2021학년도 3월 고2 영어 모의고사(3)

[36 ~ 37] 주어진 글 다음에 이어질 글의 순서로 가장 적절한 것 을 고르시오.

36.

Once we recognize the false­cause issue, we see it everywhere. For example, a recent long­term study of University of Toronto medical students concluded that medical school class presidents lived an average of 2.4 years less than other medical school graduates. 

(A) Perhaps this extra stress, and the corresponding lack of social and relaxation time ― rather than being class president per se ― contributes to lower life expectancy. If so, the real lesson of the study is that we should all relax a little and not let our work take over our lives.

(B) Probably not. Just because being class president is correlated with shorter life expectancy does not mean that it causes shorter life expectancy. In fact, it seems likely that the sort of person who becomes medical school class president is, on average, extremely hard­working, serious, and ambitious.

(C) At first glance, this seemed to imply that being a medical school class president is bad for you. Does this mean that you should avoid being medical school class president at all costs?                         [3점] * per se: 그 자체로

① (A) - (C) - (B)      ② (B) - (A) - (C)     ③ (B) - (C) - (A)     ④ (C) - (A) - (B)     ⑤ (C) - (B) - (A)

 

 

37.

We commonly argue about the fairness of taxation ― whether this or that tax will fall more heavily on the rich or the poor.

(A) Taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and casinos are called “sin taxes” because they seek to discourage activities considered harmful or undesirable. Such taxes express society’s disapproval of these activities by raising the cost of engaging in them. Proposals to tax sugary sodas (to combat obesity) or carbon emissions (to address climate change) likewise seek to change norms and shape behavior.

(B) But the expressive dimension of taxation goes beyond debates about fairness, to the moral judgements societies make about which activities are worthy of honor and recognition, and which ones should be discouraged. Sometimes, these judgements are explicit.

(C) Not all taxes have this aim. We do not tax income to express disapproval of paid employment or to discourage people from engaging in it. Nor is a general sales tax intended as a deterrent to buying things. These are simply ways of raising revenue.                                                                                       * deterrent: 억제책

 

① (A) - (C) - (B)      ② (B) - (A) - (C)      ③ (B) - (C) - (A)      ④ (C) - (A) - (B)      ⑤ (C) - (B) - (A)

 

 

[38 ~ 39] 글의 흐름으로 보아, 주어진 문장이 들어가기에 가장 적절한 곳을 고르시오

38.

However, some types of beliefs cannot be tested for truth because we cannot get external evidence in our lifetimes (such as a belief that the Earth will stop spinning on its axis by the year 9999 or that there is life on a planet 100­million light­years away). 

Most beliefs — but not all — are open to tests of verification. This means that beliefs can be tested to see if they are correct or false. ( ① ) Beliefs can be verified or falsified with objective criteria external to the person. ( ② ) There are people who believe the Earth is flat and not a sphere. ( ③ ) Because we have objective evidence that the Earth is in fact a sphere, the flat Earth belief can be shown to be false. ( ④ ) Also, the belief that it will rain tomorrow can be tested for truth by waiting until tomorrow and seeing whether it rains or not. ( ⑤ ) Also, meta­physical beliefs (such as the existence and nature of a god) present considerable challenges in generating evidence that everyone is willing to use as a truth criterion. [3점]                                           * verification: 검증, 확인 ** falsify: 거짓임을 입증하다

 

 

39.

But the necessary and useful instinct to generalize can distort our world view.

Everyone automatically categorizes and generalizes all the time. Unconsciously. It is not a question of being prejudiced or enlightened. Categories are absolutely necessary for us to function. ( ① ) They give structure to our thoughts. ( ② ) Imagine if we saw every item and every scenario as truly unique ― we would not even have a language to describe the world around us. ( ③ ) It can make us mistakenly group together things, or people, or countries that are actually very different. ( ④ ) It can make us assume everything or everyone in one category is similar. ( ⑤ ) And, maybe, most unfortunate of all, it can make us jump to conclusions about a whole category based on a few, or even just one, unusual example.

 

 

40. 다음 글의 내용을 한 문장으로 요약하고자 한다. 빈칸 (A), (B)에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?

At the University of Iowa, students were briefly shown numbers that they had to memorize. Then they were offered the choice of either a fruit salad or a chocolate cake. When the number the students memorized was seven digits long, 63% of them chose the cake. When the number they were asked to remember had just two digits, however, 59% opted for the fruit salad. Our reflective brains know that the fruit salad is better for our health, but our reflexive brains desire that soft, fattening chocolate cake. If the reflective brain is busy figuring something else out — like trying to remember a seven­digit number — then impulse can easily win. On the other hand, if we’re not thinking too hard about something else (with only a minor distraction like memorizing two digits), then the reflective system can deny the emotional impulse of the reflexive side.                                                                                             * reflective: 숙고하는 ** reflexive: 반사적인

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According to the above experiment, the (A) intellective load on the brain leads the reflexive side of the brain to become (B).

       (A)           (B)

① limited ······ powerful

② limited ······ divided

③ varied ······ passive

④ increased ······ dominant

⑤ increased ······ weakened

 

 

[41 ~ 42] 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.

Test scores are not a measure of self­worth; however, we often associate our sense of worthiness with our performance on an exam. Thoughts such as “If I don’t pass this test, I’m a failure” are mental traps not rooted in truth. Failing a test is failing a test, nothing more. It is in no way (a) descriptive of your value as a person. Believing that test performance is a reflection of your virtue places (b) unreasonable pressure on your performance. Not passing the certification test only means that your certification status has been delayed. (c) Maintaining a positive attitude is therefore important. If you have studied hard, reaffirm this mentally and believe that you will do well. If, on the other hand, you did not study as hard as you should have or wanted to, (d) accept that as beyond your control for now and attend to the task of doing the best you can. If things do not go well this time, you know what needs to be done in preparation for the next exam. Talk to yourself in positive terms. Avoid rationalizing past or future test performance by placing the blame on secondary variables. Thoughts such as, “I didn’t have enough time,” or “I should have ...,” (e) relieve the stress of test­taking. Take control by affirming your value, self­worth, and dedication to meeting the test challenge head on. Repeat to yourself “I can and I will pass this exam.”

 

41. 윗글의 제목으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① Attitude Toward a Test: It’s Just a Test

② Some Stress Is Good for Performance

③ Studying Together Works for a Test

④ Repetition: The Road to Perfection

⑤ Sound Body: The Key to Success

 

42. 밑줄 친 (a)～(e) 중에서 문맥상 낱말의 쓰임이 적절하지 않은 것은?

① (a)     ② (b)     ③ (c)     ④ (d)     ⑤ (e)

 

 

[43 ~ 45] 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.

(A)

Once upon a time there lived a poor but cheerful shoemaker. He was so happy, he sang all day long. The children loved to stand around his window to listen to (a) him. Next door to the shoemaker lived a rich man. He used to sit up all night to count his gold. In the morning, he went to bed, but he could not sleep because of the sound of the shoemaker’s singing.

(B)

He could not sleep, or work, or sing ― and, worst of all, the children no longer came to see (b) him. At last, the shoemaker felt so unhappy that he seized his bag of gold and ran next door to the rich man. “Please take back your gold,” he said. “The worry of it is making me ill, and I have lost all of my friends. I would rather be a poor shoemaker, as I was before.” And so the shoemaker was happy again and sang all day at his work.

(C)

There was so much there that the shoemaker was afraid to let it out of his sight. So he took it to bed with him. But he could not sleep for worrying about it. Very early in the morning, he got up and brought his gold down from the bedroom. He had decided to hide it up the chimney instead. But he was still uneasy, and in a little while he dug a hole in the garden and buried his bag of gold in it. It was no use trying to work. (c) He was too worried about the safety of his gold. And as for singing, he was too miserable to utter a note.

(D)

One day, (d) he thought of a way of stopping the singing. He wrote a letter to the shoemaker asking him to visit. The shoemaker came at once, and to his surprise the rich man gave him a bag of gold. When he got home again, the shoemaker opened the bag. (e) He had never seen so much gold before! When he sat down at his bench and began, carefully, to count it, the children watched through the window.

 

 

43. 주어진 글 (A)에 이어질 내용을 순서에 맞게 배열한 것으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① (B) - (D) - (C)    ② (C) - (B) - (D)     ③ (C) - (D) - (B)     ④ (D) - (B) - (C)     ⑤ (D) - (C) - (B)

 

44. 다음 밑줄 친 (a)～(e) 중에서 가리키는 대상이 나머지 넷과 다른 것은?

① (a)      ② (b)      ③ (c)      ④ (d)      ⑤ (e)

 

45. 윗글의 shoemaker에 관한 내용으로 적절하지 않은 것은?

① 그의 노래로 인해 옆집 사람이 잠을 잘 수 없었다.

② 예전처럼 가난하게 살고 싶지 않다고 말했다.

③ 정원에 구멍을 파고 금화가 든 가방을 묻었다.

④ 부자가 보낸 편지에 즉시 그를 만나러 갔다.

⑤ 금화를 셀 때 아이들이 그 모습을 봤다.

 

 

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