（日本語）Name:（English）

Application No.

Date:

December 5, 2021

国際生 Ⓗ
中学
高校

Honors Course
Entrance Exam
Honors 選考（英語筆記）

Reading & Language Exam: 50 minutes
Information for candidates
Time allowed■ 50 minutes
Instructions■ The exam is in three parts:
1. Reading
2. Language
3. Logic■ Fill in the box at the top of this page and the top of theanswer sheet.
■ Make your answers in pencil on the separate answer sheet.

DO NOT OPEN THE TEST PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE TEACHER.

Kaetsu Ariake Junior & Senior High School

Junior & Senior Entrance Examination

Part 1: READING
Questions 1-10 (1 mark each)
Read the following extract. For questions 1-10 that follow, choose the most appropriate
answer (A-D) according to the text.
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

The Gift of the Magi (Extract)
By O. Henry1		
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one
and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned
with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One
dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
2		
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Whichinstigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
3		
While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at
the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that wordon the lookout for the mendicancy squad.
4		
In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which
no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name “Mr. James
Dillingham Young.”5		
The “Dillingham” had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor
was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriouslyof contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home andreached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, alreadyintroduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.
6		Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window andlooked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day,and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could formonths, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had
calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spentplanning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit nearto being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.
7		
There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8
flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal
strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.
8		Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but
her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its fulllength.
9		
Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty
pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair.
Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the
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window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been thejanitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time hepassed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.
10		
So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It
reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously andquickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.
11		
On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant
sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.
12		
Where she stopped the sign read: “Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.” One flight up Della ran,
and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the “Sofronie.”
13		
“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.
14		
“I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take yer hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”15		Down rippled the brown cascade.
16		
“Twenty dollars,” said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.
17		“Give it to me quick,” said Della.
18		
Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking
the stores for Jim’s present.
19		
She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of
the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design,properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation—as all goodthings should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim’s. It
was like him. Quietness and value—the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her
for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious
about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of
the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.
20		
When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her
curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love.
Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends—a mammoth task.
21		
Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully
like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.
22		
“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a
Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do—oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?”23		
At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook
the chops.
24		
Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near
the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and sheturned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday
things, and now she whispered: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”
25		
The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he wasonly twenty-two—and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.
26		
Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon
Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, norsurprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply
stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.
27		
Della wriggled off the table and went for him.
28		“Jim, darling,” she cried, “don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn’t
have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It’ll grow out again—you won’t mind, will you? I
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just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Jim, and let’s be happy. You don’t knowwhat a nice—what a beautiful, nice gift I’ve got for you.”29		
“You’ve cut off your hair?” asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet evenafter the hardest mental labor.
30		
“Cut it off and sold it,” said Della. “Don’t you like me just as well, anyhow? I’m me without my hair, ain’t
I?”
31		
Jim looked about the room curiously.
32		“You say your hair is gone?” he said, with an air almost of idiocy.
33		
“You needn’t look for it,” said Della. “It’s sold, I tell you—sold and gone, too. It’s Christmas Eve, boy.
Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered,” she went on with sudden
serious sweetness, “but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?”34		
Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. He enfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard withdiscreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million ayear—what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought
valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.
35		
Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table.
36		
“Don’t make any mistake, Dell,” he said, “about me. I don’t think there’s anything in the way of a haircut
or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you’ll unwrap that package you may
see why you had me going a while at first.”
37		
White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then,alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all
the comforting powers of the lord of the flat.
38		
For there lay The Combs—the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a
Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims—just the shade to wear in thebeautiful vanished hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned
over them without the least hope of possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should haveadorned the coveted adornments were gone.
39		
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile andsay: “My hair grows so fast, Jim!”
40		
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, “Oh, oh!”41		Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The dull
precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.
42		
“Isn’t it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You’ll have to look at the time a hundred times a
day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it.”43		
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head andsmiled.
44		
“Dell,” said he, “let’s put our Christmas presents away and keep ’em a while. They’re too nice to use justat present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.”45		The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men—who brought gifts to the Babe in themanger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones,
possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you theuneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest
treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these
two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest.
They are the magi.

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1.

In the first five paragraphs, we are introduced to Della. Why is she crying?
a. She is sad that she is alone.
b. She is sad that she doesn’t have enough money to buy her husband a good Christmas
present.
c. She is sad that she doesn’t have enough money to buy something nice for herself.
d. She is sad because she only has an allowance of $8.

2.

In paragraph six, how does Della feel about her husband, Jim?
a. Fondb. Annoyedc. Exasperatedd. Acerbic

3.

In paragraph seven, the word ‘pier-glass’ means:a. Window
b. Peepholec. Mirrord. Television4.

In paragraph nine, the word ‘depreciate’ most closely means:a. Devalue
b. Appreciate
c. Discard
d. Denigrate

5.

In paragraphs ten and eleven, how does Della feel about her plan to sell her hair?
a. Resigned
b. Angryc. Happyd. Hopeless6.

Which of the following lines supports your previous answer?
a. ‘Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn
red carpet.’b. ‘So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brownwaters.’c. ‘And then she did it up again nervously and quickly.’d. ‘With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out
the door and down the stairs to the street.’7.

Re-read paragraph twenty, what is Della doing?
a. Fixing her hairb. Adjusting her makeup
c. Cleaningd. Wrapping Jim’s present

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8.

What would be an appropriate alternative title for this short story?
a. The Sacrificeb. Christmas Couple
c. The Happy Surprised. A Sad Marriage

9.

Who are the magi referred to in the title?
a. The three wise men
b. Jim and Dellac. People who celebrate Christmas
d. The Babe in the manger

10.

How do Della and Jim feel by the end of the story?
a. Wretchedb. Angryc. Confusedd. Happy

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Part 2: LANGUAGE
Questions 11-20 (1 mark each)
For questions 11-20, 10 words have been removed from the text. For each gap, choose
the most appropriate word (A-T) from the WORD BANK below. Each word can only be
used once (10 words won’t be used).
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

WORD BANK
A. passion
B. loathing

E. owing
F. modernI. careless
J. lending

M. careful
N. complained

Q. genius
R. tragedy

C. umbrella
D. despised

G. escorting
H. chasing

K. complemented
L. old-fashioned

O. treasure
P. beast

S. bucket
T. lovedPeter Pan (Extract, Abridged)
By J.M. Barrie
Note: Peter Pan is a children’s story in which the Darling children are taken care of by their nanny,a dog named Nana.

Mrs. Darling loved to have everything just so, and Mr. Darling had a 11 for being exactly like hisneighbours; so, of course, they had a nanny just like everyone else on their street. As they were poor, 12
to the amount of milk the children drank, this nurse was a prim Newfoundland dog, called Nana, who had
belonged to no one in particular until the Darlings engaged her. She had always thought children important,however, and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent mostof her spare time peeping into strollers and was much hated by 13 nannies, whom she followed to theirhomes and 14 of them to the childrens’ mothers. She proved to be quite a 15 of a nanny. How
thorough she was at bath-time, and up at any moment of the night if one of her charges made the slightest
cry. Of course, her kennel was in the nursery. She had a 16 for knowing when a cough is a thing tohave no patience with and when it needs stocking around your throat. She believed to her last day in 17
remedies like rhubarb leaf, and made sounds of contempt over all this new-fangled talk about germs, and soon. It was a lesson in propriety to see her 18 the children to school, walking sedately by their side when
they were well behaved, and butting them back into line if they strayed. On John’s football days she neveronce forgot his sweater, and she usually carried an 19 in her mouth in case of rain. There is a room in thebasement of Miss Fulsom’s school where the nannies wait. They sat on benches, while Nana lay on the floor,
but that was the only difference. They affected to ignore her as of an inferior social status to themselves, andshe 20 their gossip. She resented visits to the nursery from Mrs. Darling’s friends, but if they did comeshe first whipped off Michael’s apron and put him into the one with blue braiding, and smoothed out Wendy
and made a dash at John’s hair.

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For questions 21-25, read the sentences below and check for spelling errors. If there
is an error, write the correct spelling of the word. If there are no errors, write the word
“CORRECT”.
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

21.

The man in the blue sports car exceeding the speed limit was pulled over by the police.

22.

Theresa was known for both her intelligance and her attention to detail.

23.

His signed photo of Messi was the boy’s most prized possession.

24.

The mischievious puppy was always making a mess around the house.

25.

Peter referred to his notes periodically as he was giving his presentation.

For questions 26-28, choose which part of the sentence (A-D) has a word that should
be capitalised. If there are no capitalisation errors, write “E” on your separate answer
sheet.
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

26. Did you try | the new thai | restaurant near | the station? | No errors.
		
A
B
C
D
E

27. Paolo exclaimed, | “there’s never | anything fun to do | around here, Dad!” | No errors.
		
A
B
C
D
E

28. I booked an appointment | to see dr. Kobayashi | at St. Luke’s Hospital because | I		ABCcouldn’t seem to shake off my cold. | No errors.
		DE

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For questions 29-31, read the sentence and choose the punctuation mark (A-D) that isneeded to make the sentence correct. If no punctuation mark is needed, write “E” on
your answer sheet.
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

29.

My three friends, Akiko, Maria, and Saori will study overseas in high school.
A. ,E. No errors.

30.

B. ;

D. :

For this cupcake recipe, you will need the following ingredients butter, sugar, eggs, and selfraising flour.
A. ;E. No errors.

31.

C. -

B. :

C. .

D. ,

Graham enjoys reading in his free time his favourite genre is mystery stories.
A. ,E. No errors.

B. -

C. :

D. ;

For questions 32-34, fill in the blank with the word or phrase that most appropriately
completes the sentence.
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

32.

Albert had a test the next day.
, he decided to stay home that afternoon instead ofplaying football with his friends in the park.
A. Meanwhile

33.

Alan

B. Therefore

I enjoy drinking coffee
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D. However

to the movies last night, but he had to help his father move some furniture.

A. would have gone
34.

C. In addition

B. might go

C. will have gone

D. should go

the beans have been freshly ground.
B. because

C. as if

D. mainlyFor questions 35-40, choose the underlined part of the sentence that contains agrammatical error. If there are no errors, choose “E”.
Write answers to each question IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

35. My boss must of missed his connection because flights from New York were grounded		ABC
due to heavy snowfall last night. No errors.
		DE

36. My teacher and my parents both agrees that my behaviour in class as well as the quality
		AB
Cof my work has improved considerably in the last 12 months. No errors.
		DE

37. Because their afraid of snakes, my mother and sister never help me in the vegetable		A
B
C
garden during the summer months. No errors.
		DE

38. Circumstances changed rapid in the battle and the army was forced to retreat whilst they		A
BC
still could. No errors.
		DE

39. It’s been a bad season for the soccer team this year; in fact, we have the worst record in
		
A
B
C
D
the league. No errors.
		E

40. I think I prefer the books to the movies because they are more scary. No errors.
		
A
B
C
D
E

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Part 3: Logic
Questions 41-50 (1 mark each)
For questions 41–49, read the logic puzzle and complete the table.
For question 50, write your answer in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Write your final answers on the separate answer sheet.

Puzzle: Three Brothers

When the three lion brothers were young, they each had a favorite human: the trainer who helped raisethem. They would often spend time together in the huge animal reserve where they live, each at theirfavorite location: the mighty Groot River, the Cleft Peak Cliffs, and the ancient Sunland Tree.
However, recently the lions have disappeared! Before we try to find them, use the clues below to match eachof the lions to their trainer. Then answer the question below the puzzle.

1. Alice is not the trainer of Mustapha and did not train the lion whose favorite location is Cleft
Peak Cliffs.
2. Paws is friendly.
3. Groot River is the favorite location of the lion trained by Dorothy, and this lion is either
aggressive or shy.
4. Hercules has always loved the Sunland Tree the most.
5. If Hercules is aggressive then Paws’ favorite location is Groot River.

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Use this space for solving the problem.
On the answer sheet, draw a circle in the boxes to show the correct answers - Maximum one circle per row.

Trainer names →Alice

Dorothy

Arthur

41. Mustapha

Lion Names

42. Hercules
43. Paws
44. Friendly

Personality

45. Aggressive
46. Shy
47. Groot River

Favoritelocation

48. Cleft Peak Cliffs
49. Sunland Tree50.

Two of the lions have returned before the search began, but the shy one is still missing.
Which trainer should we send to find him?

THIS IS THE END OF THE TEST.
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Honors Course Entrance Exam［Honors 選考（英語筆記）］

Answer Sheet

（日本語）

Name:
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Application No.

Date:

Part 1: Reading

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December 5, 2021

Information for candidates
Time allowed■ 50 minutes

Instructions
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Use a pencil.
Fill in the box at the top of this page and the top of the question paper.
Write all answers on this sheet.
All answers must be in CAPITAL LETTERS .
For questions 1-20, 26-40, write a single letter on each line.
For questions 21-25 write answers as requested in the question.
For questions 41-49, draw circles in the table.
For question 50, write the name in CAPITAL LETTERS.

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Trainer names →Alice

41. Mustapha

Lion Names

42. Hercules
43. Paws
44. Friendly

Personality

45. Aggressive
46. Shy
47. Groot River

Favoritelocation

48. Cleft Peak Cliffs
49. Sunland Tree		

50. Which trainer should we send to find him?

Dorothy

Arthur