N3 Reading · Test 19

The email asks Yamada to do two things: (1) confirm the meeting schedule ('以下のように決まりました。ご確認ください' – 'it has been decided as follows. Please confirm'), and (2) notify Noguchi when the parts sample arrives ('部品のサンプルを郵送しましたので、届きましたらお知らせください' – 'I have mailed the parts sample, so please let me know when it arrives'). Option 2 correctly captures both actions: confirming the meeting schedule and contacting Noguchi when the parts sample arrives.

• 1'新製品が到着したら' is wrong. The email says '部品のサンプル' (parts sample) was mailed, not the '新製品' (new product) itself. The sample is a small piece for discussion, not the finished product.
• 3'会議で決まった内容を確認し' is wrong. The email asks Yamada to confirm the meeting schedule ('会議日程'), not the content/decisions of the meeting. The meeting has not happened yet; only its date/time/place have been decided. Also, '新製品が到着したら' is wrong for the same reason as option 1.
• 4'会議で決まった内容を確認し' is wrong for the same reason as option 3 – the email asks to confirm the schedule, not meeting decisions. The second half about the parts sample is correct.

• 確認（かくにん） — confirmation; to check/confirm
• 郵送（ゆうそう） — to mail; to send by post
• サンプル — sample
• 届く（とどく）（とどく） — to arrive; to be delivered
• お知らせください（おしらせください） — please let me know; please notify

The passage states '公園の半分以上が芝生になっていて' (more than half the park is lawn) and '休日には多くの人びとが公園に来る' (many people come to the park on holidays). Option 1 correctly summarizes these two facts: there is a large lawn area and many people come on holidays.

• 2'大きい池と小さい池が、二つずつある' means 'there are two each of large ponds and small ponds' (four total). The passage says '大小の二つの池があり' – there are two ponds total, one large and one small. The option misreads '二つの池' as '二つずつ'.
• 3'丸山市にはあまりない木や草が' means 'trees and grass that are rare in Maruyama city'. The passage says 'この土地に昔からある木や草' – trees and grass that have existed in this area since old times. These are native/local plants, not rare ones collected from elsewhere.
• 4'郊外にあって' means 'located in the suburbs'. The passage explicitly says '市の中心部にあるのに' – 'although it is in the city center'. The park is in the center, not the suburbs; it just gives a suburban feeling ('郊外へピクニックに出かけたような気分になれる').

• 芝生（しばふ） — lawn; grassy area
• 花見（はなみ） — flower viewing (especially cherry blossoms)
• 郊外（こうがい） — suburbs; outskirts
• 中心部（ちゅうしんぶ） — center (of a city)
• 気分（きぶん） — feeling; mood

The passage explains that the phrase '電車が好き' (I like trains) means different things to different children: some like only specific trains, some like watching running trains, and some like any train. The underlined sentence 'ことばが表す意味は一つではないのだ' (the meaning that a word expresses is not just one) summarizes this. Option 2, '一つのことばは、さまざまな内容を持っている' (a single word holds various meanings/contents), correctly captures this idea.

• 1'一つのことばは、一つのことしか表せない' means 'one word can only express one thing'. This is the opposite of what the passage says. The entire passage argues that one expression ('電車が好き') can mean multiple things.
• 3'言いたいことを伝えるのに、さまざまな言い方がある' means 'there are various ways to express what you want to say'. This is about different expressions for the same meaning, but the passage discusses the opposite: one expression with multiple meanings.
• 4'言いたいことを伝えるには、多くのことばが必要だ' means 'many words are needed to convey what you want to say'. The passage is not about needing more words; it is about a single word/expression having multiple interpretations.

• 表す（あらわす）（あらわす） — to express; to represent
• 意味（いみ） — meaning
• さまざま — various; diverse
• 決まった（きまった）（きまった） — fixed; specific; predetermined

The notice states '田村駅と村口駅の間の乗車時間は、これまでより、急行は5分…短くなります' – the riding time between Tamura Station and Muraguchi Station will be 5 minutes shorter than before for express trains. Option 3 says '田村駅から村口駅まで急行に乗ると、これまでより5分早く着く' (if you take the express from Tamura to Muraguchi, you arrive 5 minutes earlier than before), which matches this information exactly.

• 1'午前5時15分に、始発の電車が田村駅を発車する' is wrong. The notice says the first train departure time becomes '午前5時30分' (5:30 AM), not 5:15. The 15 minutes refers to how much earlier it became compared to the old schedule, not the new departure time itself.
• 2'始発から終電まで急行が10分ごとに運転される' is wrong. The 10-minute interval for express trains applies only '平日午前7時から9時の間' (on weekdays between 7 AM and 9 AM), not from first to last train.
• 4'12月1日から田村線のダイヤが変わる' is wrong. The notice is dated December 1, 2012, but the new timetable starts '2013年1月5日から' (from January 5, 2013). December 1 is merely the date of the announcement, not the effective date.

• ダイヤ — timetable; train schedule
• 始発（しはつ） — first departure (of the day)
• 急行（きゅうこう） — express train
• 各駅停車（かくえきていしゃ） — local train (stops at every station)
• 間隔（かんかく） — interval; spacing
• 乗車時間（じょうしゃじかん） — riding time; travel time