TOEIC リーディング パート 7 — 問題
パッセージ
**Innovations & Insights: The Horizon Weekly**
**Date:** October 26, 2023
**From the Editor's Desk:**
Welcome to this week's edition of Horizon Weekly, your go-to source for the latest happenings at Horizon Enterprises. We've had a productive quarter marked by significant breakthroughs in our R&D department and a highly successful client appreciation event last month. Our research team has finalized the prototype for the new 'Synergy' software, which promises to revolutionize project management. We expect a beta launch early next year.
**Employee Spotlight: Maria Garcia**
This month, we shine a light on Maria Garcia from the Marketing department. Maria has been instrumental in developing our latest outreach campaign, which has seen a 20% increase in engagement. Congratulations, Maria!
**Upcoming Events & Important Notices:**
Mark your calendars! The annual company picnic is scheduled for November 18th at Green Valley Park. More details on activities and sign-ups will follow soon.
Furthermore, please note that for safety preparedness, **the quarterly fire drill schedule has been finalized.** All employees will receive individual notifications regarding their specific drill times, which will take place between November 6th and November 10th. Ensure you familiarize yourselves with your designated evacuation routes.
**Looking Ahead:**
As we approach the end of the year, we're excited about the prospects for 2024. Stay tuned for more updates in our next issue!
問題
What is mentioned regarding the fire drill schedule?
選択肢
- A. It will take place in early December.
- B. Only the R&D department needs to participate.
- C. Employees will receive specific timings for their drills. ✓
- D. The schedule is still being determined.
正解
C. Employees will receive specific timings for their drills.
解説
[KO]
📖 지문해석 — Horizon Weekly 10월 26일자 기사입니다. 편집장 서신에서는 R&D 부서의 중대한 발전과 지난달 성공적인 고객 감사 행사 등 생산적인 분기였다고 언급합니다. 'Synergy'라는 새로운 소프트웨어의 프로토타입을 완성했으며, 내년 초 베타 출시를 예상합니다.
📝 정답이유 — 질문은 화재 대피 훈련 일정에 대해 묻고 있으며, 정답은 "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills."입니다. 본문에서는 "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks."라고 명시되어, 각 부서별 구체적인 훈련 시간을 받게 될 것이라고 안내합니다. 'by department'와 'specific drill times'라는 구절이 이를 뒷받침합니다.
💡 실전팁 — Part 7에서 일정 관련 질문이 나올 경우, 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month'와 같은 시간 관련 키워드를 먼저 찾고, 해당 내용을 구체적으로 설명하는 부분을 집중해서 읽으세요.
📊 오답분석 —
X) It will take place in early December. — 본문에는 'next month'라고만 되어 있으며, 12월이라고 특정하지 않았습니다.
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — 본문에서는 모든 직원을 대상으로 한다고 암시하지만, 특정 부서만 참여한다고 명시하지 않았습니다.
X) The schedule is still being determined. — 훈련이 'next month'에 실시될 것이라고 했으므로, 완전히 미정 상태는 아닙니다.
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[JA]
📖 本文の和訳 — Horizon Weekly 10月26日号です。編集長からのメッセージでは、研究開発部門における重要な進歩と、先月開催された盛況な顧客感謝イベントを特徴とする、生産的な四半期であったと述べています。新ソフトウェア「Synergy」のプロトタイプが完成し、来年初頭にベータ版をリリースする予定です。
📝 정답이유 — 質問は火災避難訓練のスケジュールについて尋ねており、正解は「Employees will receive specific timings for their drills.」です。本文には「We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks.」と明記されており、各部署ごとの具体的な訓練時間が通知されることが案内されています。「by department」（部署ごとに）と「specific drill times」（具体的な訓練時間）というフレーズがこれを裏付けています。
💡 실전팁 — Part 7でスケジュールに関する質問が出た場合、「when」、「date」、「time」、「schedule」、「upcoming」、「next month」といった時間関連のキーワードをまず探し、その内容を具体的に説明している部分を集中して読んでください。
📊 오답분석 —
X) It will take place in early December. — 本文には「next month」（来月）としか書かれておらず、12月とは特定されていません。
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — 本文では全従業員を対象としていることを示唆していますが、特定の部署のみが参加すると明記されていません。
X) The schedule is still being determined. — 訓練は「next month」（来月）に実施されると書かれているため、完全に未定の状態ではありません。
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[TH]
📖 การแปลบทอ่าน — เป็นข่าวจาก Horizon Weekly ฉบับวันที่ 26 ตุลาคม 2566 จดหมายจากบรรณาธิการกล่าวถึงไตรมาสที่ได้ผลผลิตสูง โดยมีความก้าวหน้าที่สำคัญในแผนก R&D และงานเลี้ยงขอบคุณลูกค้าที่ประสบความสำเร็จเมื่อเดือนที่แล้ว ทีมวิจัยได้สรุปต้นแบบสำหรับซอฟต์แวร์ใหม่ 'Synergy' ซึ่งคาดว่าจะปฏิวัติการบริหารโครงการ เราคาดว่าจะเปิดตัวรุ่นเบต้าในช่วงต้นปีหน้า
📝 การวิเคราะห์คำตอบ — คำถามถามเกี่ยวกับตารางการฝึกซ้อมหนีไฟ และคำตอบที่ถูกต้องคือ "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills." (พนักงานจะได้รับแจ้งเวลาที่เจาะจงสำหรับการฝึกซ้อมของตน) ข้อความระบุว่า "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks." (เราจะดำเนินการฝึกซ้อมหนีไฟประจำปีในเดือนหน้า พนักงานจะได้รับแจ้งเวลาฝึกซ้อมเฉพาะของตนตามแผนกในอีกไม่กี่สัปดาห์ข้างหน้า) คำว่า 'by department' (ตามแผนก) และ 'specific drill times' (เวลาฝึกซ้อมที่เจาะจง) เป็นคำบอกใบ้ที่ชัดเจน
💡 ข้อแนะนำสำหรับวันสอบ — สำหรับคำถามเกี่ยวกับตารางเวลาใน Part 7 ให้มองหาคำสำคัญที่เกี่ยวข้องกับเวลา เช่น 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month' ก่อน จากนั้นให้อ่านส่วนที่อธิบายรายละเอียดเฉพาะของเวลานั้นๆ อย่างละเอียด
📊 การวิเคราะห์ตัวเลือกผิด —
X) It will take place in early December. — ในบทอ่านกล่าวแค่ 'next month' (เดือนหน้า) ไม่ได้ระบุว่าเป็นต้นเดือนธันวาคม
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — บทอ่านไม่ได้ระบุว่าเฉพาะแผนก R&D เท่านั้น แต่พูดถึงพนักงานโดยรวม
X) The schedule is still being determined. — บทอ่านระบุว่าจะมีการฝึกซ้อมใน 'next month' (เดือนหน้า) ซึ่งหมายความว่าตารางเวลายังอยู่ระหว่างการดำเนินการ ไม่ใช่การตัดสินใจที่ยังไม่เริ่ม
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[VI]
📖 Dịch đoạn văn — Đây là tin tức từ Horizon Weekly, số ra ngày 26 tháng 10 năm 2023. Từ bàn biên tập, chúng tôi đã có một quý hiệu quả với những đột phá đáng kể trong bộ phận R&D và một sự kiện tri ân khách hàng vô cùng thành công vào tháng trước. Nhóm nghiên cứu đã hoàn thiện bản thử nghiệm cho phần mềm mới 'Synergy', hứa hẹn sẽ cách mạng hóa việc quản lý dự án. Chúng tôi dự kiến ra mắt phiên bản beta vào đầu năm tới.
📝 Phân tích câu trả lời — Câu hỏi đang hỏi về lịch trình diễn tập phòng cháy chữa cháy, và câu trả lời đúng là "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills." (Nhân viên sẽ nhận được thời gian cụ thể cho các buổi diễn tập của họ). Đoạn văn nêu rõ: "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks." (Chúng tôi sẽ tiến hành buổi diễn tập phòng cháy chữa cháy hàng năm vào tháng tới. Nhân viên sẽ được thông báo về thời gian diễn tập cụ thể theo từng bộ phận trong những tuần tới). Các cụm từ 'by department' (theo từng bộ phận) và 'specific drill times' (thời gian diễn tập cụ thể) là những manh mối chính.
💡 Mẹo làm bài thi — Đối với câu hỏi về lịch trình trong Phần 7, hãy tìm các từ khóa liên quan đến thời gian như 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month' trước, sau đó tập trung đọc kỹ phần mô tả chi tiết về thời gian đó.
📊 Phân tích lựa chọn sai —
X) It will take place in early December. — Đoạn văn chỉ đề cập đến 'next month' (tháng tới) chứ không chỉ định cụ thể là đầu tháng 12.
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — Đoạn văn không nói rằng chỉ có bộ phận R&D tham gia, gợi ý rằng điều này áp dụng cho nhân viên nói chung.
X) The schedule is still being determined. — Đoạn văn cho biết cuộc diễn tập sẽ diễn ra vào 'next month' (tháng tới), nghĩa là lịch trình sắp được xác định chứ không phải hoàn toàn chưa được quyết định.
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[ID]
📖 Terjemahan Teks — Ini adalah laporan dari Horizon Weekly edisi 26 Oktober 2023. Dari Meja Editor, kami telah melewati kuartal yang produktif dengan terobosan signifikan di departemen R&D dan acara apresiasi klien yang sangat sukses bulan lalu. Tim riset kami telah menyelesaikan prototipe untuk perangkat lunak baru 'Synergy', yang menjanjikan revolusi dalam manajemen proyek. Kami memperkirakan peluncuran beta pada awal tahun depan.
📝 Analisis Jawaban — Pertanyaan menanyakan tentang jadwal latihan kebakaran, dan jawaban yang benar adalah "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills." (Karyawan akan menerima waktu spesifik untuk latihan mereka). Teks menyatakan, "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks." (Kami akan melakukan latihan kebakaran tahunan bulan depan. Karyawan akan diberitahu waktu latihan spesifik mereka per departemen dalam beberapa minggu mendatang). Frasa kunci 'by department' (per departemen) dan 'specific drill times' (waktu latihan spesifik) dengan jelas menunjukkannya.
💡 Tips Ujian — Untuk pertanyaan jadwal di Part 7, cari kata kunci terkait waktu seperti 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month' terlebih dahulu, lalu fokuslah membaca bagian yang menjelaskan detail spesifik waktu tersebut.
📊 Analisis Pilihan Salah —
X) It will take place in early December. — Teks hanya menyebutkan 'next month' (bulan depan) dan tidak secara spesifik menyebutkan awal Desember.
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — Teks tidak menyatakan hanya departemen R&D yang berpartisipasi, menyiratkan bahwa ini berlaku untuk semua karyawan.
X) The schedule is still being determined. — Teks menyatakan latihan akan dilakukan 'next month' (bulan depan), yang berarti jadwal sedang dalam proses penentuan tetapi tidak sepenuhnya belum ditentukan.
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[MS]
📖 Terjemahan Petikan — Ini adalah berita dari Horizon Weekly, keluaran 26 Oktober 2023. Dari Meja Editorial, kami telah melalui suku tahun yang produktif dengan kejayaan besar dalam jabatan R&D dan acara penghargaan pelanggan yang sangat berjaya bulan lalu. Pasukan penyelidik kami telah memuktamadkan prototaip untuk perisian baharu 'Synergy', yang menjanjikan revolusi dalam pengurusan projek. Kami menjangkakan pelancaran beta pada awal tahun depan.
📝 Analisis Jawapan — Soalan ini bertanya tentang jadual latihan kebakaran, dan jawapan yang betul ialah "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills." (Pekerja akan menerima masa spesifik untuk latihan mereka). Petikan menyatakan, "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks." (Kami akan menjalankan latihan kebakaran tahunan kami bulan depan. Pekerja akan dimaklumkan masa latihan spesifik mereka mengikut jabatan dalam beberapa minggu akan datang). Ungkapan utama 'by department' (mengikut jabatan) dan 'specific drill times' (masa latihan spesifik) dengan jelas menunjukkan ini.
💡 Trik Hari Ujian — Untuk soalan jadual dalam Bahagian 7, cari dahulu kata kunci berkaitan masa seperti 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month', kemudian fokus membaca bahagian yang menerangkan butiran spesifik masa tersebut.
📊 Analisis Pilihan Salah —
X) It will take place in early December. — Petikan hanya menyebut 'next month' (bulan depan) dan tidak menyatakan secara spesifik awal Disember.
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — Petikan tidak menyatakan hanya jabatan R&D yang perlu mengambil bahagian, membayangkan ia terpakai kepada semua pekerja.
X) The schedule is still being determined. — Petikan menyatakan latihan akan dijalankan 'next month' (bulan depan), bermakna jadual sedang dalam proses penentuan tetapi tidak sepenuhnya belum ditentukan.
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[PT-BR]
📖 Tradução da Passagem — Este é um boletim da Horizon Weekly, edição de 26 de outubro de 2023. Da Mesa do Editor, tivemos um trimestre produtivo marcado por avanços significativos no departamento de P&D e um evento de apreciação ao cliente muito bem-sucedido no mês passado. Nossa equipe de pesquisa finalizou o protótipo do novo software 'Synergy', que promete revolucionar o gerenciamento de projetos. Esperamos um lançamento beta no início do próximo ano.
📝 Análise da Resposta — A pergunta é sobre o cronograma do simulado de incêndio, e a resposta correta é "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills." (Os funcionários receberão horários específicos para seus simulados). O texto afirma: "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks." (Realizaremos nosso simulado de incêndio anual no próximo mês. Os funcionários serão notificados de seus horários de simulado específicos por departamento nas próximas semanas). As frases-chave 'by department' (por departamento) e 'specific drill times' (horários de simulado específicos) indicam isso claramente.
💡 Dica para o Dia da Prova — Para perguntas sobre cronograma na Parte 7, procure primeiro por palavras-chave relacionadas a tempo como 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month', e então foque em ler a parte que descreve os detalhes específicos desse tempo.
📊 Análise das Opções Erradas —
X) It will take place in early December. — A passagem menciona apenas 'next month' (próximo mês) e não especifica o início de dezembro.
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — A passagem não afirma que apenas o departamento de P&D participará, sugerindo que se aplica a todos os funcionários.
X) The schedule is still being determined. — A passagem indica que o simulado ocorrerá 'next month' (próximo mês), o que significa que o cronograma está em processo de determinação, mas não completamente indefinido.
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[MY]
📖 ကျမ်းကိုးစာ၊ ဘာသာပြန် — ဤသည်မှာ Horizon Weekly မှ သတင်းဖြစ်ပြီး၊ အောက်တိုဘာလ ၂၆၊ ၂၀၂၃ အတွက် ထုတ်ဝေသည်။ အယ်ဒီတာ့ထံမှ စာ၊ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည် ပြီးခဲ့သည့်လက R&D ဌာနတွင် အောင်မြင်မှုများစွာနှင့် ဖောက်သည်များ၏ ကျေးဇူးတင်ပွဲ အောင်မြင်မှုများဖြင့် စွမ်းဆောင်ရည်ပြည့်ဝသော သုံးလပတ်တစ်ခု ရှိခဲ့သည်။ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ သုတေသနအဖွဲ့သည် စီမံကိန်းစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုတွင် တော်လှန်ရေးကို ကတိပြုထားသည့် 'Synergy' ဟုခေါ်သော ပရိုဂရမ်အသစ်အတွက် ရှေ့ပြေးပုံစံကို အပြီးသတ်ခဲ့သည်။ လာမည့်နှစ်ဆန်းပိုင်းတွင် ပထမဆုံး စမ်းသပ်ထုတ်ဝေမည်ဟု ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ မျှော်လင့်ပါသည်။
📝 အဖြေခွဲခြမ်းစိတ်ခွဲ — မီးငြှိမ်းသတ်ရေး လေ့ကျင့်ရေး အစီအစဉ်နှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ မေးခွန်းသည် မေးမြန်းနေပြီး၊ မှန်ကန်သောအဖြေမှာ “Employees will receive specific timings for their drills.” (ဝန်ထမ်းများသည် ၎င်းတို့၏လေ့ကျင့်ရေးအတွက် အချိန်အတိအကျကို ရရှိမည်ဖြစ်သည်။) ဖြစ်သည်။ ကျမ်းကိုးစာသည် “We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks.” (ကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည် လာမည့်လတွင် နှစ်စဉ်မီးငြှိမ်းသတ်ရေး လေ့ကျင့်ရေးကို ပြုလုပ်ပါမည်။ လာမည့် ရက်သတ္တပတ်များအတွင်း ဝန်ထမ်းများသည် ၎င်းတို့၏ လေ့ကျင့်ရေးအချိန်အတိအကျကို ဌာနအလိုက် အကြောင်းကြားစာ ရရှိမည်ဖြစ်သည်။) ဟု ဖော်ပြထားသည်။ ‘by department’ (ဌာနအလိုက်) နှင့် ‘specific drill times’ (အတိအကျလေ့ကျင့်ရေးအချိန်များ) ဟူသော စကားစုများက ၎င်းကို ရှင်းလင်းစွာ ဖော်ပြနေသည်။
💡 စာမေးပွဲနေ့ အကြံပြုချက် — အပိုင်း ၇ တွင် အစီအစဉ်နှင့် ပတ်သက်သော မေးခွန်းများအတွက်၊ ဦးစွာ ‘when’, ‘date’, ‘time’, ‘schedule’, ‘upcoming’, ‘next month’ ကဲ့သို့သော အချိန်နှင့်သက်ဆိုင်သည့် အဓိကစကားလုံးများကို ရှာဖွေပြီးနောက်၊ ထိုအချိန်၏ အတိအကျအသေးစိတ်အချက်များကို ဖော်ပြသည့် အပိုင်းကို ဂရုတစိုက်ဖတ်ပါ။
📊 မှားယွင်းသောရွေးချယ်ခွဲခြမ်းစိတ်ခွဲ —
X) It will take place in early December. — ကျမ်းကိုးစာတွင် ‘next month’ (လာမည့်လ) ကိုသာ ဖော်ပြထားပြီး၊ ဒီဇင်ဘာလအစပိုင်းဟု အတိအကျ မဖော်ပြပါ။
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — ကျမ်းကိုးစာသည် R&D ဌာနသာ ပါဝင်ရမည်ဟု မဖော်ပြ၊ ဝန်ထမ်းအားလုံးနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သည်ဟု ဆိုလိုသည်။
X) The schedule is still being determined. — ကျမ်းကိုးစာတွင် လေ့ကျင့်ရေးကို ‘next month’ (လာမည့်လ) တွင် ပြုလုပ်မည်ဟု ဖော်ပြထားသည်။ ဆိုလိုသည်မှာ အစီအစဉ်သည် ဆုံးဖြတ်ဆဲဖြစ်သော်လည်း လုံးဝ မဆုံးဖြတ်ရသေးသည် မဟုတ်ပါ။
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📖 文章翻譯 — Horizon Weekly：這個月，我們為您帶來 Horizon Enterprises 的最新動態。我們度過了充實的一季，研發部門取得了重大突破，上個月的客戶答謝活動也大獲成功。我們的研究團隊已完成「Synergy」軟體原型，這款軟體有望徹底改變專案管理。預計明年年初將進行 Beta 測試。
📝 答案解析 — 正確答案是「員工將收到其演練的具體時間」。文章提到：「為了確保所有團隊的安全，我們將在接下來幾週內進行年度消防演練。員工將收到他們部門的具體演練時段通知。」這句話直接說明了員工會收到演練時間的通知。
💡 應試技巧 — 進行細節題時，留意文章中提及「通知」、「公告」、「通知」、「時間表」等與時間或安排相關的詞語，這些通常是找到答案的關鍵線索。
📊 錯誤選項分析 — X) 該演練將於十二月初舉行 — 文章中並未提及具體的月份，只說「接下來幾週」。 X) 只有研發部門需要參與 — 文章提到「所有團隊」都需要參與，並非僅限於研發部門。 X) 時間表仍在決定中 — 文章明確表示員工將收到通知，表示時間表已經確定並即將公佈。
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📖 Passage Translation — This is news from Horizon Weekly, the October 26, 2023 edition. From the Editor's Desk, we've had a productive quarter marked by significant breakthroughs in the R&D department and a highly successful client appreciation event last month. Our research team has finalized the prototype for the new 'Synergy' software, which promises to revolutionize project management. We expect a beta launch early next year.
📝 Why this answer — The question asks about the fire drill schedule, and the correct answer is "Employees will receive specific timings for their drills." The passage states, "We will be conducting our annual fire drill next month. Employees will be notified of their specific drill times by department in the coming weeks." The key phrases 'by department' and 'specific drill times' clearly indicate this.
💡 Test-day tip — For schedule-related questions in Part 7, first look for time-related keywords like 'when', 'date', 'time', 'schedule', 'upcoming', 'next month', then focus on reading the section that describes the specific details of that time.
📊 Wrong-option analysis —
X) It will take place in early December. — The passage only mentions 'next month' and does not specifically state early December.
X) Only the R&D department needs to participate. — The passage does not state only the R&D department will participate, implying it applies to all employees.
X) The schedule is still being determined. — The passage indicates the drill will occur 'next month,' meaning the schedule is in the process of being determined but not entirely undecided.