N3 Reading · Test 44

Option 2 is correct. The passage explicitly states the reason: 「それは、自分と趣味が合う人を早く見つけて、その人と友達になるためだ」(It is in order to quickly find someone whose interests match mine and become friends with that person). Option 2 paraphrases this as 「なるべく早く、自分と趣味が合う友達を見つけたいから」(because he wants to find a friend with matching interests as soon as possible), which accurately captures the core reason.

• 1The passage never says that many people talk about anime during self-introductions. The author chooses to talk about anime for his own strategic reason, not because it is a common practice.
• 3The passage says the purpose is to find someone with matching interests and become friends (友達になるため), not to speak in Japanese (日本語で話したい). Japanese being poor (下手) is mentioned later as a side detail about Tom, not as the reason for talking about anime.
• 4The passage mentions that both the author and Tom were poor at Japanese (お互いに日本語は下手でも), but this is not given as the reason for talking about anime. The author can presumably talk about other things; he simply chooses anime as a strategy to find like-minded friends.

• 趣味が合う（しゅみがあう） — to share the same interests/hobbies
• 仲良なかよくなれる — can become good friends
• なるべく — as much as possible, if possible

Option 1 is correct. Chou clearly wants to participate in 茶わん作り (teacup making) — 「私は茶わんを作ってみたいのですが」— and then go to a café — 「そのあとは、近くにあるケーキがおいしい喫茶店へ行きませんか」. The exhibition is presented as optional: 「もし、エミリさんが見たければ、展覧会を見てもいいですよ」(If Emily wants to see it, it's okay to see the exhibition). Since the question asks what Chou wants to do together, the exhibition is not part of Chou's plan; only tea-bowl making and visiting the café are.

• 2This says Chou wants to see the exhibition after the café, but the exhibition is optional ( contingent on Emily's wish), not something Chou specifically wants to do.
• 3This includes all three activities, but the exhibition is not something Chou actively wants — it is offered as an option only if Emily is interested.
• 4This puts the exhibition before the café and makes it part of Chou's plan, but the text says 「そのあとは…喫茶店へ行きませんか」(after that, let's go to a café), and the exhibition is merely optional.

• 茶わん作り（ちゃわんづくり） — teacup/ceramic bowl making
• 展覧会てんらんかい — exhibition
• 見みたければ — if (someone) wants to see (it)

Option 1 is correct. The letter states: 「ご希望の日、現在「Meishi-10」をお使いになっているかどうかをお知らせください」— you must notify them of your desired date and whether you currently use Meishi-10. The question asks what you are told to definitely inform them of besides the desired date (希望日以外に必ず). The only other mandatory item is whether you use Meishi-10. The preferred time is optional: 「時間のご希望があれば、ご一緒にお知らせください」(if you have a preferred time, please let us know together), indicated by the conditional あれば (if there is).

• 2This includes 希望時間 (preferred time), but time is optional (「時間のご希望があれば」— if you have one), not mandatory. The question asks what you must (必ず) report.
• 3Other product catalog explanations are mentioned separately (「なお、他の製品カタログも…」) and are not part of the mandatory requirements for requesting an explanation of the new product.
• 4This includes both other-product interest and preferred time, neither of which is mandatory. Time is conditional, and other-product explanation is a separate optional inquiry.

• ご担当者様（ごたんとうしゃさま） — To the person in charge (formal addressee)
• 伺うかがいたい — would like to visit/humbly ask (humble form of 訪問する/聞く)
• 必かならず — without fail, definitely

Option 2 is correct. The passage states that for women, the most common is 食後 (72%), and the next most common is 食前と食後. This means 食前と食後 ranks second for women, so it must be more common than 食前 (which ranks third or lower). Therefore 「女性は『食前と食後』に磨く人が『食前』に磨く人より多い」is true.

• 1False. For males, 食後 is the most common at 64%, and 食前 is only the second most common. So 食前 is less than 食後, not more.
• 3False. For males, 食後 alone is 64%, and there is also 食前と食後 to account for. 食前 must be well under 60% (at most around 36% minus whatever 食前と食後 accounts for). The claim that 食前 is over 60% for both genders is unsupported and contradicted by the data.
• 4False. The passage says that as age increases, 食後 decreases and 食前 increases, but it also explicitly states 「各年齢で一番多いのはやはり『食後』だった」— 食後 remains the most common in every age group. So 食前 never surpasses 食後; it only gains a larger share.

• 食前しょくぜん — before a meal
• 食後しょくご — after a meal
• 割合わりあい — proportion, ratio
• にしたがって — as (something changes/progresses), in proportion to