N4 Reading · Test 22

Option 4 is correct. In the memo, Ishikawa says she is leaving the book she borrowed from Ali (to return it), and also leaving books that Ali said she wanted to borrow (アリさんが借りたいと言っていた本). Because they are heavy, Ishikawa only brought 2 books today. She says 来週、ほかの3冊を持ってきます — next week she will bring the other 3 books. Since those 3 books are ones Ali wants to borrow, Ishikawa is lending 3 books to Ali next week. 貸かす means 'to lend,' so option 4 (アリさんに本を3冊貸します) is correct.

• 1This says Ishikawa will return 2 books to Ali next week. However, the book being returned was already left on the desk today, and the 2 books brought today are not described as returns. The 3 books coming next week are ones Ali wants to borrow, not books being returned.
• 2This says Ishikawa will return 3 books to Ali next week. The 3 books being brought next week are ones Ali wants to borrow (借りたい), so they are being lent, not returned. Also, the returned book was already placed on the desk today.
• 3This says Ishikawa will lend 2 books to Ali next week. The correct number is 3 (ほかの3冊), not 2. The 2 books were brought today, not next week.

• 借かりる — to borrow
• 貸かす — to lend
• 返かえす — to return (something borrowed)
• 持もってくる — to bring
• 〜しか〜ない — only (with negative verb)

Option 3 is correct. The notice states that playing with balls (ボールを使って遊ぶこと) is prohibited inside the park. Soccer (サッカー) is a sport that uses a ball, so practicing soccer would fall under this prohibition. Therefore, サッカーの練習をしてはいけません (you must not practice soccer) is something we can learn from the notice.

• 1This says you may enter the park at 10 PM. The notice clearly states the park is open from 6 AM to 9 PM (午前6時から午後9時), and entry is not allowed outside those hours. 10 PM is after 9 PM, so this is wrong.
• 2This says you must not park motorcycles at the entrance. The notice actually says the opposite — bicycles and motorcycles must be parked at the entrance (入り口にとめてください). So parking there is required, not prohibited.
• 4This says smoking is allowed. The notice explicitly lists たばこを吸うこと (smoking) as something you must not do inside the park. So this is wrong.

• 注意ちゅうい — caution, warning, things to be careful about
• 開あく — to be open
• とめる — to park (a vehicle)
• 練習れんしゅう — practice
• 吸すう — to smoke / to suck

Option 2 is correct. The current appointment is tomorrow, the 30th. Yamada-sensei asks to change it to the 31st at 3 PM (約束を31日の午後3時に変えられませんか). Since the 31st is the day after tomorrow (あさって) relative to the 30th, Tom needs to inform Yamada whether the appointment can be changed to the day after tomorrow. The email ends by asking Tom to reply (返事をください), so Tom must let Yamada know whether this change is possible.

• 1This asks whether the appointment can be changed to tomorrow (明日). The appointment is already scheduled for tomorrow (the 30th); Yamada wants to change it to the 31st, not keep it on the 30th.
• 3This says Tom must inform Yamada of his tomorrow afternoon schedule. While Tom's availability is relevant, what Yamada specifically asks is whether the appointment can be moved to the 31st at 3 PM — not for a general report of tomorrow's schedule.
• 4This says Tom must inform Yamada of his day-after-tomorrow morning schedule. The proposed new time is the 31st in the afternoon (午後3時), not the morning, so this is wrong.

• 約束やくそく — appointment, promise
• 会議かいぎ — meeting, conference
• 都合つごう — convenience, schedule
• 返事へんじ — reply, response
• あさって — the day after tomorrow

Option 3 is correct. The passage says Ishida writes introduction articles about good books for the library's newspaper (図書館の新聞によい本の紹介文を書いたり). Option 3 says she searches for introduction articles that appear in a newspaper (新聞にのっている、よい本の紹介文をさがします) — this is a different activity. She writes the articles herself; she does not search for articles in a newspaper. Therefore, this is not her job.

• 1This says she introduces books to people who come for consultation. The passage says she receives consultations about books (本についての相談を受けたり), so introducing books to those people is part of her job. This is not the answer.
• 2This says she thinks about where to place books. The passage explicitly states she thinks about where to put which books (どこにどの本を置くのがいいか考えたり). This is her job, so it is not the answer.
• 4This says she reads various picture books to small children. The passage says she reads picture books to small children (小さな子どもたちに絵本を読んだり). This is her job, so it is not the answer.

• 相談そうだん — consultation, advice-seeking
• 紹介文しょうかいぶん — introduction article/review
• 絵本えほん — picture book
• 載のる — to be published/appear (in a newspaper, etc.)
• 探さがす — to search for, to look for