QRコードの「QR」は Quick Response、開発は2人、規格どおりなら使用料なし

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow to make a menu
2. BThe story of the QR code and its name
3. CWhy tickets are expensive
4. DA new kind of phone

QRコードの名前の由来、作った会社、無料で使える理由が書かれているので B。

Q2. How many people were on the team?

1. AOne
2. BTwo
3. CTwenty
4. D1994

There were only two people on the team とあるので B。1994 は発表された年。

Q3. In the passage, "for free" means ...

1. Awithout paying money
2. Bvery quickly
3. Conly in Japan
4. Dwith a special phone

for free は「無料で」なので A。

Q1. Why did users ask Denso Wave for a new code?

1. ABarcodes were too expensive to print.
2. BThey wanted a code that could hold more information, including kanji.
3. CBarcodes could not be read by machines.
4. DThey wanted a code with colors.

for a code that could hold much more, including kanji とあるので B。

Q2. What did the team study to design the corner marks?

1. AOld coins and stamps
2. BPhone screens
3. CFlyers, magazines and boxes
4. DBarcodes from other countries

They studied flyers, magazines and boxes とあるので C。

Q3. What can be inferred about the corner marks?

1. AThey were made to look like kanji.
2. BThey were chosen so that scanners would not mix them up with other printed patterns.
3. CThey were added in 2002 for phones.
4. DThey make the code hold fewer letters.

the black-and-white pattern that is used least in print を目印にしたので、ほかの印刷物の模様とまちがえられないためだと推測できる。B。

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow barcodes replaced QR codes
2. BHow the QR code was designed and how its patents and name are handled
3. CWhy phones cannot read barcodes
4. DThe life of a famous engineer after 1994

目印の設計、名前の由来、特許と商標の扱いが書かれているので B。

Q2. According to the company's FAQ, what is true about the name?

1. A"QR" has no meaning at all.
2. BThe official name is "Quick Response Code."
3. CThe official name is "QR Code," and it is not short for "Quick Response Code."
4. DThe name was chosen in 2002.

the official name is simply "QR Code" and is not short for "Quick Response Code" とあるので C。

Q3. Why does the writer mention the company's own website at the end?

1. ATo show that the facts were checked by many outside experts
2. BTo let readers know that most of the history comes from the maker itself
3. CTo advertise the company's products
4. DTo say that the history is false

Most of this history comes from the company's own website とあり、話の出どころが開発元自身であることを読者に知らせているので B。