N4 Reading · Test 9

The correct answer is 4: かざられることになりました. The sentence means 'From May 3rd (Friday) for three days, it has been decided that my photos will be displayed at G Department Store.' Tom is announcing a future event that has been arranged/decided. The pattern 〜ことになる (become decided that ~) is used for decisions or arrangements about future events, often made by an organization or external party. The passive かざられる (be displayed/decorated) is correct because 私の写真が is the subject — the photos don't display themselves; they are displayed by someone. Together, かざられることになりました means 'it has been decided that (my photos) will be displayed.'

• 1かざられました is passive past tense ('were displayed'). This event has not happened yet — it starts on May 3rd, which is in the future ('もうすぐ5月'). Past tense is inappropriate here.
• 2かざられたでしょう is passive past + conjecture ('were probably displayed'). This combines past tense (wrong, it's a future event) with speculation, which doesn't fit Tom's announcement of a confirmed arrangement.
• 3かざられることでした is ungrammatical. The pattern 〜ことになる requires になる (become), not でした (was). This form is not a valid construction for expressing a decision or arrangement.

• かざる — to decorate, to display (e.g., photos on a wall)
• 〜ことになる — it has been decided that ~ (used for arrangements/decisions, often by an external party)
• 選えらばれる — to be selected/chosen (passive of 選ぶ)

The correct answer is 1: それで. The preceding sentences explain that Tom's photo was selected for display at G Department Store. The sentence with (22) says '___, I'd really like you to see it too, but how is your schedule?' それで ('so, therefore') connects the cause (my photo was selected) with the result/request (I want you to come see it). It expresses a natural consequence: 'So, I'd like you to see it too.'

• 2しかし ('however') expresses contrast. There is no contradiction between 'my photo was selected' and 'I want you to see it' — they are cause and result, not opposing ideas.
• 3それから ('and then, after that') expresses temporal sequence (one thing happening after another). The relationship here is not sequential but causal — the selection is the reason for the invitation.
• 4たとえば ('for example') introduces an example. Tom is not giving an example of anything; he is making a request based on the good news.

• それで — so, therefore, because of that (connects cause to result)
• しかし — however, but
• それから — and then, after that
• たとえば — for example

The correct answer is 1: 選ばれたんですか. Mori is replying to Tom's email in which Tom told her his photo was selected. Mori responds with surprise and confirmation: 'Your photo was selected?' followed by 'すごいですね。おめでとうございます。' The んですか form (explanatory のです in question form) shows engagement with the information Tom just shared — it conveys 'So it was selected, was it?' with a tone of impressed confirmation. This naturally leads to congratulating him.

• 2選ばれたからですか means 'Is it because it was selected?' The から here indicates reason/cause, but Mori is not asking about a reason for something. She is reacting to the news itself.
• 3選ばれたそうですよ uses そうだ (hearsay: 'I heard that ~') and よ (telling the listener something new). This is inappropriate because Mori learned this directly from Tom, not from a third party. Also, よ implies telling Tom something he doesn't know, but Tom is the one who told her.
• 4選ばれたようですよ uses ようだ (conjecture: 'it seems that ~'). Mori doesn't need to guess or speculate — Tom explicitly told her his photo was selected. This form is for when you infer something, not when you've been directly informed.

• 〜んですか — explanatory question form; shows engagement/confirmation about something just learned
• 〜そうだ（伝聞）（〜そうだ（でんぶん）） — I heard that ~ (hearsay; used for information from a third party)
• 〜ようだ — it seems that ~ (conjecture based on observation/inference)

The correct answer is 3: が. The sentence is 'トムさんがとった写真はまだ見たことがないので、見てみたいです' = 'I haven't seen the photos that Tom took yet, so I'd like to see them.' In the relative clause トムさん（　）とった modifying 写真, トムさん is the subject (the one who took the photos). In relative clauses (連体修飾節), the subject is typically marked by が, not は. The structure is: [トムさんがとった]写真 = 'photos that Tom took.'

• 1に marks indirect objects, destinations, times, etc. It cannot mark the subject (the person who took the photos), so トムさんにとった写真 is ungrammatical here.
• 2を marks the direct object of a transitive verb. In a relative clause modifying 写真, the object (写真) is already the head noun being modified — it has been 'raised' out of the clause. You cannot use を to mark the subject トムさん.
• 4は is generally avoided in relative clauses (連体修飾節). While は can sometimes appear in relative clauses in certain contexts, が is the standard and most natural choice for marking the subject of a modifying clause. Using は here would sound unnatural.

• が（連体修飾節の主格）（が） — ga marking the subject inside a relative clause (modifying clause)
• とった — took (past tense of とる, to take [a photo])

The correct answer is 2: 行こうと思います. Mori is writing about her own plan: 'On the afternoon of May 4th, I'm thinking of going to G Department Store to see (the photos).' 行こうと思います ('I'm thinking of going') uses the volitional form 行こう + と思う to express the speaker's own intention — exactly right for Mori talking about her plan. She uses 行く (go) because from her perspective, she is going TO the department store. The full phrase 見に行こうと思います means 'I'm thinking of going to see (it).'

• 1行ってください ('please go') is an imperative directed at someone else. Mori is talking about her own plan, not telling Tom to go.
• 3来てください ('please come') is an imperative directed at someone else, and uses 来る (come) which would be from Tom's perspective. Neither the imperative nor the verb direction fits.
• 4来ようと思います ('I'm thinking of coming') uses 来る (come), which would mean Mori is speaking from Tom's/the department store's perspective. Since Mori is the one traveling to G Department Store, she should use 行く (go), not 来る (come). The direction of movement is away from Mori's location.

• 〜（よ）うと思う（〜（よ）うとおもう） — I'm thinking of doing ~ (expresses the speaker's own intention/plan)
• 行いく — to go (used when moving away from one's own location)
• 来くる — to come (used when moving toward the speaker's or listener's location)
• 見に行く（みにいく） — to go to see [something]