Kagawa Entrance English case studies
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The Kagawa University English entrance examination is the English component of the general entrance selection used by Kagawa University (香川大学) for applicants to its undergraduate faculties. It is taken by Japanese high school students and by some international or returnee applicants, depending on the faculty and selection track, and it is one of the foreign-language papers that count toward the total score used in admission decisions. The Kagawa Entrance English case studies are 4 cases and about 2,439 words.
1The Library of Things: When Borrowing Does Not Mean Preferring
The passage below is from a practice reading test. It describes a 'library of things' in the town of Minami, where residents borrow tools and appliances instead of buying them.
604 words, about 3 min2Editing the Festival Newsletter: Correct Only What Is Wrong
A third-year student is editing the English page of her school festival newsletter. Her teacher has flagged four sentences but warned her: 'Correct only what is actually wrong; do not fix sentences that are already grammatical.' The sentences are: (1) 'The number of visitors to the science booth have increased every year.' (2) 'Each of the third-year classes hold a display in the gym.' (3) 'Neither the student volunteers nor the teacher was told about the schedule change.' (4) 'By the time the festival ended, we have sold all 300 tickets.' The student must decide which sentences need correction, supply the corrections, and explain each decision in one or two lines that her teacher can check.
643 words, about 3 min3Context Clues in a Supermarket Campaign Article
The student is reading a short article about a supermarket campaign for a vocabulary question. The article says: 'The campaign was well-meant, but it proved counterproductive.
555 words, about 3 min4Poster Sentences: Combining, Dangling, Run-on
The science club is preparing a poster for the city science fair. The draft contains three short sentences that the student wants to combine: 'The experiment was repeated three times.
637 words, about 3 min