Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on TCF Canada: Compréhension écrite (reading), with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
The pool is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Sunday from 9 h to 20 h, so Tuesday at 18 h is the only time that works.
Question 2 of 20
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Answer: A. 19 h 30
The pool closes at 20 h and the last entry is 30 minutes before closing: 20 h − 30 minutes = 19 h 30.
Question 3 of 20
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Answer: A. Son bus est bloqué.
Emma writes « le bus est bloqué », so she will arrive around 20 h.
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Answer: C. Une personne qui ne fume pas.
The ad says « Non-fumeurs uniquement » (non-smokers only). The studio is furnished (meublé) and free from March 1, so you cannot move in in February.
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Answer: A. Réserver leur repas la veille avant 15 h.
The notice says meals must be booked « la veille avant 15 h » (the day before, before 3 p.m.) in the app. Meals not booked will not be served.
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Answer: C. Passer par l'entrée arrière.
The letter asks residents to use « l'entrée située à l'arrière » while the hall is being painted.
Question 7 of 20
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Answer: D. L'ascenseur
« L'ascenseur fonctionnera normalement. » The main hall and its entrance are closed for painting.
Question 8 of 20
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Answer: D. L'expérience n'est pas obligatoire.
« Expérience appréciée mais non exigée » means experience is a plus but not required. The job is part-time, weekends are required, and you send a CV and a letter.
Question 9 of 20
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Answer: B. Quand un autre lecteur a réservé le livre.
The rules say you can extend once « sauf si le livre est réservé par un autre lecteur » (unless another reader has reserved it).
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: B. Le 23 mars
A loan lasts three weeks, which is 21 days: March 2 + 21 days = March 23. March 16 would be only two weeks.
Question 11 of 20
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Answer: C. Elle se méfiait du projet, puis elle l'a soutenu.
At first the city hall was distrustful (« la méfiance de la mairie »); today it pays for part of the project and wants to copy it elsewhere.
Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. C'était un parking.
The residents grow vegetables « sur un ancien parking » (on a former parking lot).
Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. Ils doivent assurer une présence continue.
The text says health care and retail « doivent assurer une présence continue » (they must always have staff present).
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Answer: B. Demander un changement des horaires de livraison.
The writer complains about trucks unloading at 4 a.m. and politely asks the manager to review the delivery times (« revoir ces horaires »).
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Answer: C. Suspendu pour un temps
« Mettre en veilleuse » means to put on hold. « Faute de financement » (for lack of money) explains why.
Question 16 of 20
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Answer: B. Une opposition
« En revanche » means on the other hand: free entry is contrasted with temporary exhibitions that you still pay for.
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Answer: C. Les nouvelles façons de lire méritent d'être reconnues.
The author says it would be wrong to see the end of reading, because young people read differently, and asks schools to recognize these practices instead of looking down on them.
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Answer: C. Un lien observé n'est pas forcément une cause.
The researchers stress that it is a correlation: « rien ne prouve que le sport soit la cause directe » of better sleep.
Question 19 of 20
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Answer: C. Le manque d'argent a souvent encouragé l'innovation.
« Loin de freiner… l'a stimulée » means that instead of slowing innovation down, budget limits encouraged it.
Question 20 of 20
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Answer: B. Le règlement n'a rien simplifié.
« Censé simplifier » means it was supposed to simplify. Having forty pages shows, with some irony, that it did not.
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