Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AA famous library at Yale University
2. BHow to draw plants and stars
3. CA mysterious old book that nobody can read
4. DA new language made by scientists

誰も読めない古い本「ヴォイニッチ手稿」が全体のテーマなので C。

Q2. When were the pages of the book made?

1. AIn the early 1400s
2. BIn the 1800s
3. CAbout 100 years ago
4. DIn 2013

They come from the early 1400s. とあるので A。100年以上というのは読もうとしてきた期間。

Q3. In this passage, "patterns" means ...

1. Acolors in a picture
2. Bregular ways that something happens or appears
3. Cpages that are missing
4. Dsecret names of writers

pattern は「（くり返し見られる）規則性・型」。単語の出方の規則性のことなので B。

Q1. What is the main idea of the passage?

1. AThe manuscript has finally been translated.
2. BWilfrid Voynich wrote the book as a joke.
3. CPlants in the book are still found today.
4. DAlthough unreadable, the book shows signs of being a real language.

読めないが、単語の分布から本物のメッセージを含む可能性が示されていることが要点なので D。

Q2. Why is the idea that Voynich created the book himself almost certainly wrong?

1. ABecause he could not write.
2. BBecause the parchment dates from the early fifteenth century.
3. CBecause the book was found in 2013.
4. DBecause the drawings are too beautiful.

the parchment dates from around 1404 to 1438, so ... is almost certainly wrong とあるので B。

Q3. What does the Montemurro study suggest about the words in the book?

1. AThey are related to the topics of the pictures.
2. BThey were copied from a Latin book.
3. CThey appear completely at random.
4. DThey are all names of plants.

一部の単語が植物や星のページなど特定の章に集中していた＝絵の話題と対応している、と読み取れるので A。

Q1. Which statement best summarizes the passage?

1. AThe manuscript is certainly a hoax made by one person.
2. BStatistics suggest language-like structure, but the manuscript's nature is still debated.
3. CBowern and Lindemann have deciphered the text.
4. DThe manuscript was forged in the twentieth century.

言語らしい統計的特徴がある一方、逆の方向を指す証拠もあり、まだ1文も読めていないので B。

Q2. What did Rugg's 2004 study demonstrate?

1. AThat the parchment was older than expected
2. BThat five people wrote the manuscript
3. CThat the words match the pictures
4. DThat a sixteenth-century method could produce language-like nonsense

a card-and-grid method ... could generate language-like nonsense とあるので D。5人の書き手はデイヴィスの研究。

Q3. What does the author say would be needed to accept a claimed decipherment?

1. AIt should work for the entire text and be reviewed by experts.
2. BIt should be announced in the news first.
3. CIt should explain only the plant pages.
4. DIt should be based on radiocarbon dating.

第1文 a decipherment ... would have to work across the whole text and pass expert review とあるので A。