N2 Grammar · Test 33

The correct answer is 2. やらなきゃいけないんなら. The sentence means 'I already finished everything. Since I have to do it anyway, I thought I'd get it done early, so I started right when summer vacation began.' The pattern どうせ〜んなら means 'since (I) have to 〜 anyway.' Here, どうせやらなきゃいけないんなら = 'since I have to do it anyway.' やらなきゃいけない is colloquial for やらなければいけない (must do), and んなら is a colloquial conditional meaning 'if/since.'

• 1やろうとしないわりには means 'even though (I) don't try to do it,' using わりには (despite). This contradicts B's statement that she already finished everything and started early.
• 3やろうとしないばかりか means 'not only does (I) not try to do it, but...' using ばかりか (not only... but also). This is completely opposite to B's proactive attitude.
• 4やらなきゃいけないといっても means 'even though (I) say I have to do it.' This implies reluctance or that the obligation is only nominal, which does not fit with どうせ (anyway) and the positive action of starting early.

• どうせ — anyway, in any case (often with a resigned or pragmatic nuance)
• やらなきゃいけない — must do (colloquial contraction of やらなければいけない)
• 〜んなら — if/since 〜 (colloquial conditional, contraction of のなら)

The correct answer is 4. されつつある. The sentence means 'Currently, redevelopment is progressing around Port A, and public facilities such as roads and parks are in the process of being developed.' The pattern 〜つつある means 'is in the process of 〜ing' or 'is currently 〜ing,' indicating an ongoing change. 整備される is the passive form of 整備する (to develop/prepare facilities), so 整備されつつある = 'are being developed (in progress).' This matches the context of 再開発が進んでおり (redevelopment is progressing).

• 1させられそうになる would mean 'is about to be made to do 〜,' combining causative-passive (させられる) with そうになる (about to). This is grammatically and semantically wrong — public facilities are not 'made to' be developed, and the causative-passive is inappropriate for inanimate objects being built.
• 2し始めていく means 'will begin to do 〜 and continue,' using the active form 整備し始める. Since roads and parks are the subject and are being built by someone, the passive is needed. The active form would mean the facilities themselves begin developing, which is unnatural.
• 3させ続ける一方だ means 'is continuing to make (someone) do 〜 and it keeps increasing,' using causative (させる) + 続ける (continue) + 一方だ (keeps 〜ing). This is causative (making someone do something), which is wrong for facilities being built, and 一方だ implies an unstoppable trend, which doesn't match the neutral statement of ongoing development.

• 〜つつある — is in the process of 〜ing; is currently undergoing 〜 (indicates ongoing change/progress)
• 整備せいびされる — to be developed/prepared/maintained (passive of 整備する)
• 再開発さいかいはつ — redevelopment
• 公共施設こうきょうしせつ — public facilities

聞かなければならないとしたら means 'if one were made to (must) listen.' としたら expresses a hypothetical condition: 'if we suppose~.' The sentence says: if you had to listen to a story you don't understand for a long time, even adults probably couldn't endure it. The combination of obligation (聞かなければならない) + hypothetical (としたら) fits perfectly.

• 1聞かなくていいとしたら means 'if we suppose one doesn't have to listen.' This is the opposite of the intended meaning—if you don't have to listen, there's no reason you couldn't endure it.
• 2聞かなければならないことで uses で, which cannot express the hypothetical condition needed here. The sentence requires としたら to set up the 'if' scenario.
• 4聞かなくていいことで again uses the wrong meaning (don't have to listen) and the wrong grammar (で instead of としたら).

• ～としたら — if we suppose/assume~ (hypothetical condition)
• 聞きかなければならない — must listen (obligation)
• 耐たえられない — cannot endure, cannot bear
• 長時間ちょうじかん — long time, for a long period

別れさせられそうになる is the causative-passive form of 別れる plus そうになる. The protagonist and lover are the ones being forced (passive) by their parents to break up (causative): 別れさせられる = 'be made to break up.' そうになる = 'on the verge of / about to.' Together: 'about to be made to break up.' This correctly captures 親に無理やり (forcibly by parents) acting on the couple.

• 1別れそうになる means 'about to break up.' This has no causative-passive element, so it doesn't capture that the parents are forcing the breakup.
• 2別れられそうになる uses the potential form ('about to be able to break up'), which makes no sense in context—the parents aren't enabling them to break up.
• 3別れさせそうになる is causative but not passive. This would mean the protagonist/lover are about to make someone else break up, which reverses the roles—the parents should be the ones forcing, not the couple.

• 別わかれる — to break up, to separate
• 別わかれさせられる — be made to break up (causative-passive)
• ～そうになる — on the verge of~ / about to (almost happen)
• 無理むりやり — forcibly, by force
• 主人公しゅじんこう — main character, protagonist