N5 Reading · Test 5

The email says: わたしは あした 妹と スーパーの 近くに ある おかし屋へ買いに 行きます (Tomorrow, my younger sister and I are going to the sweet shop near the supermarket to buy (sweets)). The question asks when and where she will buy the sweets. The time is あした (tomorrow) and the place is おかし屋 (sweet shop). The スーパー is only mentioned as a landmark — the shop is located 近くに (near) the supermarket, but she is not buying at the supermarket itself. Therefore, option 2 (あした おかし屋で) is correct.

• 1This is wrong because she is going to the おかし屋, not the スーパー. The supermarket is only mentioned to describe the location of the sweet shop (スーパーの近くにあるおかし屋).
• 3This is wrong on both counts: the time is あした (tomorrow), not あさって (the day after tomorrow), and the place is the おかし屋, not the スーパー.
• 4This is wrong because the time is あした (tomorrow), not あさって (the day after tomorrow). あさって is mentioned in the email as the day of the 春山こうえん event, not the day she goes shopping.

• あさって — the day after tomorrow
• おかし屋（おかしや） — sweet shop, confectionery store
• スーパー — supermarket
• 近ちかく — near, nearby
• 妹いもうと — younger sister

The notice states that practice is from 4時 to 6時 on the 21st. Male students (男の学生) are told to come to 1ばんきょうしつ (Room 1). Female students go to 3ばんきょうしつ (Room 3). Then, from 5時, everyone practices together in 3ばんきょうしつ. So for a male student: from 4:00 he goes to 1ばんきょうしつ, and from 5:00 he joins everyone in 3ばんきょうしつ. This matches option 3: 4時からは 1ばんきょうしつ、5時からは 3ばんきょうしつ.

• 1This says the male student stays in 1ばんきょうしつ from 4時 to 6時, but from 5時 everyone moves to 3ばんきょうしつ for joint practice, so this is wrong.
• 2This says the male student is in 3ばんきょうしつ from 4時 to 6時, but male students are initially told to go to 1ばんきょうしつ. Only female students start in 3ばんきょうしつ.
• 4This reverses the rooms: it says the male student starts in 3ばんきょうしつ and moves to 1ばんきょうしつ, which is the opposite of what the notice says.

• れんしゅう — practice
• きょうしつ — classroom
• 男の学生（おとこのがくせい） — male student(s)
• 女の学生（おんなのがくせい） — female student(s)
• いっしょに — together

The passage tells us three things: (1) テキスト (textbook) was bought きのう (yesterday) — so she already has it. (2) じしょ (dictionary) was received from her お兄さん (older brother) — so she already has it. (3) ノート (notebook) and えんぴつ (pencil) will be bought 今日の午後 (this afternoon) — so she does NOT have them yet. The question asks what she もう持っている (already has), which is the テキスト and the じしょ. This matches option 1.

• 2ノート and えんぴつ are things she will buy this afternoon (今日の午後買いに行きます), so she does not have them yet.
• 3This includes ノート and えんぴつ, which she has not bought yet. She only already has the テキスト and the じしょ.
• 4This includes ノート and えんぴつ, which she has not bought yet. Only the じしょ and テキスト are already in her possession.

• テキスト — textbook
• じしょ — dictionary
• お兄さん（おにいさん） — older brother
• もらいました — received (from someone)
• ノート — notebook
• えんぴつ — pencil
• もう — already

Option 3 is correct. The question asks where Mori-san and 'I' ate cake ①きのう (yesterday). The passage says: ①きのう 森さんが あそびに 来ました ('Yesterday, Mori-san came to visit') and わたしは 森さんが 来る前に、「リボン」に ケーキを 買いに 行って、ばんごはんの あとで、いっしょに 食べました ('Before Mori-san arrived, I went to Ribbon to buy cake, and after dinner we ate it together'). Since Mori-san came to the narrator's home (あそびに来ました = came to visit/play), and they ate the cake they bought after ばんごはん (dinner), they ate at the narrator's うち (house/home).

• 1駅のきっさてん ('station café') is wrong. The passage mentions 駅の前にあるホテルのきっさてん (a hotel café in front of the station), but this is where they ate 先月 (last month), not yesterday. There is no separate 'station café.'
• 2ホテルのきっさてん ('hotel café') is wrong. This is where they ate 先月 (last month) — the café called 「リボン」. Yesterday, the narrator only went there to buy cake (買いに行って), then brought it home to eat.
• 4森さんのうち ('Mori-san's house') is wrong. The passage says 森さんがあそびに来ました (Mori-san came to visit (the narrator)), so Mori came to the narrator's home, not the other way around.

• きのう — yesterday
• あそびに来る（あそびにくる） — to come to visit/hang out
• 買いに行く（かいにいく） — to go to buy
• ばんごはん — dinner
• いっしょに — together
• うち — house/home

Option 4 is correct. The question asks why they said 「また『リボン』に行きましょう。」('Let's go to Ribbon again'). In the passage, the narrator notes that the same cake tasted better when they ate it at Ribbon last month than when they ate it at home yesterday (先月「リボン」で食べたケーキのほうがおいしかった). Mori-san explains why: 静かなホテルのきっさてんで きれいなおんがくを聞きながら食べたからですよ ('Because we ate while listening to beautiful music in the quiet hotel café'). In other words, the cake tastes better when eaten inside the café at Ribbon, thanks to the pleasant atmosphere. That is why they want to go back to Ribbon to eat there again.

• 1うちで作ったケーキはおいしくないから ('Because cake made at home isn't tasty') is wrong. They did not make cake at home — they bought it from Ribbon (「リボン」にケーキを買いに行って). The issue is not about homemade cake.
• 2また「リボン」のケーキを買いたいから ('Because they want to buy Ribbon's cake again') is wrong. They already bought Ribbon's cake and ate it at home. The point is not about buying cake but about eating it at the café, where the atmosphere makes it taste better.
• 3友だちといっしょに食べるケーキのほうがおいしいから ('Because cake eaten together with a friend is tastier') is wrong. They ate together with Mori-san both times — both at Ribbon last month and at home yesterday. Eating together does not explain the difference in taste.

• 静しずかな — quiet
• きっさてん — café/coffee shop
• おんがく — music
• 聞ききながら — while listening
• ほうが — (used for comparison) the one ... is more ...
• また — again