens, immediately…
• 数量限定すうりょうげんてい — limited quantity
• 半額はんがく — half price
• 実施中じっしちゅう — currently being held / in progress

The correct answer is 1 (も). も here means 'even.' The speaker is saying that because of overtime fatigue, they went to bed without eating EVEN dinner — dinner is the thing you'd normally expect to eat, so も emphasizes that even that was skipped. 夕飯も食べないで = 'without eating even dinner.'

• 2が would simply mark 夕飯 as the object/subject of 食べる, giving 'didn't eat dinner and went to sleep.' This is grammatically possible but lacks the nuance of 'even dinner,' which the context (残業で疲れちゃって → だから) strongly implies. も is the natural emphatic choice.
• 3とは is used for quoting or meaning 'with/from' (e.g., とは限らない). It does not fit here at all: 夕飯とは食べないで is ungrammatical.
• 4にまで means 'even to' and requires a destination/endpoint noun (e.g., 顶点にまで). 夕飯にまで食べないで is ungrammatical; に does not attach to 夕飯 in this context.

• 夕飯ゆうはん — dinner/supper
• 残業ざんぎょう — overtime work
• 中継ちゅうけい — broadcast/relay (of a program)

The correct answer is 2 (を問わず). Nを問わず means 'regardless of N / without regard to N.' The ad contrasts two groups — 初心者 and 経験者 — and says instruction is given to anyone regardless of which category they fall into. 初心者、経験者を問わず = 'regardless of whether one is a beginner or experienced.'

• 1を通して means 'through / by means of' (e.g., 経験を通して学ぶ). It does not convey 'regardless of,' so 初心者、経験者を通して is unnatural.
• 3にかけて means 'over (a period/time/space)' or 'in the field of' (e.g., 夏にかけて, スポーツにかけて). It cannot take two contrasting noun categories like this.
• 4にもかかわらず means 'despite / in spite of' and expresses concession about an unexpected result. 初心者、経験者にもかかわらず would imply 'despite being a beginner or experienced,' which is illogical here.

• 初心者しょきんしゃ — beginner
• 経験者けいけんしゃ — person with experience
• 指導しどう — instruction/guidance
• 〜を問わず（〜をとわず） — regardless of ~

The correct answer is 3 (もっとも). もっとも is a conjunction meaning 'however, that said, granted that' and is used to add a qualifying/caveat clause that partially limits what was just said. The speaker resolves to be careful because they scolded their child too harshly — もっとも、本人はそれほど気にしていないかもしれないが = 'that said, the child himself may not be bothered that much.' This concessive caveat is exactly what もっとも expresses.

• 1そのかわり means 'instead / in return / on the other hand,' presenting an alternative or compensation. The second clause is not an alternative to the first; it's a caveat, so そのかわり is wrong.
• 2それなら means 'if so / in that case,' used when responding to a stated condition. There is no conditional trigger here, so it doesn't fit.
• 4しかも means 'moreover / and what's more,' adding reinforcing information. The second clause actually weakens/qualifies the first (the child may not care), so しかも is the opposite of what's needed.

• きつく — severely/harshly
• しかりすぎた — scolded too much (しかる + すぎる)
• もっとも — however/that said (conjunction)
• そのかわり — instead/in return
• しかも — moreover/and what's more

The correct answer is 1 (わかった). The father suddenly realizes the answer to the riddle: あ、そうか、わかった。 = 'Ah, I see, I got it.' わかった (past tense of わかる) is commonly used as an exclamation of sudden understanding/realization, like 'I've got it!' This fits the あ、そうか moment of insight perfectly.

• 2わかったのに means 'even though I understood,' which would imply a contrary expectation. It doesn't fit a moment of fresh realization at all.
• 3わかってた (わかっていた) means 'I already knew / I had already figured it out.' This contradicts the context: he just realized it now (あ、そうか), so he did NOT already know.
• 4わかってね is a casual imperative/request form of わかって（くれ）, meaning 'understand (it)!' — asking someone else to understand. The father is talking to himself upon realizing the answer, not asking anyone to understand, so this is wrong.

• なぞなぞ — riddle
• パパイヤ — papaya (wordplay: パパ + いや)

The correct answer is 2 (かまわない). どうなったってかまわない = 'I don't care what happens (to myself).' かまわない (from 構う, 'to mind/care') means 'don't mind / don't care.' The protagonist's passionate feeling is: 'For a friend's sake, I don't care what happens to me.' This is the classic どうなったってかまわない construction.

• 1たまらない means 'unbearable / cannot stand it' (e.g., 悲しくてたまらない). 自分はどうなったってたまらない would mean 'whatever happens to me is unbearable,' which doesn't express self-sacrifice and is unnatural here.
• 3わけがない means 'there's no way / impossible.' 自分はどうなったってわけがない is ungrammatical and meaningless in this context.
• 4ならない by itself (as in 〜てならない) means 'cannot help ~ing / extremely ~,' but どうなったってならない is not a valid standalone predicate here. It needs to attach to an adjective/verb + て (e.g., 心配でならない).

• どうなったって — no matter what happens (to me)
• かまわない — don't mind / don't care (構う)
• たまらない — unbearable / cannot stand
• わけがない — there is no way / impossible
• 熱い思い（あついおもい） — passionate feeling