N3 Reading · Test 35

Option 1 is correct. 「このような特徴」 refers back to the entire first paragraph, which describes two key points: (1) smells can recall past experiences along with the emotions of that time, more strongly than music or scenery, and (2) smells have the power to move the body and mind before one even consciously thinks about what the smell is. Option 1, '他の感覚よりも強く体や心に影響を与えること' (influencing the body and mind more strongly than other senses), captures both the comparison to other senses (音楽、景色) and the effect on 体や心.

• 2「運動したくなるような気持ちにさせること」 (making one feel like exercising) misinterprets 「体や心を動かす力」. Here 動かす means 'to influence/stir emotionally,' not 'to make someone want to do physical exercise.'
• 3「消費行動を強く起こさせること」 (strongly triggering consumer behavior) is an application/example of the characteristic described later in the passage (the supermarket example), not the characteristic itself that 「このような特徴」 refers to.
• 4「何のにおいかを考えさせること」 (making one think about what the smell is) is the opposite of what the passage says. The text states 「何のにおいかと考えさせる前に、体や心を動かす力がある」 — the power acts BEFORE one thinks about what the smell is, so making people think is not the characteristic.

• 特徴とくちょう — characteristic, feature
• 影響を与える（えいきょうをあたえる） — to influence, to affect
• 感覚かんかく — sense (sight, hearing, smell, etc.)
• 思い出させる（おもいださせる） — to make someone remember/recall

Option 3 is correct. The passage states: 「体や心を休ませたり、集中する力をつけたりするためにも使われるが、最近では次のような利用方法が増えている。」 The '次のような利用方法' that follows describes supermarkets using artificial smells (curry, flowers) to sell more products. Therefore, the recently increasing use is '商品を売るために利用する' (using smells to sell products).

• 1「体や心を休ませるために利用する」 (using smells to rest the body and mind) is mentioned in the passage, but it is presented as an existing use, not as the recently increasing one. The conjunction 「が」 after it shifts to the new trend.
• 2「集中する力をつけるために利用する」 (using smells to improve concentration) is also mentioned as an existing use, not the recently increasing one.
• 4「客に満足感を持たせるために利用する」 (using smells to give customers a sense of satisfaction) is part of the mechanism described — the smell recalls the satisfaction of eating — but it is not the purpose of the recent use. The purpose is to sell products, not to satisfy customers.

• 利用方法りようほうほう — method of use, way of utilizing
• 増ふえる — to increase
• 集中しゅうちゅうする — to concentrate, to focus
• 満足感まんぞくかん — sense of satisfaction

Option 2 is correct. 「そんな使い方」 refers to the recently increasing uses of smell described just before this sentence — specifically, using artificial smells in stores to sell products. The first concrete example given is: 「あるスーパーで、人工的に作られたカレーのにおいを売り場に流したら、カレーの材料がいつもより3割ぐらい多く売れたそうだ。」 Option 2, '食料品売り場に人工的なカレーのにおいを流す' (flowing artificial curry smell in the food section), directly matches this example.

• 1「客の目の前でおいしそうなカレーを作る」 (making delicious-looking curry in front of customers) is not mentioned. The passage is about using smell, not visual cooking demonstrations.
• 3「衣類の売り場にいいにおいの花を飾る」 (decorating the clothing section with nice-smelling flowers) is close but wrong. The passage says they flow artificial flower smell (人工的な花のにおいを流している), not decorate with actual flowers.
• 4「人工的な花のにおいのついた衣類を作る」 (making clothing with artificial flower scent attached) is not what the passage describes. The store flows the smell into the sales area to create an image; they do not make scented clothing.

• 人工的じんこうてき — artificial, synthetic
• 売り場（うりば） — sales area, section (in a store)
• 流ながす — to let flow, to spread (a smell through the air)
• 飾かざる — to decorate, to display

Option 3 is correct. The author's conclusion in the final sentence is: 「人工的なにおいを利用する可能性が広がることはいいことではあるが、本当のにおいも忘れないようにしたい。」 This means: 'It is a good thing that the possibilities for using artificial smells are expanding, but I also want to make sure we don't forget real smells.' Option 3, '人工的なにおいを利用するのもいいが、本当のにおいも大切にしたほうがいい' (using artificial smells is fine, but we should also value real smells), accurately captures this balanced stance.

• 1「においによって、不要な商品を買わされることがあるから、注意したほうがいい」 (you should be careful because smells can make you buy unnecessary products) is not the author's message. The author never warns about being manipulated into buying things; the concern is about losing touch with real smells.
• 2「においには不思議な力があるから、もっといろいろなところで利用したほうがいい」 (smells have mysterious power, so we should use them in more places) goes beyond what the author says. The author acknowledges the expanding use is good but does not actively advocate for more use.
• 4「人工的なにおいはなるべく使わないようにして、本当のにおいに慣れたほうがいい」 (we should avoid using artificial smells as much as possible and get used to real smells) is too extreme. The author says artificial smell use expanding is 'いいこと' (a good thing); they do not advocate avoiding it.

• 人工的じんこうてき — artificial, synthetic
• 可能性かのうせい — possibility, potential
• 広ひろがる — to expand, to spread
• 大切たいせつにする — to value, to cherish, to take care of
• 慣なれる — to get used to, to become accustomed to