Support This Site ☕情報検索クイズ・給付金のお知らせ
Free JLPT N3 reading practice quiz (読解) with native Japanese audio, English translation, and vocabulary & grammar lists. This is a Information Retrieval (情報検索) quiz — the same format as Question 7 (問題7) of the reading section in the real JLPT N3 test.
【本番試験の問題7と同じ形式】
右の資料を読んで、下の質問に答えなさい。答えは、1・2・3・4から最もよいものを一つえらびなさい。
[Information Retrieval] Read the material and choose the best answer from the four options.
※給付金＝benefit payment (money from the city) ／ 物価高騰＝rising prices ／ 住民登録＝resident registration ／ 振込み＝bank transfer (payment into your account)
⏱ Time Guide
- 📖 Reading the questions: approx. 40 sec
- 🔍 Checking the notice: approx. 2 min
- 🎯 Target total: 3–4 min
💡 Tip: For money questions, find the age line first (who counts as an adult?). Read the small ※ notes carefully — the answer often hides there.
🎧 文章がわかりにくいときは、音声を聞いてみましょう。
・子ども（18歳以下）… 10,000円
・オンライン：下のQRコードから
※ 同じ世帯の家族は、まとめて1回で申請できます。
・振込みの連絡は、メールアドレスを登録した方にだけ、メールで送ります。
・電話やハガキでの連絡はしません。メールがない方は、ご自分で銀行口座を確認してください。
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Notice — Minami City, Price-Rise Support Benefit Payment:
Because the prices of goods have risen, the city will send a benefit payment to all residents.
1. Who can receive it: everyone who has resident registration in Minami City as of January 1, 2026. Foreign residents are also eligible if they have resident registration.
2. Amount (per person): adults (19 and over) … 5,000 yen / children (18 and under) … 10,000 yen
3. How to apply (choose one): by phone — Minami City Call Center, weekdays 9:00–17:00; or online — via the QR code below. * Either way, you must register a bank account. * Family members in the same household can apply together in one application.
4. Application period: September 1 – September 30, 2026
5. Transfer and notification: the money is transferred about one month after registration. Notification of the transfer is sent by email, only to those who registered an email address. We do not contact anyone by phone or postcard; if you have no email, please check your bank account yourself.
6. If you need an interpreter: please contact the International Cooperation Association (English, Vietnamese, Chinese).
* For questions about this notice, contact the Minami City Call Center.
Q1: Rin’s family is four people: Rin (34), his wife (30), their eldest son (19), and their eldest daughter (15). All of them have had resident registration in Minami City since 2025. How much will the family receive in total?
Answer: 2 (25,000 yen). Adults are 19 and over, so Rin, his wife, and the 19-year-old son are all adults: 5,000 × 3 = 15,000 yen. Only the 15-year-old daughter is a child: 10,000 yen. Total: 25,000 yen.
Q2: Ann is a foreign resident who moved to Minami City in December 2025 and registered as a resident. Which statement about Ann is correct?
1. Whether by phone or online, she must give her bank account details when she applies.
2. Because she is a foreigner, she must register an email address first.
3. To receive the payment, she must apply by September 1, 2026.
4. Ann has only just moved here, so she cannot receive the payment.
Answer: 1. The ※ note in item 3 says a bank account must be registered for both methods, so it applies no matter which one she chooses.
きゅうふきんbenefit payment (from the government)
ぶっかprices (of goods in general)
じゅうみんとうろくresident registration
〜のじてんでas of (a certain date/time)
たいしょうeligible / target (of a program)
しんせいapplication (to an office)
きかんperiod / span of time (from A to B)
せたいhousehold
ふりこみbank transfer
しらせるto inform / let someone know
つうやくinterpreter / interpreting
ひっこすto move (to a new home)
かくにんするto check / confirm
= Everyone who has resident registration as of January 1. It fixes one moment in time and asks about your situation then — not before or after.
= Foreign residents are also eligible if they have resident registration.
= We send it by email only to those who registered an email address. Note the difference from 〜だけに: 〜にだけ marks the recipient.
= You must give your bank account details when you apply. In the notice this idea appears as 「〜が必要です」— a softer way to say the same thing.
= She has only just moved here, so she cannot receive the payment. 〜たばかり means very little time has passed. Careful: in this quiz the statement sounds reasonable but is false — always check the notice, not your intuition.
= September 1 to September 30. The first date is when it starts, not the deadline. The deadline is the second date.
問1（計算）：この問題のカギは、「大人＝19歳以上」「子ども＝18歳以下」の境界線です。長男は19歳なので「子ども」ではなく大人です。大人はリンさん・妻・長男の3人（5,000円×3＝15,000円）、子どもは長女1人（10,000円）。合計は25,000円になります。
The key to Q1 is the boundary: adults are 19 and over, children are 18 and under. The 19-year-old son is an adult, not a child. Adults: Rin, his wife, and the son (5,000 × 3 = 15,000). Child: the daughter only (10,000). Total: 25,000 yen.
- 1（20,000円）：4人全員を大人として計算した金額。長女（15歳）は子どもです。
This treats all four as adults — but the 15-year-old daughter is a child. - 2（25,000円）：大人3人×5,000円＋子ども1人×10,000円＝25,000円。
3 adults × 5,000 + 1 child × 10,000 = 25,000 yen. - 3（30,000円）：長男（19歳）を子どもとして計算した金額。19歳は「19歳以上」なので大人です。
This counts the 19-year-old son as a child — but 19 falls under “19 and over,” so he is an adult. - 4（40,000円）：4人全員を子どもとして計算した金額。
This treats all four as children.
問2（照合）：この問題は、資料の4か所（1番・3番・4番・5番）を見に行く必要があります。一つの場所を探すだけでは解けません。
Q2 requires checking four different places in the notice (items 1, 3, 4, and 5). Finding just one spot is not enough.
- 1：3番の小さな「※」に「どちらも、銀行口座の登録が必要です」とあります。「どちらも」＝電話とオンラインの両方。つまり、どの方法で申請しても銀行口座を知らせる必要があります。お知らせの「〜が必要です」を、選択肢では「〜しなければならない」と言いかえている点にも注目してください。
The small ※ in item 3 says a bank account must be registered for “either way” — that is, for both methods. So whichever way she applies, she must give her account details. Note also that the notice’s 「〜が必要です」is rephrased in the option as 「〜しなければならない」. - 2：メールアドレスの登録は義務ではありません。5番のとおり、登録した人にだけ振込みの連絡が来るというだけで、給付金をもらう条件ではありません。「連絡が来る条件」と「もらう条件」を混同させる選択肢です。また1番には「外国人市民も、住民登録があれば対象」とあり、外国人だから特別な手続きが必要という記述はありません。
Registering an email is not required. Item 5 only says that those who register get a notification — that is not a condition for receiving the money. This option confuses “the condition for being notified” with “the condition for being eligible.” Item 1 also states that foreign residents are eligible with registration; nothing extra is asked of them. - 3：4番は「9月1日 〜 9月30日」＝申請できる期間です。9月1日は申請が始まる日で、締め切りではありません。締め切りは9月30日です。
Item 4 gives a period: September 1–30. September 1 is the day applications open, not the deadline. The deadline is September 30. - 4：「引っ越してきたばかりだから、まだもらえないだろう」と感覚で考えると、これを選んでしまいます。でも1番の条件は「2026年1月1日の時点で住民登録がある方」。アンさんの登録は2025年12月なので、1月1日にはもう登録がありました。いつ引っ越したかではなく、1月1日にどうだったかで決まります。
If you rely on intuition — “she just arrived, so surely not yet” — you pick this. But item 1 asks about having registration as of January 1, 2026. Ann registered in December 2025, so she already had it on that date. What matters is not when she moved but her status on January 1.
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