수능영어 독학-3 (문제)

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(지문에서 Natural objects를 지칭함) 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