SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
2017 SCHOOL YEAR
KANSAI
GRAMMAR AND 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) Whose going to be held responsible for the mess in the classroom?
a) Whose
b) held responsible c) mess in the classroom d) no mistake
2) Her father was pleasantly surprised by her twin brother’s extraordinary good exam results.
a) was pleasantly surprised b) her twin brother’s c) extraordinary good d) no mistake
3) Can you explain why you haven’t done all of your assigned work yet?
a) why
b) haven’t done c) yet?
d) no mistake
4) It wasn’t unreasonable of him to suggests that he stay to work on his project,
a) wasn’t unreasonable b) to suggests that c) work on his project d) no mistake
5) He couldn’t fathom why he took such as a long time to answer the questions.
a) couldn’t fathom b) took such as a
Section 1: Error identification
6) Over the past year, their grades has shown marked improvement.
a) Over the b) grades has
c) marked improvement d) no mistake
7) As soon as I get back from Utah, I plan to study much more hardly in my English classes.
a) As soon as
b) much more hardly c) my English classes d) no mistake
8) Buy this time tomorrow, I will have had three weeks of French lessons.
a) Buy this time b) have had c) French lessons. d) no mistake
9) In order to get into Harvard University, he needed exceptionally grades and test scores.
a) In order to
b) into Harvard University
c) exceptionally grades and test scores d) no mistake
10) None of the mainstream political pundits predicted that Donald Trump would win the election.
a) None of the
11) Despite of the enormous cost of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, people are looking for to it.
a) Despite of
b) enormous cost of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics c) looking for to it.
d) no mistake
12) In most Asian countries, it is customary to remove your shoes before entering someone’s home.
a) In most
b) it is customary c) before entering d) no mistake
13) John has managed to receive as same scores as Jane on the History exam last week.
a) has managed to b) as same scores as c) History exam last week d) no mistake
14) The sheer enormity of the task before him was to overwhelming so he panicked and ran away.
a) sheer enormity b) was to overwhelming c) panicked and ran away d) no mistake
15) The two sides were embroiled in a heated argument so the teacher thought she should intervene.
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
3) Kenji made a lot of ____________ mistakes on the grammar test.
a) careful b) carefree c) careless d) caring
2) My teacher recommended that I ____________ in order to improve my English.
a) studying abroad b) go overseas c) travel to overseas d) travel abroad to
3) Brigham Young University is a private university ____________ Provo, Utah.
a) located in b) situated at c) founded in d) designated by
4) I was watching the World Cup last night. I ________ slept at all yesterday.
a) just a bit b) only c) hardly d) very little
5) the fact that it was so cold outside, he just wore a pair of shorts.
Section 2: Choosing the appropriate words
6) Marie Curie, ____________ November 7th, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher.
a) was raised on Warsaw in b) was raised in Warsaw on c) was born in Warsaw on d) was born on Warsaw in
7) Matsuo Bashō's poetry is ____________.
a) culturally significance b) infamous around the world c) indisputably
d) internationally renowned
8) Tokyo University is ____________ the most prestigious university in Japan.
a) thought to be in b) generally regarded as c) considered not as d) said by many people
9) The teacher asked him a good reason for not bringing his homework to school.
a) to gave b) for the c) he could give d) if he had
10) You won’t need an extra ticket you just stay on this train.
11) The earthquake on March 11th, 2011 ____________ earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and one of the five
most powerful earthquakes in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
a) have been the greatest b) is the highest power
c) was the most powerful known d) was by far the strongest ever
12) ____________ he had taken the medication, he still felt extremely nauseous and dizzy.
a) Despite b) Regardless c) Even though d) Irrespective
13) It is with great regret that I announce ____________ from the position this year.
a) my resignment b) my resignation c) my acquittal d) I’m quitting from
14) The police detectives couldn’t ____________ the true cause of the accident.
a) ascribe b) assumption c) ascertain d) aspirate
15) The ____________ for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 was much smaller than the current projected cost for the event.
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) Did you hear the news? There was another huge earthquake in the Tohoku region of Japan.
a) Yes, I did hear about it.
b) No. The enormity of the earthquake was all over the news. c) No, I didn’t hear about it. The epicenter was Sendai.
d) Yes and I think that people in the region will rejoice upon hearing the news.
2) How can I find the results of today’s exam?
a) The exam results will be posted on the notice board next Friday. b) I don’t have the answers for the exam now.
c) You will find the exam room in the infirmary on the 2nd floor.
d) You don’t have to worry about the confidentiality of the exam results.
3) Donald Trump has just won the Presidential election in the United States of America.
a) Barack Obama replaces him as President of the United States in 2017. b) He continued to be second to Hillary Clinton in his next term.
c) Donald Trump Junior will be sworn into office after his father becomes the President. d) He will assume his new role after his inauguration day on January 20th, 2017.
4) Japan’s large elderly population is going to cause huge problems for the pension system soon.
a) There are enough young people to sustain the budget for the pension indefinitely.
b) It’s entirely possible that it will become bankrupt because there are too many elderly people. c) There aren’t enough elderly people to receive the pension money from the government. d) Huge pensions for overweight elderly people is costing the government too much money.
5) Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann told the world that they had discovered ‘cold fusion’. Unfortunately, hopes for a new, cheap and safe energy source were dashed.
a) Other scientists were never able to replicate the results obtained by Pons and Fleishmann. b) New cell phones utilize this technology to extend their battery life.
6) Global warming deniers have long-claimed that there is some sort of conspiracy to falsify scientific results and that climate change is just a hoax.
a) The hoaxes are proof that climate change is a real scientific phenomenon.
b) Conspiracy theorists have agreed to the validity of the scientific evidence about climate change. c) Despite this, an overwhelming majority of scientists believe there is made-made climate change now. d) They think that their claims will support the conspiracy and prove the existence of climate change.
7) Cloning has always been a controversial topic. Even after Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997.
a) There are no longer any supporters for cloning.
b) An ethical concern is that it took hundreds of failed attempts to become successful.
c) After Dolly was cloned many pet owners have paid thousands to have their pets cloned too. d) After the successful cloning, everyone now supports further experimentation into cloning.
8) Generating power using nuclear power plants has been a controversial policy position for the Japanese government, especially after the March 11th, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
a) Everyone agrees with the stance taken by the government in reopening the nuclear power plants. b) The Japanese people are unanimously supporting the current administration’s energy policy.
c) Government officials are all backing the idea to replace nuclear power plants with alternative energy. d) The policy has the Japanese people divided with many people on both sides with valid arguments.
9) The 2020 Olympic Games are due to be held in Tokyo, Japan but unfortunately the cost to host the Olympics has skyrocketed to six times the original estimate of 2.5 billion dollars.
a) A skyrocket will be launched at the Tokyo Olympic Games which is expected to be very expensive. b) The cost of construction, security and staffing is expected to be in excess of 15 billion dollars. c) The accuracy of the original estimate for the Olympic Games was better than expected.
d) The Japanese electorate is quite happy with the budget estimates for the Olympic Games.
10) The game, ‘Pokemon Go’ was incredibly popular when it was launched. However, it hasn’t been able to sustain the tremendous growth it had in the first couple of months just after its release.
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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
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Reading 4
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Reading A
Oda Nobunaga
1. Oda Nobunaga is one of the most famous people in Japanese history. He fought to unify Japan under his rule but died before he could accomplish this goal.
2. He was born in 1534 in Owari Province, which is known today as Aichi Prefecture. His father was a respected warlord who died in 1551. Nobunaga was said to have acted very badly at his father’s funeral and many of his father’s followers and supporters were shocked and ashamed at Nobunaga’s behavior. His mentor was so ashamed by Nobunaga that he committed ritual suicide, known in Japan as seppuku. This profoundly impacted Nobunaga and he changed his behavior thereafter.
3. Nobunaga struggled to gain control of his own clan after his father’s death. He battled with his uncle, Nobutomo, and also with his brother, Nobuyuki, for leadership of the Oda clan. Eventually, he
emerged victorious in 1559, gaining full and uncontested control of his clan.
4. In the years to come, many battles were fought and Nobunaga expanded his influence throughout a large part of Japan. His power was at its height when he was about to launch an invasion of Echigo and Shikoku in 1582. He ordered one of his generals, Akechi Mitsuhide, to help in the siege of Takamatsu Castle in Shikoku.
5. Mitsuhide betrayed Nobunaga by sending some of his men to attack Nobunaga and other men to assassinate his son at another location. Nobunaga, surrounded by Mitsuhide’s men, decided to commit seppuku rather than be taken prisoner. Unbeknownst to him, his son was killed by Mitsuhide’s men.
Questions
1) Which sentence best summarizes the overall content of the passage?
a) How Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan in 1590. b) The reasons why people some commit seppuku. c) The life and legacy of Oda Nobunaga.
d) The betrayal of Oda Nobunaga by Akechi Mitsuhide.
2) Why did his mentor commit seppuku?
a) His mentor killed himself because he was overcome with grief. b) He did this because he had a profound respect for Nobunaga
c) He committed suicide because he was so ashamed of Nobunaga’s behavior. d) This was done because he was ashamed that Nobunaga’s father died.
3) Which of the sentences below most accurately describes the content of the third paragraph?
a) He emerged victorious and unified Japan in 1559.
b) Nobunaga had to fight with members of his family over the right to lead his clan. c) Nobunaga easily gained control of his clan.
d) Nobotomo and Nobuyuki wrested control of the Oda clan from Nobunaga.
4) Why did Nobunaga commit seppuku’?
a) He did this in order to save his son from being murdered by Mitsuhide’s men. b) Nobunaga committed suicide because he knew his son was killed.
c) Nobunaga killed himself because he felt betrayed by Mitsuhide.
d) He probably committed seppuku because he didn’t want to be captured.
5) What happened after Nobunaga’s death?
a) Toyotomi Hideyoshi was unsuccessful in avenging the death of his leader. b) Hashiba Hideyoshi killed Mitsuhide and unified Japan.
Reading B
The Berlin Wall
Each paragraph is numbered for your convenience.
1. The Berlin Wall is one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR. Its
destruction in 1989 not only marked a change in relations between these two nations, but also a major turning
point in world history.
2. Germany lost the Second World War, and as a result, German territory was divided up among the victors. At
conferences in Yalta and Potsdam, the nation was divided into four “allied occupation zones.” The eastern part
of Germany - the GDR - was to be controlled by the USSR, and the western part was given to America, the UK,
and France.
3. Berlin, the capital city of Germany, was entirely contained within the Soviet part of Germany, but it too was
divided into east and west, with East Germany assuming control of the eastern part and the western allies
taking the western part. This foreign occupation of Berlin began in June of 1945.
4. The Soviets, under leader Nikita Khrushchev, were not happy about western powers controlling Berlin, and
they did everything in their power to drive the Americans and Europeans out. In 1948, for example, the Soviets
tried to seal West Berlin off from western access, hoping this tactic would force the allied occupiers to leave
the city. The US and its allies responded with the famous “Berlin Airlift,” in which they supplied their parts of
the city by air. Eventually, the Soviets gave up their effort to blockade West Berlin.
5. The Soviets suffered further embarrassment in the form of mass defections of East Berlin citizens to West
Berlin. If the citizens actually made it to the West, they could easily access West Germany and escape Soviet
control. On August 12th, 1961, for example, 2400 people left the GDR.
6. On the night of August 12th, Premier Khrushchev gave the East German government permission to close the
border in Berlin. Within weeks, the army, police, and volunteers had constructed the makeshift beginnings of
the Berlin Wall. Eventually it became impossible for citizens of the GDR to enter West Berlin unless they had
permission to pass through one of the three main checkpoints. Access was tightly controlled and monitored by
the feared East German secret police – the Stasi. Escapes to West Berlin continued, but they were greatly
reduced. Some of the more daring attempts involved hot air balloons and sewer pipes.
7. Although President Kennedy did not like the idea of a wall, he also thought it was better than the alternative.
He once commented that “a wall is better than a war.” Over the years, however, tensions between the West and
the USSR began to cool, and on November 9th, 1989, the leader of East Germany’s Communist Party declared
Questions
1. Which sentence best summarizes the overall content of the passage?
a) The Berlin Wall was a great benefit to the USA.
b) The Berlin Wall created tension between the West and the USSR. c) Everyone in the USSR was opposed to the Berlin Wall.
d) The Berlin Wall completely stopped escapes from East Germany.
2. Which sentence about the third paragraph is false?
a) Berlin was located in East Germany.
b) Berlin was divided among the victors of World War 2. c) The Berlin Wall had economic benefits.
d) The division of Berlin began in 1945.
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph four?
a) Many citizens of West Berlin lost their lives after the Wall was built. b) The leader of the USSR was Nikita Khrushchev.
c) Western powers used a daring tactic to defy the Russians.
d) Nikita Khrushchev hoped to completely contain Berlin within a Soviet sphere of influence.
4. Which sentence best represents the content of the sixth paragraph?
a) The Berlin Wall did nothing to stop the flow of East Berliners escaping to the West. b) Despite some successful escapes, the Berlin Wall largely prevented people from leaving. c) The Stasi helped people escape to the West.
d) All of the attempts to escape East Berlin were daring.
5. How can we assume East Berliners felt on October 3rd, 1990?
