N4 Reading · Test 2

Option 3 is correct. The memo tells Yamakawa-san to call Yō-san (ヨウさんに電話をしてください). It also says that until 2 o'clock Yō-san will be in a meeting and cannot answer the phone (2時までは会議なので、電話に出られないそうです). Therefore Yamakawa must call Yō-san after 2 o'clock (2時すぎにヨウさんに電話をします).

• 1This says to call Yō-san by 2 o'clock, but Yō-san cannot answer the phone until 2 because of a meeting, so calling before 2 would not work.
• 2This says to send a fax by 2 o'clock. The memo asks Yamakawa to call, not to send a fax. The fax was already sent earlier (山川さんが送ったファックス).
• 4This says to send a fax after 2 o'clock. Again, the requested action is to call (電話をしてください), not to send a fax.

• 電話に出られない（でんわにでられない） — cannot answer the phone
• 〜すぎ — after ~ (time)
• 送おくった — sent (past tense of 送る)
• 質問しつもん — question

Option 4 is correct. In the email, John makes two requests: (1) tell the teacher about his absence (先生に伝えてください), and (2) lend him the class notes later (授業のノートを貸してくれませんか). Option 4 matches the second request: he asks Ali to lend him the class notes (明日の授業のノートを貸してほしい).

• 1John does not ask Ali to come to his house. He only mentions he has a fever and will go to the hospital himself.
• 2John does not ask Ali to go to the hospital together. He says he will go to the hospital and then to the university himself (病院に行ってから大学に行く).
• 3This is close to the first request, but it says 遅れる (be late), while the email says 休みます (be absent). John is not coming late—he is skipping the morning classes entirely. This subtle difference makes option 3 incorrect.

• 風邪かぜをひく — to catch a cold
• 午前中ごぜんちゅう — during the morning
• 授業じゅぎょう — class, lesson
• 休やすみます — to be absent, to take a day off
• 遅おくれる — to be late
• 貸かしてくれませんか — could you lend me...?

Option 1 is correct. The passage states: 一人で散歩に出かけました (went out for a walk alone) and 川の近くを1時間くらい歩きました (walked near the river for about an hour). This matches option 1: 川の近くを一人で歩きました (walked alone near the river).

• 2The passage says 時々座って休みながら (occasionally sitting to rest), not sitting for one hour. The one hour refers to walking, not sitting.
• 3The writer saw people walking dogs and jogging (犬と散歩している人やジョギングをしている人に会いました), but the writer did not jog with a dog. The writer walked alone.
• 4The writer ate breakfast at home after returning (家に帰ってから、朝ご飯を食べました), not near the river.

• 散歩さんぽ — walk, stroll
• 時々ときどき — sometimes, occasionally
• ジョギング（じょぎんぐ） — jogging

Option 1 is correct. The passage lists what was eaten for breakfast: パン (bread bought during the walk), 牛乳 (milk that was at home), ヨーグルト (yogurt that was at home), and りんご (apples received from a friend yesterday: 昨日友達からもらったりんごも食べました). Option 1 — apples received yesterday — matches this exactly. (Note: the 'い' in 'いりんご' is a transcription error for 'りんご'.)

• 2The bread was bought during the walk (散歩の途中で買ったパン), not made by the writer (自分で作ったパン).
• 3The yogurt was already at home (家にあったヨーグルト), not bought this morning (今朝買った).
• 4The milk was already at home (家にあった牛乳), not bought during the walk (散歩の時に買った). The bread was the item bought during the walk.

• 途中とちゅう — on the way, during
• 牛乳ぎゅうにゅう — milk
• ヨーグルト（よーぐると） — yogurt
• もらった — received (past tense of もらう)