N3 Reading · Test 62

Option 3 is correct. In the email, Kobayashi writes that she started attending a dance class again and will perform in a recital (発表会) next month. She then provides the date, time, and venue, and says she will give tickets to anyone who can come (来ていただける方にはチケットを差し上げます). The main purpose of the email is to invite her friends to come watch the recital she is performing in. Option 3, '私が出るダンスの発表会を見に来ませんか' (Won't you come see the dance recital I'm performing in?), captures this perfectly.

• 1Option 1 says 'Won't you perform in the dance recital together with me?' (いっしょに出ませんか). This is wrong because Kobayashi is inviting her friends to watch, not to perform. She is the one performing.
• 2Option 2 says 'Won't you attend the same dance class as me?' (同じダンス教室に通いませんか). This is wrong because the email is not about recruiting classmates; it is an invitation to a recital.
• 4Option 4 says 'Won't you go watch a dance performance together with me?' (いっしょにダンスを見に行きませんか). This is wrong because Kobayashi is not inviting them to go watch together; she herself is performing and is inviting them to come see her.

• 発表会はっぴょうかい — recital, performance event
• 差し上げる（さしあげる） — to give (humble form of あげる)
• ごぶさたしています — It's been a while (greeting used when you haven't contacted someone for a long time)

Option 2 is correct. The notice asks all refrigerator users to do two things by August 3: ① Write your name on your own items (名前がない物は捨てます), and ② Don't leave items inside that would be problematic if taken out, such as ice cream (外に出しておくと困る物は、中に入れておかない). Option 2, '自分の物に名前を書き、掃除中に出されると困る物は入れておかないようにする' (Write your name on your things, and don't leave items that would be troublesome if taken out during cleaning), accurately summarizes both requests.

• 1Option 1 says to write your name and then contact Mori to confirm you've finished organizing your things. The notice does not ask users to report when they've finished; the contact request at the bottom is only for people who want to help with the cleaning.
• 3Option 3 says to throw away your expired items yourself and take everything else out. The notice says expired items will be thrown away by the cleaner (名前があっても捨てます), not that users must throw them away themselves. Also, users are not asked to take all their items out—only items that would be problematic outside should not be left inside.
• 4Option 4 says to throw away expired items yourself and contact Mori about whether you can help. Again, users are not asked to throw away expired items themselves, and the contact request is only for those willing to help with cleaning, not for all users.

• 消費期限しょうひきげん — expiration date, consumption deadline
• ご協力（ごきょうりょく） — cooperation (polite)
• 困こまる — to be troubled, to be problematic

Option 4 is correct. The passage states that for people who don't understand directions at all, starting with detailed route explanations often doesn't work well (細かい道順の説明から始めても、うまく伝わらないことが多い). So the officer first gives an overall image, such as 'It takes about 5 minutes, but the route is a bit complex' (全体のイメージが伝わる説明をし), and then gives detailed explanations after preparing the listener mentally (詳しい説明の前に心の準備をしてもらう). Option 4, '道順について全体のイメージを伝えてから、詳しい内容を説明する' (Give the overall image of the route first, then explain the details), matches this exactly.

• 1Option 1 says 'Explain the route in detail and carefully until the person understands.' The passage says the opposite: starting with detailed explanations does not work well for these people, so the officer avoids this approach.
• 2Option 2 says 'Explain various routes while watching the person's condition.' The passage does not mention observing the listener's condition or offering multiple routes; it describes a specific two-step approach.
• 3Option 3 says 'Explain the detailed route first, then give the overall image of the destination.' This reverses the order. The officer gives the overall image first, then the details.

• 工夫くふう — to devise, to figure out a clever method
• 道順みちじゅん — route, directions
• 心の準備（こころのじゅんび） — mental preparation
• 交番こうばん — police box

Option 4 is correct. The author recalls that as a child, the narrow slope leading to their house felt very long and tiring. But when they revisited it as an adult, they were surprised to arrive at the house much sooner than expected from the main road, realizing the slope was actually quite short (大通りから思ったより早く家に着いてしまい、あの坂道は実はこんなに短かったのだなと思った). The author concludes that the world looks bigger through a child's eyes. Option 4, '昔は長いと思っていたこの坂道を、今はとても短く感じたから' (Because the slope that used to seem long now feels very short), captures the reason for the surprise.

• 1Option 1 says 'Because even walking it as an adult, the slope still seemed long.' This contradicts the passage, which says the author was surprised at how short it actually was.
• 2Option 2 says 'Because they remembered that they too had thought the slope was short as a child.' The passage says the opposite: as a child the author thought it was long, not short.
• 3Option 3 says 'Because they realized they could reach the house without going through this long slope.' The passage does not mention an alternative route; the surprise was about the slope's actual short length.

• 大通おおどおり — main street, broad road
• 坂道さかみち — slope, hill road
• 納得なっとく — understanding, being convinced
• こぐ — to pedal (a bicycle), to row