N5 Reading · Test 2

The passage states 「わたしは、今日、友だちと 買い物に 行きました」(Today I went shopping with a friend) and explains the reason was to buy a DVD of a movie seen 3 months ago (「3か月前に 見た えいがの DVDが ほしかったからです」). Option 2 correctly captures that the writer went with a friend to buy a DVD.

• 1This says the writer went to WATCH a movie with a friend. The passage says they went shopping to BUY a DVD, not to watch a movie.
• 3This says the writer went to watch a movie with their older sister (姉). The writer went shopping with a friend, not to watch a movie with their sister.
• 4This says the writer went to buy a DVD with their older sister (姉). The passage clearly states they went with a friend (友だち), not with their sister. The sister is mentioned only as someone the writer will watch the DVD with later.

• 買い物（かいもの） — shopping
• DVD（ディーブイディー） — DVD (digital video disc)
• ほしかった — wanted (past tense of ほしい)
• 姉あね — older sister

The memo from Yamaguchi-sensei says: 「本は、わたしが あした かえしますから、わたしの 机の 上に おいて ください」(I will return the book tomorrow, so please put it on my desk). The question asks what Mori-san will do with the book AFTER making copies. The correct answer is option 4: place the book on Yamaguchi-sensei's desk. Note that わたし (my) in the memo refers to Yamaguchi-sensei, the memo's writer, so 'my desk' means Yamaguchi-sensei's desk.

• 1This says Mori will use the book in class. The passage does not say Mori uses the book in class; it only says the book is one used in class (クラスで使う本).
• 2This says Mori will give the book to Minami-san. The memo says to give the COPIES (コピー) to Minami-san, not the book itself. The question specifically asks about the book (本).
• 3This says Mori will return the book to Nakagawa-sensei. However, Yamaguchi-sensei explicitly says she herself will return it tomorrow (わたしがあしたかえします), so Mori should not return it.

• メモ（めも） — memo, note
• コピー（こぴー） — copy, photocopy
• わたして — hand over, deliver (te-form of わたす)
• かえします — will return (from かえす)
• おいて — put, place (te-form of おく)
• あとで — after (doing something)

The question asks why the narrator was troubled (どうして こまりましたか). In the passage, right after getting off the train, it says: 「外は 雨でしたが、わたしは かさが ありませんでした。とても こまりました。」(It was raining outside, but I didn't have an umbrella. I was very troubled.) This directly states the reason: it was raining and the narrator had no umbrella. Option 4, 「かさが なかったから」(because (I) didn't have an umbrella), matches this perfectly.

• 1おそい 時間に 駅に 着いたから (because (I) arrived at the station at a late time) — While the narrator did work late, the passage does not connect the late arrival time to being troubled. The trouble is explicitly linked to the rain and lack of an umbrella.
• 2しごとが たくさん あったから (because (I) had a lot of work) — The passage mentions working late but never says there was a lot of work, nor does it connect work volume to being troubled.
• 3とても つかれたから (because (I) was very tired) — The narrator was indeed very tired (とても つかれました), but this is mentioned as a separate fact earlier in the passage. The word こまりました (was troubled) appears right after the statement about rain and no umbrella, making that the direct cause.

• こまる — to be troubled, to be in a difficult situation
• かさ — umbrella
• おりる — to get off (a train, bus, etc.)
• つかれる — to get tired

The question asks what 'わたし' (the narrator) will do tomorrow. The station worker said: 「あした、あの はこに かえして ください。」(Tomorrow, please return (it) to that box.) The narrator responded: 「わかりました。」(Understood.) So tomorrow the narrator will return the borrowed umbrella to the box. Option 3, 「かさを はこの 中に 入れます」(put the umbrella in the box), correctly describes this action. The verb かえす (to return) here means putting the umbrella back into the box.

• 1お金を はこの 中に 入れます (put money in the box) — The station worker explicitly said 「お金は いりません」(no money is needed), so the narrator does not need to put money anywhere.
• 2お金を 駅の 人に わたします (hand money to the station person) — Again, the passage clearly states no money is required (お金は いりません), so this is incorrect.
• 4かさを 駅の 人に わたします (hand the umbrella to the station person) — The instruction was to return the umbrella to the box (はこに かえして ください), not to hand it to a station worker. This option confuses the destination of the return.

• かえす — to return something
• はこ — box
• いれる — to put in, to insert
• わたす — to hand over, to pass to someone
• みんなのかさ — everyone's umbrella (shared/community umbrella)

The question asks which day(s) all three items — トイレットペーパー (toilet paper), にく (meat), and やさい (vegetables) — are cheap at the same time. From the flyer: トイレットペーパー is on sale during 6月11日(月)〜14日(木). Under [毎週安い！] (cheap every week), にく and やさい are cheap on 水・木 (Wednesday and Thursday). Looking at the calendar: 6月13日 is 水 (Wednesday) and 6月14日 is 木 (Thursday) — both fall within the 6/11–6/14 toilet paper sale period AND are days when meat and vegetables are cheap. So option 2 is correct.

• 16月17日(日)と18日(月): 17日 is Sunday and 18日 is Monday. Toilet paper is only on sale 6/11–6/14, so neither day qualifies. Also, neither Sunday nor Monday is a 水・木 day for meat and vegetables.
• 36月15日(金)と16日(土): These dates fall in the second sale period (6/15–6/18), but that period features しょうゆ and ティッシュペーパー — not トイレットペーパー. Also, 金・土 offers パン、ぎゅうにゅう、魚、やさい (vegetables yes, but no にく/meat).
• 46月11日(月)と12日(火): These dates are within the toilet paper sale period (6/11–6/14), but 月・火 only offers くだもの、魚、ジュース — neither にく (meat) nor やさい (vegetables) is on sale on those days.

• 安やすい — cheap, inexpensive
• 毎週まいしゅう — every week
• 同じ日（おなじひ） — same day
• 買かいたい — want to buy
• トイレットペーパー（といれっとぺーぱー） — toilet paper
• にく — meat
• やさい — vegetables
• さとう — sugar
• しょうゆ — soy sauce
• ティッシュペーパー（てぃっしゅぺーぱー） — tissue paper
• くだもの — fruit
• 魚さかな — fish
• ジュース（じゅーす） — juice
• とうふ — tofu
• パン（ぱん） — bread
• ぎゅうにゅう — milk