N4 Reading · Test 19

The passage states: 「本は、雑誌とマンガと授業のテキスト以外なら何でも良くて、大学の本売り場で買った本でなくてもいいそうです。」This means any book is fine as long as it is not a magazine, manga, or class textbook, and it does not even need to be purchased at the university bookstore. Option 4 correctly captures this: books other than magazines, manga, and class textbooks — any book is fine.

• 1This says only books bought at the university bookstore qualify. However, the passage explicitly says 「大学の本売り場で買った本でなくてもいいそうです」(it doesn't have to be a book bought at the university bookstore), so this is wrong.
• 2This says 'designated books (決められた本) sold at the university bookstore.' The passage says 「何でもいい」(any book is fine), so there are no designated books. Also, books do not need to be from the university bookstore.
• 3This says 'designated books (決められた本) other than magazines, manga, and class textbooks.' While the exclusion of magazines, manga, and textbooks is correct, the word 決められた (designated/specified) is wrong — the passage says 「何でもいい」(any book is fine).

• 雑誌ざっし — magazine
• 授業じゅぎょう — class, lesson
• テキスト（てきすと） — textbook (for class)
• 以外いがい — other than, except
• 何なんでもいい — anything is fine

The passage explains the system step by step: 「本を1冊読んで紹介文を1枚出すと、売り場の人がカードにはんこを1個押してくれます」— read 1 book and submit 1 introduction text to get 1 stamp. Then: 「はんこを10個集めたら500円のチケットが1枚もらえます」— collect 10 stamps to get one 500-yen ticket. Since each stamp requires 1 book and 1 introduction text, 10 stamps = 10 books and 10 introduction texts. Option 3 (10冊、10枚) is correct.

• 11 book and 1 introduction text only earns 1 stamp, not a 500-yen ticket. You need 10 stamps.
• 210 books is correct for the number of books, but only 1 introduction text is wrong — each book requires its own introduction text (1冊につき1枚), so 10 books need 10 texts.
• 4100 books is the 4-year goal from the poster (「4年で100冊」), not the requirement for one ticket. 10 introduction texts is correct, but 100 books is wrong.

• 紹介文しょうかいぶん — introduction/review text (about a book)
• はんこ — stamp, seal
• 集あつめる — to collect, to gather
• チケット（ちけっと） — ticket (voucher)

The relevant sentence is: 「だんだん速く読めるようになって、今ではいつも本を持って歩くようになりました。もらったチケットで新しい本を買うこともできたし、とてもいいやり方だと思いました。」The author became someone who reads regularly (always carries a book) and could buy new books with the tickets received. Option 2 captures both reasons: became a frequent reader and received tickets usable at the bookstore.

• 1This mentions 「プレゼント」(presents), but the passage never mentions presents — it mentions チケット (tickets/vouchers). This is a distractor using a similar-sounding concept.
• 3This says the author became better at writing (文章を書くのも上手になった). While the passage mentions that writing introduction texts was difficult (大変でした), it never says the author became good at writing. The passage focuses on reading speed and tickets.
• 4This says the author had their introduction texts posted at the bookstore (本売り場に紹介文をはってもらえた). The passage mentions that introduction texts were posted around the poster (ポスターの周りには学生が書いた紹介文もたくさんはってありました), but it does not say the author's own texts were posted.

• やり方（やりかた） — way of doing something, method
• 速はやく — fast, quickly
• 歩あるく — to walk
• プレゼント（ぷれぜんと） — present, gift
• 文章ぶんしょう — writing, text, composition

The poster's goal is 「読んでみよう。4年で100冊！」(Let's try reading — 100 books in 4 years!). The author says: 「始めたのはおととしの冬でスタートは遅れましたが、まだ卒業まで2年ありますから、頑張ればできると思っています」(I started in the winter of the year before last, so I got a late start, but I still have 2 years until graduation, so if I try hard, I think I can do it). The 'できる' (can do it) refers to achieving the goal of reading 100 books. Option 4 is correct.

• 1Becoming good at writing introduction texts is not mentioned as a goal. The passage says writing was difficult but never states this as the target the author hopes to achieve.
• 2Using all received tickets is not mentioned anywhere in the passage. The author mentions buying new books with tickets, but not using all of them.
• 3Becoming able to read fast is something the author has already achieved (「だんだん速く読めるようになって」), not something for the future. The 'できる' refers to a future goal, not an already-accomplished one.

• おととし — the year before last
• スタート（すたーと） — start
• 遅おくれる — to be late, to fall behind
• 卒業そつぎょう — graduation
• 頑張がんばる — to try hard, to do one's best