N3 Reading · Test 68

The underlined phrase こんな旅行 ('this kind of trip') refers back to what was just described in the previous paragraph: the writer usually gathers information and makes solid plans about three months in advance, but this time, lacking time, departed after only buying one guidebook. In other words, it was a trip taken without thorough planning. Option 4, しっかりした計画を立てずに行く旅行 ('a trip taken without making a solid plan'), captures this precisely.

• 1何も予約せずに行く旅行 ('a trip taken without making any reservations') is incorrect because the passage explicitly states they 急いで温泉旅館を予約しました ('hurriedly reserved a hot-spring inn'). They did make a reservation; what they skipped was the usual information-gathering and planning.
• 2友人と温泉旅館に泊まりに行く旅行 ('a trip to stay at a hot-spring inn with a friend') is a true detail from the passage, but it does not capture what makes this trip different from the writer's usual trips. The contrast emphasized is about planning, not about the destination or companion.
• 3三か月くらい前から情報を集めて行く旅行 ('a trip taken after gathering information from about three months before') describes the writer's USUAL style of travel, the opposite of こんな旅行. The passage says ふだん…三か月くらい前から…, でも今回は…, showing this is what they did NOT do this time.

• しっかり — firmly, solidly, thoroughly
• 計画を立てる（けいかくをたてる） — to make a plan
• ガイドブック（がいどぶっく） — guidebook
• 出発しゅっぱつ — departure

The word 失敗 ('failure/mistake') in the final paragraph refers to the main mishap described in the third paragraph: the writer wanted to see the sunset over the sea, took a bus to a famous coastal spot, but the trip took longer than expected and by the time they arrived it was already completely dark (すっかり暗くなっていました). They ended up just buying a postcard of the sunset at the station. Option 4, バスで海に沈む夕日を見に行ったのに、間に合わなかった ('went by bus to see the sun set into the sea, but couldn't make it in time'), matches this exactly.

• 1時間がなかったので、ガイドブックを一冊しか買わなかった ('because there was no time, only bought one guidebook') is a factual detail, but it is not presented as a 失敗. It is the reason for the unplanned style of travel, not a mistake or mishap that occurred during the trip.
• 2楽しみにしていたのに、あまり温泉に入れなかった ('was looking forward to it but couldn't get into the hot spring much') is not supported by the text. The passage says 一日目は温泉を楽しみ…, indicating they did enjoy the hot spring.
• 3旅館でゆっくりしすぎたので、あまり観光ができなかった ('relaxed too much at the inn, so couldn't do much sightseeing') is not mentioned. The passage says they did walk around town and attempted to visit the coast.

• 失敗しっぱい — failure, mistake
• 夕日ゆうひ — sunset
• 沈しずむ — to sink, to set (sun)
• 間に合う（まにあう） — to be in time, to make it

The final paragraph states: 失敗もいい思い出になりました。いつものような旅行のほうが安心ですが、たまにはこんな旅行もいいと思いました ('The failure(s) also became a good memory. The usual kind of trip is more reassuring, but I thought that once in a while, this kind of trip is nice too.'). This means the writer acknowledges there were failures but still enjoyed the trip, and thinks occasionally doing this kind of unplanned trip is fine. Option 3, 失敗があっても楽しかったので、時々は今回のような旅行をするのもいい ('even though there were failures it was fun, so occasionally doing this kind of trip is fine'), matches this sentiment.

• 1失敗があったので、これからはもう今回のような旅行はしたくない ('because there were failures, I don't want to do this kind of trip anymore') contradicts the passage, which says たまにはこんな旅行もいい ('once in a while this kind of trip is nice too').
• 2失敗を繰り返すのは嫌なので、これからはもう旅行はしないつもりだ ('because I don't want to repeat failures, I intend not to travel anymore') is far too extreme and not stated anywhere. The writer clearly enjoyed the trip.
• 4失敗する旅行が続くのは嫌なので、時々は計画的な旅行をするつもりだ ('because I don't want failing trips to continue, I intend to occasionally do planned trips') reverses the logic. The writer's USUAL trips are already planned ones; the new realization is that occasionally an unplanned trip is also nice.

• 安心あんしん — reassuring, worry-free
• たまに — occasionally, once in a while
• 思い出（おもいで） — memory, recollection