N3 Reading · Test 17

Questions from the JLPT July 2011 past paper

Flyer from the JLPT N3 July 2011 exam paper — the information the questions below ask about
  1. 1.リンさんは、スキーをしたいと思っている。スキー用具を持っていないので、無料で用具を借りられる旅行がいい。また、ぜひ温泉旅館に泊まりたいと思っている。リンさんの希望(きぼう)に合うのは、どの旅行か。

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4
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    Answer: 2.

    Option 2 (②) is correct because Lin has three requirements: (1) skiing, (2) free ski equipment rental, and (3) staying at a 温泉旅館 (hot spring inn). Tour ②「新幹線で行く丸山スキー場」satisfies all three: it is a ski trip, its description says「スキー用具が無料で借りられます」(ski equipment can be borrowed for free), and「お泊まりは温泉旅館です」(the accommodation is a hot spring inn).

    • 1Tour ① is a ski trip and stays at a 温泉旅館, but its description says「スキー用具の貸出は有料です」—the ski equipment rental is paid, not free. This fails Lin's requirement for free equipment rental.
    • 3Tour ③ is a ski trip with free ski equipment rental, but the accommodation is a ビジネスホテル (business hotel), not a 温泉旅館. This fails Lin's requirement to stay at a hot spring inn.
    • 4Tour ④ is not a ski trip at all—it is a スケート (ice skating) day trip. It also does not offer overnight stays at a 温泉旅館 (it is a 日帰り旅行, a day trip). This fails multiple requirements.
    • 温泉旅館おんせんりょかん — hot spring inn; a traditional Japanese inn with hot spring baths
    • 貸出かしだし — lending, rental (of equipment, etc.)
    • 有料ゆうりょう — paid, requiring a fee
    • 無料むりょう — free of charge
    • ビジネスホテル — business hotel (simple, usually Western-style hotel)
    • 日帰り旅行(ひがえりりょこう) — day trip (going and returning on the same day)
  2. 2.キムさんは、「みんなで沖縄(おきなわ)4日間」の2月25日出発の旅行に参加する。料金を旅行社で支払う場合、いつまでに払わなければならないか。

    1. 1 2月18日
    2. 2 2月20日
    3. 3 2月22日
    4. 4 2月25日
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    Answer: 3. 2月22日

    Option 3 (2月22日) is correct. Kim is joining the tour departing on February 25 and will pay directly at the travel agency (旅行社で直接お支払いされる場合). The passage states: 「旅行社で直接お支払いされる場合、出発の三日前までにお願いします」—when paying directly at the travel agency, payment must be made by three days before departure. February 25 minus 3 days = February 22.

    • 12月18日 is one week before departure. This corresponds to the application deadline (お申し込み…出発の一週間前まで), not the payment deadline at the travel agency.
    • 22月20日 is five days before departure. This corresponds to the payment deadline when paying at a bank or convenience store (銀行またはコンビニの場合、出発の5日前まで), not when paying directly at the travel agency.
    • 42月25日 is the departure date itself. Payment must be made before departure (by three days prior), not on the day of departure.
    • 直接ちょくせつ — directly, in person
    • お支払い(おしはらい) — payment (honorific/polite form of 支払い)
    • 出発しゅっぱつ — departure
    • お申し込み(おもうしこみ) — application, registration (polite form of 申し込み)
    • キャンセル料(キャンセルりょう) — cancellation fee

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