N3 Reading · Test 47

Option 2 is correct. The passage states: 'この店は予約が取れないことで有名で' (famous for being impossible to get a reservation = popular), 'どれも本当においしく' (everything was truly delicious), 'サービスも一流だった' (service was first-class), and '値段も一流だよね' (the price was also first-class = expensive). Option 2 captures all of these: high price, popular, excellent taste and service.

• 1This option says the price is not high (値段は高くなく) and that taste and service are only so-so (まあまあ). The passage clearly states the food was '本当においしく' (truly delicious) and service was '一流' (first-class), and the price was also '一流' (expensive).
• 3This option says the service is not very good (サービスはあまり良くない). The passage explicitly states 'サービスも一流だった' (the service was also first-class), directly contradicting this option.
• 4This option says the price is cheap (値段も安く). The passage says '値段も一流だよね' (the price is also first-class), meaning it was expensive, not cheap.

• 予約が取れない（よやくがとれない） — cannot get a reservation (implies extreme popularity)
• 一流いちりゅう — first-class, top-notch
• 笑わらわせた — made (someone) laugh — causative form of 笑う

Option 3 is correct. Everyone was naming dishes from famous restaurants ('Tホテルのすし', 'レストランKで食べたステーキ'), so when Yamashita suddenly said 'おかゆ' (rice porridge — a very simple, everyday food), it was completely unexpected. The surprise came from the gap between the fancy restaurant dishes others mentioned and the humble おかゆ Yamashita named. Option 3 correctly states that he named a dish no one had anticipated.

• 1This option says he named a rare/unusual dish that no one had ever heard of (聞いたこともない珍しい料理). However, おかゆ (rice porridge) is a very common, well-known food in Japan — it is not rare or unheard of. The surprise was not because it was exotic, but because it was unexpectedly simple.
• 2This option says he was talking about おかゆ he ate at the restaurant today (今日レストランで食べたおかゆ). The passage does not mention anyone eating おかゆ at the French restaurant; they were discussing the most delicious food they had ever eaten in their lives.
• 4This option says he mentioned eating おかゆ when he had a 40-degree fever. While this backstory is explained in the following paragraph, the reason everyone was surprised was simply that he named おかゆ as the most delicious food — the fever story came as the explanation afterward, not as the cause of the surprise.

• びっくりしてしまった — was surprised (with the nuance of 〜てしまった indicating an unintended or strong reaction)
• 予想よそうもしていなかった — had not even anticipated / completely unexpected
• おかゆ — rice porridge / congee — a simple, plain food often eaten when sick

Option 4 is correct. The passage says '同じクラスの友達が様子を見に来てくれ、おかゆを作ってくれた' (a classmate friend came to check on him and made おかゆ). At the end, the narrator asks Yamashita's wife (彼の隣に座っている奥さん — the wife sitting next to him): 'その友達というのは、良子さん、君だったんじゃないの？' (That friend — wasn't it you, Ryōko-san?), and she confirms: '実は、そうなんです' (Actually, yes). So the friend who made the おかゆ was 良子さん, who is now Yamashita's wife.

• 1This option says it was 良子さんの友達 (Ryōko's friend). But the passage makes clear that 良子さん herself was the friend who made the おかゆ, not that one of her friends did it.
• 2This option says it was 「私」の友達の山下君 (the narrator's friend Yamashita). Yamashita is the one who ate the おかゆ, not the one who made it. He was sick in bed when a friend came to make it for him.
• 3This option says it was 「私」の奥さんの良子さん (the narrator's wife, Ryōko-san). But 良子さん is 山下君's wife (彼の隣に座っている奥さん = the wife sitting next to him, where 彼 refers to Yamashita), not the narrator's wife.

• 様子を見に来てくれ（ようすをみにきてくれ） — came to check on (someone's condition) — 様子 (state/condition) + 見に (to see) + 来てくれ (came for me, with くれる indicating a favor)
• 彼の隣に座っている奥さん（かれのとなりにすわっているおくさん） — the wife sitting next to him — 彼 (Yamashita) + 隣 (next to) + 座っている (sitting)

Option 1 is correct. The passage says: '初めて口に入れたのが、友達が作ってくれたおかゆだった...その時はそれが心からおいしいと感じられ、20年以上たった今でも忘れられないのだと言う。' The 'それ' (that) refers to the おかゆ, and '心からおいしいと感じられ' (felt it was truly delicious from the bottom of his heart) connects to '忘れられない' (cannot forget). What he cannot forget is the taste of the おかゆ that was made for him when he had a cold. Option 1 correctly identifies this as '風邪のときに作ってもらったおかゆの味' (the taste of the おかゆ made for him when he had a cold).

• 2This option mentions '卵や野菜が入った栄養いっぱいのおかゆ' (おかゆ full of nutrition with eggs and vegetables). The passage explicitly states '卵も野菜も何も入っていなかった' (no eggs, no vegetables, nothing was in it) — it was plain white rice porridge. This option directly contradicts the text.
• 3This option says what is unforgettable is the fact that a friend came to visit and made おかゆ (友達がおかゆを作って、見舞いに来てくれたこと). While the friend's visit is part of the story, the passage specifically links 忘れられない to the taste: 'それが心からおいしいと感じられ...忘れられない' — it is the taste of the おかゆ that is unforgettable, not the act of visiting.
• 4This option says what is unforgettable is that the おかゆ helped him recover from his cold quickly (おかゆのおかげで、早く風邪がよくなったこと). The passage does not state that the おかゆ cured his cold. It mentions that his fever finally went down (ようやく熱も下がり) and then he ate the おかゆ, but it does not claim the おかゆ was the cause of his recovery.

• 喉を通らなかった（のどをとおらなかった） — could not swallow anything / nothing would go down the throat (due to illness)
• ようやく — finally, at last
• 心こころから — from the bottom of one's heart, truly
• 忘わすれられない — unforgettable, cannot forget — potential-negative form of 忘れる