EBS 2025학년도 수능특강 영어독해연습 Week5 10강 8~11번 문제

2025학년도 수능특강 영어독해연습 Week5  10강 8~11번 문제들을 Keywords, phrases, clauses, sentences을 찾은 후 글의 내용 파악해서 문제풀이를 하겠습니다.

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고딕체와 밑줄만 잘 보면 답이 보인다

 

[문제] 8 다음 글의 밑줄 친 부분 중, 문맥상 낱말의 쓰임이 적절하지 않은 것은?

Attitude polarization is currently increasing, at least in North America and Europe. The most important reason for the growing polarization is probably increasingly selective exposure to information. People on both sides of an ideological debate have no difficulty at all finding like-minded websites that ① support their viewpoints, often in even more radical ways. Getting in touch with others sharing their beliefs makes them even more confident in their viewpoints. In other words, while one could expect that the ② availability of a broad ideological spectrum of media information could foster engagement with views diverging from one’s own, experimental research suggests that it actually leads to increased affective polarization. People’s in-group biases are ③ weakened by the new opportunities to get in touch with like-minded people. Confirmation bias influences which sources of information people utilize; in fact, there seems to be a vicious circle involved: ④ Increases in polarization cause stronger confirmation biases, which, in turn, lead to more biased information search. ⑤ Elective exposure to political information is also increased by customizability technology creating so-called “filter bubbles.”

* polarization: 양극화 ** customizability: 맞춤화, 특별 주문

 

Content of the text: 태도 양극화는 정보에 대한 선택적 노출로 인한 글

 

Tip for finding answers: People’s in-group biases are ③ weakened by the new opportunities <to get in touch with like-minded people>. 사람들의 내집단 편향은 생각이 비슷한 사람들과 함께하는 새로운 기회에 의해 강화된다로 strengthened로 바꾸어야 한다.

 

[문제] 9 글의 흐름으로 보아, 주어진 문장이 들어가기에 가장 적절한 곳은? 

For instance, smoke signals and semaphore systems did not work at night [because they depended on sunlight (for the receiver) <to see the signal>].

 

The desire to communicate is a part of being human. We have always needed to express ourselves but it took a long time before we could do so successfully. About 100,000 years ago, we developed the capacity to communicate using speech. ( ① ) About 40,000 years ago, we drew pictures on the walls of caves. ( ② ) Through the ages, we’ve used various systems to send messages like smoke signals, semaphores (flags), pigeons, and human messengers, each of which had its own advantages and disadvantages. ( ③ ) Each system worked [when the conditions were just right], but was limited at least some of the time. ( ④ ) Messengers were slow and could be captured during times of conflict or war. ( ⑤ ) Pigeons could carry very small messages but were susceptible to natural predators and severe weather.

* semaphore: 수기 신호 ** susceptible: 취약한

 

Content of the text: 의사소통에 대한 욕구를 해결하기 위해 인간은 다양한 시스템을 사용하였다. 그것들은 장단점이 있었다는 글 내용이다.

 

Tip for finding answers: Each system worked [when the conditions were just right], but was limited at least some of the time. ( ④ ) Messengers were slow

[문제] 10 다음 글의 내용을 한 문장으로 요약하고자 한다. 빈칸 (A), (B)에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?

Is the brain an assembly of distinct components, each with a defined and separate function? One of the many difficulties in studying how the brain works is precisely because it is not arranged in this way. That does not mean that one cannot assign specific functions to anatomically recognisable parts of the brain. Indeed one can: for example, the cerebral cortex that forms most of the outside of the brain and gives it its typically wrinkled or folded appearance has areas that we know are concerned with identifiable actions. One is responsible for generating movement, another for analysing incoming visual information and so on. Similar functional boundaries have been recognised in other parts of the brain. That is not an issue. What is, however, is whether there are clearly defined boundaries between these areas, either anatomically — where does one begin, or the other end? — or functionally — is there a circumscribed area of the brain that has an equally precise function? The answer to both questions is a resounding ‘no.’

* anatomically: 해부학적으로 ** cerebral cortex: 대뇌피질 *** circumscribe: 경계를 정하다

 

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Although it is (A) to attribute functions to anatomical parts of the brain, the anatomical and functional boundaries of those parts are not (B) .

        (A)                   (B)

① difficult   ……     blurry

② useful    ……     flexible

③ necessary …… flexible

④ required   ……   clear-cut

⑤ possible   ……   clear-cut

 

Content of the text: 뇌가 작동하는 방식에서 뇌는 별개의 구성 요소들의 집합체가 아니고 똑같이 정확한 기능을 가진 뇌의 경계가 정해져 있지 않다라는 글 내용이다.

[문제] 11 다음 글의 밑줄 친 부분 중, 문맥상 낱말의 쓰임이 적절하지 않은 것은?

Social movements where a community expresses a desire for change — and all social life — are spaces of orderly interaction operating through recurring practices. These routines constitute the group style. Actions are repeated and become ① accepted through that repetition. Individuals must be able to foresee the likely responses of others and adjust accordingly. I refer to these ② destabilizing forces as circuits of action. While these assumptions about how others will respond are sometimes upended, to be useful, expectations must frequently be met. Nowhere is this more salient than in social movements, where coordination is crucial. Interaction is filtered through the collective awareness of what participants believe is ③ appropriate. Offering feeling words after meetings — typically positive ones — serves as a ritual that expresses both individual feelings and collective sentiment. Circuits of action ④ incorporate the rules of the interaction order and the content of group cultures in practices that are anticipated and comforting. However, for interaction to be orderly within a collaborative group, negotiations and adjustments are ⑤ essential, building relationships that are flexible but durable.

* recurring: 반복하여 일어나는 ** upend: 뒤집다 *** salient: 두드러진

 

Content of the text: 사회운동은 질서 있는 상호 작용의 공간이다.

 

Tip for finding answers: I refer to these ② destabilizing forces as circuits of action. 회로는 정해져 있고 안정적이라는 생각을 할 수 있어야 답이 쉽게 보인다. 따라서 stabilizing으로 바꾸어야 한다.