N3 Reading · Test 57

The passage describes the '失敗' (failure/mistake) as follows: the author bought a new book, started reading it at home, felt like they had read it before, checked the bookshelf, and found the same book already there. The second paragraph confirms: '読んだことがある本なのに、買ったことも内容も忘れているのです' (despite having read the book before, they forgot both buying it and its contents). This means the mistake was buying a book they had already read and forgotten about. Option 2 correctly captures this: forgetting having read it before and buying the same book again.

• 1This describes forgetting to read a newly bought book that's sitting on the shelf. The passage is not about forgetting to read a book, but about buying a duplicate of a book already read and owned.
• 3This says the person thought a book they don't own was on the shelf. The passage says the opposite: the book WAS on the shelf because they already owned it.
• 4This describes mistakenly thinking a first-time read was something read before. But the passage reveals the book genuinely had been read before—it was actually on the bookshelf, so the feeling was correct, not mistaken.

• 失敗しっぱい — failure, mistake
• 本棚ほんだな — bookshelf
• やっぱり — as expected, sure enough

The passage states: '面白くて感動した本だったときには、悔しいだけではなく自分が嫌になります。いいと思った本のことを忘れてしまった自分が情けないのです。' When the book was interesting and moving, the author not only feels regret but also comes to dislike themselves—because they forgot about a book they thought was good, which makes them feel '情けない' (pitiful/wretched). Option 3 correctly identifies this: despite having read and found the book interesting, they didn't remember it.

• 1This says the author re-read an interesting book and found it boring the second time. The passage never mentions re-reading and changing opinions; the issue is forgetting the book entirely.
• 2This says the author re-read a boring book and found it interesting. The passage does not discuss changing opinions about a book upon re-reading.
• 4This describes paying twice for a boring book, which makes the author feel '悔しい' (regretful), not '自分が嫌になる' (dislike oneself). The self-dislike specifically occurs when the book was interesting and moving, not boring.

• 自分が嫌になる（じぶんがいやになる） — to come to dislike oneself
• 情なさけない — pitiful, wretched, pathetic
• 感動かんどう — being moved/touched (emotionally)

The final paragraph states: 'これからも同じようなことをしてしまうかもしれません。でも、本を読むのは楽しいので、本屋通いはやめられそうもありません。' (I might make the same kind of mistake again. But reading books is enjoyable, so I probably won't be able to stop going to bookstores.) This shows the author accepts that mistakes may happen but intends to keep buying books. Option 4 captures this perfectly: there may be failures, but the author will continue buying books.

• 1The passage does not say the author will research before buying to avoid mistakes. In fact, the author says they 'might make the same mistake again,' showing no intention to change their behavior.
• 2The passage explicitly says the opposite: '本屋通いはやめられそうもありません' (I probably can't stop visiting bookstores). The author will NOT stop going to bookstores.
• 3This says the author will visit bookstores to 'come to like books,' but the author already loves books ('私は本が好きで'). The purpose is not to start liking books but to continue enjoying reading.

• 本屋通ほんやがよい — frequenting bookstores
• やめられそうもない — seems unable to stop/quit