関西の「モータープール」は駐車場のこと。公の場で堂々と使うから、方言だと気づかれにくい

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AA word for "parking lot" used in Kansai
2. BA new swimming pool in Osaka
3. CHow to drive a car in America
4. DWhy people in Kansai do not like cars

関西で駐車場を「モータープール」と呼ぶ話なので A。

Q2. What does a motor pool mean in American English?

1. AA swimming pool for drivers
2. BA car wash
3. CA group of cars that workers can share
4. DA road for trucks

a motor pool is a group of cars that workers can share とあるので C。

Q3. In the passage, what does "local" mean?

1. AUsed all over the world
2. BUsed only in one area
3. CVery old
4. DVery expensive

they often don't notice it is local は「その地域だけの言葉だと気づかない」という意味なので B。

Q1. Where does the first example of the word in a major dictionary come from?

1. AA 1950 novel by Yukio Mishima
2. BAn American army report
3. CA road sign in Osaka
4. DA 1983 geography paper

The first example in a major dictionary comes from a 1950 novel by Yukio Mishima とあるので A。

Q2. Why do people in Kansai rarely notice the word is local?

1. ABecause it is very new
2. BBecause it is used openly in formal settings
3. CBecause it is written only in English
4. DBecause only children use it

The word is used openly in formal settings, not just in casual talk とあるので B。

Q3. What would probably happen if you asked an American, "Where is the motor pool?"

1. AThey would surely take you to a swimming pool.
2. BThey might not understand that you want a place to park.
3. CThey would answer in the Kansai dialect.
4. DThey would think you mean a train station.

英語の motor pool は主に共用の車両の一団で、駐車場は parking lot なので、駐車場をたずねていると伝わらないかもしれない。B。

Q1. What makes "motor pool" different from most Japanese dialect words, according to the passage?

1. AIt is used in formal settings, not only in casual speech.
2. BIt comes from Chinese.
3. CIt is used only by older people.
4. DIt has no meaning in English.

Most Japanese dialect words stay in casual speech. "Motor pool" is different. ... it turns up in formal settings as well とあるので A。

Q2. How do English dictionaries define a motor pool?

1. AA pool for washing cars
2. BA group of vehicles kept for the use of staff
3. CA parking lot in a city center
4. DA factory that builds cars

They define a motor pool as a group of vehicles kept for the use of staff とあるので B。

Q3. What does the 1983 paper suggest about the Kansai label?

1. AThe word was never used outside Kansai.
2. BThe word was also used as industry jargon in other places.
3. CThe paper proved that most people in Kansai use the word.
4. DThe word first appeared in Nagoya in 1950.

the term was also industry jargon outside Kansai とあるので、関西以外でも業界用語として使われていたと分かる。B。