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오늘부터 대부분의 수험생이 골머리를 앓고 있는 빈칸문제를 연습할 것입니다.

제가 생각하는 단계를 거쳐서 효율적인 학습을 이루어 내고자 합니다.

소수의 사람일지라도 같이 해봅시다.

빈칸문제라는 것이 말입니다.

웬만하면 글의 주제를 담고 있습니다.

그래서 빈칸문제는 웬만하면, 정확한 해석을 요구하지 않습니다.

느낌으로 풀 수 있다는 말입니다.

혹자는 느낌으로 푸는 것은 실력이 아니다 라고 말합니다.

그런데 저의 생각은 조금 다릅니다.

느낌을 연습하다보면, ‘이렇게 풀어도 되는 구나’ 라는 확신이 생깁니다.

느낌을 연습한 후, 맞는 문제 수가 많아진다면

그때부터는 자신의 실력이라고 생각해도 무방합니다.

많은 문제를 푼다는 것, 그것 또한 중요한 수능 공부이지만,

문제의 정확한 풀이법을 안다는 것, 그것은 더욱더 중요한 수능 공부일 것입니다.

제가 글의 제일 앞 문장 또는 제일 뒷 문장 이외의 것들은 지우고

답을 찾는 연습을 진행할 예정입니다.

여러분은 지문의 일부인 빨간색 부분을 읽고 문제를 푸시면 됩니다.

야매같지만 저는 이렇게 공부해서 2020, 2021 수능 영어 100점 맞았습니다.

충분히 고민을 한 후 답을 골라주세요.

평가원 문제들로 볼 예정인데, 평가원 문제 귀합니다.

효율적인 공부를 하고 싶다면,

1. 이 글의 주제가 무엇이었을지 떠올려봅니다.

2. 생각하신 주제에 맞추어 답을 어떻게든 끼워 맞춰 봅니다.

3. 왜 이 답을 골랐는지 나름의 이유를 생각합니다.

고민한 시간들이 여러분의 수능장에서 강력한 무기가 될 것입니다.

우선 맛보기로 10문제씩 보도록 합시다.

해설은 3~4일 뒤에 공개하겠습니다.

과외학생들의 반응을 좀 봐야하기 때문입니다.

HM 영어 빈칸편 1-10

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Research with human runners challenged conventional wisdom and found that the ground-reaction forces at the foot and the shock transmitted up the leg and through the body after impact with the ground                 as runners moved from extremely compliant to extremely hard running surfaces.

Contrary to popular belief, running on concrete is not more damaging to the legs than running on soft sand.

① varied little

② decreased a lot

③ suddenly peaked

④ gradually appeared

⑤ were hardly generated

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

One of the great risks of writing is that even the simplest of choices regarding wording or punctuation can sometimes                       in ways that may seem unfair.

It is possible, in other words, to write correctly and still offend your readers’ notions of your language competence.

① reveal your hidden intention

② distort the meaning of the sentence

③ prejudice your audience against you

④ test your audience’s reading comprehension

⑤ create fierce debates about your writing topic

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Even when we do something as apparently simple as picking up a screwdriver, our brain automatically                  .

The cars we pilot instantaneously and automatically become ourselves.

① recalls past experiences of utilizing the tool

② recognizes what it can do best without the tool

③ judges which part of our body can best be used

④ perceives what limits the tool’s functional utility

⑤ adjusts what it considers body to include the tool

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

A large part of what we see is what we expect to see.

In cases like these the brain’s visual strategies are                                   .

① ignoring distracting information unrelated to visual clues

② projecting images from within the mind out onto the world

③ categorizing objects into groups either real or imagined

④ strengthening connections between objects in the real world

⑤ removing the broken or missing parts of an original image

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Natural objects, such as roses, are not                .

They are not taken as vehicles of meanings and messages.

① changed ② classified ③ preserved

④ controlled ⑤ interpreted

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Genetic engineering followed by cloning to distribute many identical animals or plants is sometimes seen as a threat to the diversity of nature.

This has led in turn to a realization that                                   because they may harbor tomorrow’s drugs against cancer, malaria, or obesity.

① ecological systems are genetically programmed

② we should avoid destroying natural ecosystems

③ we need to stop creating genetically modified organisms

④ artificial organisms can survive in natural environments

⑤ living things adapt themselves to their physical environments

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Since human beings are at once both similar and different, they should be treated equally because of both.

Equal rights do not mean identical rights, for individuals with different cultural backgrounds and needs might                       in respect of whatever happens to be the content of their rights.

① require different rights to enjoy equality

② abandon their own freedom for equality

③ welcome the identical perception of inequality

④ accept their place in the social structure more easily

⑤ reject relevant differences to gain full understanding

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Protopia is a state of becoming, rather than a destination. It is a process. In the protopian mode, things are better today than they were yesterday, although only a little better. It is incremental improvement or mild progress.

This circular expansion of both problems and solutions                   .

① conceals the limits of innovations at the present time

② makes it difficult to predict the future with confidence

③ motivates us to quickly achieve a protopian civilization

④ hides a steady accumulation of small net benefits over time

⑤ produces a considerable change in technological successes

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

Given the lack of archaeological evidence from Uruk-period domestic sites, it is not clear whether individuals also used the system for                        .

As cuneiform script became more abstract, literacy must have become increasingly important to ensure one understood what he or she had agreed to.

① religious events       ② personal agreements     ③ communal responsibilities

④ historical records     ⑤ power shifts

다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

However, the carrying capacity of a given environment                       .

If resources are very limited, the individuals who live in a particular place cannot all do the exact same thing (for example, if there are few trees, people cannot all live in tree houses, or if mangoes are in short supply, people cannot all live solely on a diet of mangoes).

① exceeds the expected demands of a community

② is decreased by diverse means of survival

③ places a limit on this strategy

④ makes the world suitable for individuals

⑤ prevents social ties to dissimilar members