JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
2017 SCHOOL YEAR
KANSAI
GRAMMAR & READING SECTION
Student Name:
______________________________________________
CONTENTS
This booklet contains the following sections:
Section 1
Error identification
15 Questions
40 minutes
Section 2
Choosing the appropriate words
15 Questions
Section 3
Choosing the best response to the
prompt
10 Questions
Reading
Comprehension
Reading A
5 Questions
Reading B
5 Questions
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Section 1: Error identification
INSTRUCTIONS
Find the mistakes in the following sentences.
If there is no mistake, choose option d), (no mistake).
Only ONE answer will be accepted.
If two or more answers are chosen for a question, ZERO points will be given for that question.
e.g. ‘Everyone knows that Osaka is more smaller than Tokyo.’
a) Everyone knows b) more smaller c) than Tokyo d) no mistake
The answer is b (more smaller).
Mark your answer on the sheet provided as indicated below (on the left).
THE CORRECT WAY THE INCORRECT WAY
FULL points ZERO points
If you have a problem, please ask for help.
Section 1
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
Section 1
1) Where do you all want to go tonight?
a) Where b) you all c) go tonight d) no mistake
2) I don’t know weather I am allowed to go to the concert with you tomorrow.
a) I don’t know weather b) allowed to go
c) with you tomorrow d) no mistake
3) I don’t feel like having bacon and eggs for a breakfast.
a) I don’t feel like b) bacon and eggs c) a breakfast d) no mistake
4) You don’t have to remove your shoes when you go inside the room.
a) You don’t have to b) shoes when
c) go inside the room d) no mistake
5) Kochi is a much less populated prefectures than Aichi
a) Kochi is b) much less
Section 1: Error identification
6) There schedule was not placed on the notice board.
a) There b) was not c) placed d) no mistake
7) Dominos Pizza is location just in front of the school, on the same side of the road.
a) is location b) in front of c) the same side d) no mistake
8) The students was not supposed to bring their wet umbrellas into the classroom.
a) The students was b) supposed to c) wet umbrellas d) no mistake
9) I haven’t been to school for at least in 3 weeks.
a) I haven’t been b) at least
c) in 3 weeks d) no mistake
10) She did not wore the new jacket when she went skiing.
a) did not wore b) when
11) He wanted to return Japan because he was really homesick.
e) wanted to f) return Japan g) homesick h) no mistake
12) I don’t have any excuse for forgetting to bring my homework today.
a) have any b) for forgetting
c) bring my homework d) no mistake
13) I almost always take the express train to school because the local train is takes too slow.
a) almost always
b) express train to school c) takes too slow
d) no mistake
14) He hardly ever gets the chance to talk English since he came back to Japan.
a) hardly ever b) talk English
c) came back to Japan d) no mistake
15) It is recommended that you remain seated during the ride.
a) It is recommended b) you remain
Section 2: Choosing the appropriate words
INSTRUCTIONS
Choose the appropriate word(s) to fill the blanks in the following sentences.
Only ONE answer will be accepted.
If two or more answers are chosen for a question, ZERO points will be given for that question.
e.g. ‘Everyone knows that Osaka is ____________ Tokyo.’
a) not bigger as b) not same c) smaller than d) more small than
The answer is c (smaller than).
Mark your answer on the sheet provided as indicated below (on the left).
THE CORRECT WAY THE INCORRECT WAY
FULL points ZERO points
If you have a problem, please ask for help.
Section 2
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
Section 2
1) I usually wake up at 6am ________ today I woke up at exactly 6am.
a) but b) and c) or d) for
2) I haven’t __________ in Japan since I was 8 years old..
a) live b) lives c) lived d) living
3) Japan is one of the countries which ____________ facing huge problems related to their aging population.
a) be b) will c) are d) is
4) The bus stop is ______________ the road from the school, right next to the restaurant.
a) next b) in front c) directly d) just across
5) None of the new students ___________ received their new passports yet.
Section 2: Choosing the appropriate words
6) I ________ to help my brother with his math homework because it was too difficult.
a) wasn’t able b) could easily c) managed easily d) couldn’t really
7) You are ________ to bring your cell phone to school, so please leave it at home
a) permitted b) not allowed c) not enabled d) required
8) Before I left my house today, I __________ the dog.
a) didn’t remember b) haven’t fed c) was not able to d) remembered to feed
9) Music is the __________ class in school.
a) most boringest b) more boringest c) most boring d) more boring
10) The man next to your father is the person ________ will drive you home today.
11) He was able to finish his exam ________ because he was good at math.
a) immediately b) quickly c) easy d) carefully
12) Jack is bored in the class because he ________ Chemistry.
a) isn’t interested in b) isn’t considering c) is not heavily involved d) is not particularly bored by
13) The teacher is a person ________ opinion I respect.
a) who’s b) who c) whos’ d) whose
14) ________ it was raining, we decided to go for a jog.
a) In case b) Although c) In spite of d) Despite
15) The student spoke so quietly that the teacher could ________ what she was saying.
Section 3: Choosing the best response to the prompt
INSTRUCTIONS
Choose the best response to the prompt.
Only ONE answer will be accepted.
If two or more answers are chosen for a question, ZERO points will be given for that question.
e.g. ‘Which city is bigger, Osaka or Tokyo?’
a) Osaka is not as big as New York. b) The city is bigger.
c) Osaka and Tokyo are bigger than Nagoya. d) Tokyo is bigger than Osaka.
The answer is d (Tokyo is bigger than Osaka).
Mark your answer on the sheet provided as indicated below (on the left).
THE CORRECT WAY THE INCORRECT WAY
FULL points ZERO points
If you have a problem, please ask for help.
Section 3
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
Section 3
1) Do you have any more chocolate ice-cream left over?
a) I have left ice-cream.
b) The ice-cream is strawberry flavor. c) I have some chocolate left over. d) I still have some ice-cream left.
2) Are you comfortable speaking English in front of a large audience?
a) I am afraid of large people. b) She is good at speaking English.
c) Not really, I am not good at speaking English. d) English is my favorite subject.
3) What is the best way to travel around Japan?
a) The best Japanese food is sushi. b) I have only been to Japan once.
c) You should visit Tokyo Tower in Japan. d) Using the ‘bullet train’ is the best way.
4) What does your mother do?
a) She is a pediatrician.
b) She likes to watch my baseball games. c) My mother needs to get more sleep.
d) He does a lot of work around the house and he works part-time at the school.
5) Excuse me, where is the nearest post office?
a) It takes about 5 minutes to get to the post office from here.
b) Going postal in this place would not be advisable since we are right next to a police station. c) The nearest one is just behind the train station.
Section 3: Choosing the best response to the prompt
6) I don't know why the answer she gave in this exam was correct. Can you explain why it was correct?
a) I don't know why, I can’t explain why the answer she gave was correct. b) She wrote the answer in Japanese so her answer was corrected
c) The correct answers were given to questions about the test. d) I was wrong to suggest that all answers could be correct.
7) Why wasn’t she able to understand what the teacher wanted?
a) She was not particularly understanding of the student’s plight. b) The teacher spoke too fast for her to catch what they said. c) What she wanted was for the teacher to understand her.
d) The teacher wanted her to be more understanding of other people’s feelings.
8) Haruko Okokata was once a celebrated scientist who did research at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology. She fell from grace after she published articles in the journal Nature.
a) She was accused of fabricating her experimental results because no one else could replicate them. b) The articles in the prestigious journal, Nature, made her admired all around the world.
c) She moved onto bigger and better things after her experiments were widely known.
d) Everyone associated with her talked about what a great scientist she was because of the articles.
9) Japan will host the Olympic Games in Tokyo in the year 2020 but some people are concerned about a few things related to hosting the Games.
a) People are excited about the large number of tourist that will boost the Japanese economy. b) Athletes believe that the Olympics in Tokyo will be much better than the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. c) Some people are worried that the cost of building the Olympic facilities is far too expensive. d) Prime Minister Abe will look good wearing a ‘Mario’ costume at the opening ceremony.
10) Donald Trump managed to win the electoral college vote in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. However, he lost the popular vote because of votes in large states like California and New York.
a) Donald Trump received more votes than anyone in the history of the United States. b) Hillary Clinton received about 3 million more votes that Donald Trump.
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Reading Comprehension
INSTRUCTIONS
Read the passages carefully and answer the questions on the following page.
Only ONE answer will be accepted.
If two or more answers are chosen for a question, ZERO points will be given for that question.
1 Osaka is a large city about 500 kilometers from Tokyo. It is bigger than other cities in the region but it still is much smaller than Tokyo.
e.g. ‘Which sentence best summarizes the content of the passage?’
a) Osaka is a large city in Japan, but it is smaller than Tokyo. b) Cities in Japan are large.
c) Tokyo is a wonderful city.
d) Osaka isn’t particularly far from Tokyo.
The answer is a (Osaka is a large city in Japan, but it is smaller than Tokyo).
Mark your answer on the sheet provided as indicated below (on the left).
THE CORRECT WAY THE INCORRECT WAY
FULL points ZERO points
If you have a problem, please ask for help.
Reading 4
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
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Reading A
Albert Einstein
Each paragraph below is numbered for your convenience.
1 Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. He came from a middle class Jewish family, his father was an engineer and salesman and his mother ran the household.
2 When he was 5 years old, his father showed him a compass. The compass fascinated the young Albert Einstein as the compass needle always pointed in the same direction. This experience had a deep impact on him. He realized that there were some unseen forces at work and it spurred his curiosity. This was his introduction to scientific inquiry.
3 Although many people have said that Einstein was a poor student who did very badly at school, this was not really true. He did exceptionally well in mathematics and science but he only got average grades for other subjects. He disliked his schooling in Germany though, as he thought that the rigid education system there destroyed student motivation for learning.
4 After he finished high school, Einstein went to a prestigious institution in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He appeared not to have liked the classroom setting very much. Though he graduated from the institute, he was the only one in his class not to be offered a position at the school. He eventually found work at a Swiss patent office in Bern.
5 While he was working at the patent office, he wrote and then published four scientific papers. The papers were about the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and the equivalence of matter and energy. These papers launched Einstein into worldwide fame, and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work.
6 After amassing a large body of scientific work, traveling the world and using his fame to promote peace and human rights, he died in 1955. He is considered the world’s greatest scientist of the 20th
Questions
1) Which sentence best summarizes the overall content of the passage?
a) Even though Albert Einstein was not a good student, he managed to become successful. b) The life of Albert Einstein, from his birth in 1879 to his death in 1955.
c) Bad students can eventually become successful scientists. d) Albert Einstein was the preeminent scientist of the 21st century.
2) Which of the sentences below most accurately describes the content of the second paragraph?
a) Every father should buy their children compasses.
b) Einstein was moved by unseen forces to become curious about science. c) Compass needles always point in the same direction.
d) Albert Einstein’s father’s compass inspired him to study science.
3) Which of the sentences below most accurately describes the content of the third paragraph?
a) Einstein was good at a few subjects but he wasn’t happy with the German education system. b) Albert Einstein thrived under the German education system.
c) Because Albert Einstein studied hard, he was successful at everything he did. d) Albert Einstein was a poor student who eventually became extremely successful.
4) What is implied in the fourth paragraph by Einstein not being offered a job at the institute?
a) Albert Einstein didn’t do very well at the institute so he wasn’t offered a job there. b) Einstein was already so successful that he didn’t want to work at the institute. c) German scientists weren’t welcome at the prestigious Swiss institute.
d) The institute didn’t want to hire someone from Germany.
5) Which of the sentences below best describes Einstein’s accomplishments?
a) Albert Einstein was the most famous scientist of the 21st century.
b) Albert Einstein wrote many important scientific papers and promoted peace around the world. c) Albert Einstein was able to overcome poor academic performance and succeed.
Reading B
The Louisiana Purchase
Each paragraph below is numbered for your convenience.
1. On April 30th, 1803, representatives of the United States and France finished negotiations for the "Louisiana
Purchase" - one of the largest and most important real estate deals in the history of the world. This deal
doubled the size of 19th-century America. Louisiana Territory - the area that was purchased - was much larger
than today's modern state of Louisiana. In fact, Louisiana Territory extended west from the Mississippi River to
the Rocky Mountains.
2. Long before America became an independent nation in 1776, France began exploring the Mississippi River
Valley. By the mid-18th century, it controlled more American territory than any other European power. In
1762, during the French-Indian War, France gave all of its territory west of the Mississippi River to Spain.
Spain, which had been losing influence and power on the world stage, did little to develop the Louisiana
Territory. In later years, Britain used its naval power to cut Spain off from America.
3. In 1891, Spain signed an agreement to return the Louisiana Territory to France. This caused a great deal of
worry throughout America. Many settlers depended on easy access to the river and to the important port city
of New Orleans. Many Americans worried that France, now under the strong leadership of Napoleon
Bonaparte, would interfere with this access and hinder American economic and territorial growth.
4. In response, American president Thomas Jefferson sent future president James Monroe to Paris to discuss the
possibility of purchasing the port city of New Orleans. The American delegation under Monroe responded with
great surprise when French Minister Talleyrand asked if the US would be interested in buying the whole of the
Louisiana Territory, and not simply New Orleans.
5. France had recently had to put down a slave revolution in Haiti. They were also about to engage in war with
Britain, and this, in addition to a probable British Naval blockade of French ports, meant that their financial
situation was going to worsen. They needed money, and the Louisiana Purchase would provide it.
6. In December 1803, France formally transferred authority over the Louisiana Territory to the United States. At
the mere price of less than 3 cents per acre, Thomas Jefferson's government acquired nearly one million square
miles of land.
7. The Louisiana Purchase significantly reduced European colonial control of America, while at the same time
encouraging American citizens to expand westward. In this sense, the event marked an important step in
Questions
1. Which sentence best summarizes the overall content of the passage?
a) The Louisiana Purchase was an important event in American history.
b) Napoleon Bonaparte made a great mistake by selling the Louisiana Territory
c) Thomas Jefferson was America's greatest president.
d) The Louisiana Purchase did not greatly change America.
2. Which sentence about the Louisiana Territory is false?
a) It included nearly 1 million square miles of land.
b) It was purchased from France.
c) It was basically the same size as the modern state of Louisiana.
d) At one point, it was controlled by Spain.
3. Which sentence best describes why Americans wanted the Louisiana Territory?
a) They were worried that France would attack Americans.
b) They thought Napoleon was a dangerous leader.
c) They wanted to increase America's size.
d) They wanted free access to the Mississippi River.
4. Which sentence best describes why France wanted to sell the Louisiana territory?
a) Napoleon liked Thomas Jefferson .
b) The territory was not rich in natural resources.
c) France was in financial trouble.
d) France needed all of its men to fight Britain.
5. Which sentence best describes the content of the final paragraph?
a) The Louisiana Purchase made Americans less safe.
b) America became a stronger military force than Europe.
c) The Louisiana Purchase helped to make America a stronger global power.
d) Many people were opposed to the Louisiana Purchase.
