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수능실감 영어 독해 5문항 모의고사 300제 Day 27 변형문제

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수능실감 영어 독해 5문항 모의고사 300제 Day 27 변형문제

수능실감 영어 독해 5문항 모의고사 300제

 

 

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Because of associated emotions, our thoughts, even the mildest "slice of life" scenarios projected in our heads, become triggers that can evoke an autopilot response of high anxiety, dread, and the feeling of immediate threat. An emotional punch is just one of the many "special effects" that give such enormous power to the mental scripts we write to make sense of our lives, even when the plot is pure fiction. The poet John Milton made note of it in the seventeenth century: "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." While it is true that the mind creates its own universe, we must acknowledge that affirmations and positive thinking alone are not sufficient to tackle all the challenges we face. In fact, simply putting smiley face stickers over our problems can make them worse. Ultimately, we can only choose how we respond to our thoughts, and mindfulness practices can help us avoid getting caught in them. So the question for us now is, who’s in charge ─ the thinker or the thought?

 

① Our thoughts can trigger automatic responses of high anxiety even in mild everyday scenarios.

② The poet John Milton observed that the mind has the ability to transform its own experience.

③ Positive affirmations and optimistic thinking are effective enough to overcome all life’s challenges.

④ Covering up problems with superficial positivity can actually worsen them.

⑤ The passage concludes by asking whether we control our thoughts or our thoughts control us.


지문 해석

관련된 감정 때문에, 우리의 생각은 가장 평범한 "일상의 한 장면" 시나리오조차도 높은 불안, 두려움, 즉각적 위협의 느낌이라는 자동 반응을 유발하는 방아쇠가 된다. 감정적 타격은 우리 삶을 이해하기 위해 쓰는 정신적 대본에 엄청난 힘을 부여하는 많은 "특수 효과" 중 하나일 뿐이며, 줄거리가 순수한 허구일 때조차도 그렇다. 시인 John Milton은 17세기에 이를 언급했다: "마음은 그 자체의 장소이며, 그 안에서 지옥을 천국으로, 천국을 지옥으로 만들 수 있다." 마음이 자체 우주를 만든다는 것은 사실이지만, 긍정적 확언과 긍정적 사고만으로는 우리가 직면하는 모든 도전을 해결하기에 충분하지 않다는 것을 인정해야 한다. 사실, 우리의 문제 위에 웃는 얼굴 스티커를 붙이는 것은 문제를 더 악화시킬 수 있다. 궁극적으로, 우리는 생각에 어떻게 반응할지만 선택할 수 있으며, 마음챙김 수련이 생각에 사로잡히는 것을 피하는 데 도움이 될 수 있다. 그래서 지금 우리에게 던져진 질문은, 누가 주도권을 쥐고 있는가 — 생각하는 자인가, 아니면 생각인가?

 


 

풀이 흐름

이 지문의 핵심 논지 중 하나는 "긍정적 사고만으로는 모든 문제를 해결할 수 없다"는 것이다. 지문은 긍정적 확언의 한계를 명확히 밝히며, 피상적 긍정성의 위험까지 경고한다.

지문은 "affirmations and positive thinking alone are not sufficient to tackle all the challenges we face"라고 명시한다. 즉, 긍정적 확언과 긍정적 사고는 모든 도전을 해결하기에 "충분하지 않다(not sufficient)"는 것이다.

따라서 긍정적 확언과 낙관적 사고가 삶의 모든 도전을 극복하기에 "충분히 효과적이다(effective enough to overcome all)"고 서술하는 선지가 있다면, 이는 지문과 정면으로 모순된다.


전체 선지 분석

 
선지
판정
근거
① Our thoughts can trigger automatic responses of high anxiety even in mild everyday scenarios.
✅ 일치
지문의 "even the mildest 'slice of life' scenarios... become triggers that can evoke an autopilot response of high anxiety"와 직접 대응. automatic = autopilot.
② The poet John Milton observed that the mind has the ability to transform its own experience.
✅ 일치
지문의 "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"이라는 Milton의 인용과 일치. transform its own experience = make a heaven of hell.
③ Positive affirmations and optimistic thinking are effective enough to overcome all life's challenges.
❌ 불일치
지문은 "affirmations and positive thinking alone are not sufficient to tackle all the challenges we face"라고 명시. effective enough to overcome all ↔ not sufficient to tackle all로 정반대. 충분히 효과적인 것이 아니라 충분하지 않다.
④ Covering up problems with superficial positivity can actually worsen them.
✅ 일치
지문의 "simply putting smiley face stickers over our problems can make them worse"와 직접 대응. covering up = putting stickers over, superficial positivity = smiley face stickers.
⑤ The passage concludes by asking whether we control our thoughts or our thoughts control us.
✅ 일치
지문의 "who's in charge — the thinker or the thought?"와 정확히 대응.

 


핵심 문장 정리

"We must acknowledge that affirmations and positive thinking alone are not sufficient to tackle all the challenges we face."

이 문장이 ③번 선지의 오류를 판별하는 결정적 근거다. 지문은 긍정적 확언과 긍정적 사고가 모든 도전을 해결하기에 "충분하지 않다(not sufficient)"고 서술하는 반면, ③번은 "충분히 효과적이다(effective enough to overcome all)"고 정반대로 서술했다.


한 줄 정리

긍정적 확언과 낙관적 사고는 삶의 모든 도전을 극복하기에 "충분히 효과적인" 것이 아니라, 그것만으로는 "충분하지 않으며" 피상적 긍정성은 오히려 문제를 악화시킬 수 있다.

 


The Makings의 DAY 27  변형문제는

총 11개의 유형으로 구성되어 있습니다.

 

1. 빈칸 채우기(객관식)

2. 글의 내용 일치/불일치(객관식/한글 선택지)

3. 글의 내용 일치/불일치(객관식/영어 선택지)

4. 글 끼어 넣기(객관식)

5. 어법(서술형)

6. 어휘(서술형)

7. 주제문(객관식/영어 선택지)

8. 어휘 빈칸 채우기(서술형)

9. 영작(서술형)

10. 요약문 완성하기(서술형)

11. 문단 재배열 하기(객관식)

 


더메이킹스(The Makings)가 제작한 수능실감 영어 독해 5문항 모의고사 300제

DAY 27(44문항) 변형문제의 지문입니다.

 

1번 지문

Because of associated emotions, our thoughts, even the mildest "slice of life" scenarios projected in our heads, become triggers that can evoke an autopilot response of high anxiety, dread, and the feeling of immediate threat. An emotional punch is just one of the many "special effects" that give such enormous power to the mental scripts we write to make sense of our lives, even when the plot is pure fiction. The poet John Milton made note of it in the seventeenth century: "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." While it is true that the mind creates its own universe, we must acknowledge that affirmations and positive thinking alone are not sufficient to tackle all the challenges we face. In fact, simply putting smiley face stickers over our problems can make them worse. Ultimately, we can only choose how we respond to our thoughts, and mindfulness practices can help us avoid getting caught in them. So the question for us now is, who’s in charge ─ the thinker or the thought?

 

2번 지문

Historians' approaches to the past vary enormously, but some common disciplinary features unite them. There are limits to what historians can study; they can study only parts of the past that left evidence behind and for which evidence has survived. The dominant type of evidence has been documentary: government archives, private papers, newspapers, and published materials have long been the most consulted forms of source. The range has recently broadened, and many historians are now happy to use artefacts, buildings, visual evidence, oral testimony, and many other nonwritten sources. However, regardless of the type of evidence, the point is that without evidence, historians cannot function. So all studies of history are driven by the discovery of evidence from the period being studied, and its analysis and interpretation. Historians aim to describe what happened, explain how and why it happened, and link past events to wider contexts and the passage of time.

 

3번 지문

Cells are constantly bombarded with signals from their environment, whether they are single-celled organisms or cells in tissues within multicellular organisms. These signals provide information about nutrient and oxygen levels, and other features of the cell’s environment. In multicellular organisms, cells must also coordinate their activities with other cells; hormones, growth factors, and other molecules provide instructions to enable this coordination. For example, pancreatic cells release the hormone insulin in response to high blood sugar, which tells other cells in the body to take up sugar from the blood. Other signals may instruct a cell to divide, move, die, or change function; they are detected in the target cell by specific molecules on the cell surface called receptors. The receptors are specific to each signal and allow each cell to survey its environment. Once receiving a signal, the receptor initiates a cascade of reactions inside the cell, a process known as signal transduction, which leads to the required change in cell behavior.

 

4번 지문

Do you feel better after taking a walk in the park or watching a beautiful sunset? If so, you may be unknowingly using your own form of "ecotherapy," a type of therapy designed to improve emotional health by reconnecting people with nature and the environment. The field of ecopsychology, which first became popular in the United States in the 1990s, claims that humans are an integral part of the natural world and should not be separated from it. Their emotional health may suffer if they are cut off from nature by urbanization or other aspects of modern life. In addition, this alienation may cause emotional and physical distress. Out of this movement grew ecotherapy, offering strategies to strengthen people’s relationship with nature. For instance, learning to survive alone in the wilderness can build confidence, but even a simple walk outdoors can also be effective. Some therapies involve animals: swimming with dolphins, playing with your pet, or watching a tropical fish tank are all beneficial. Even looking at a picture of an outdoor scene can help. As a result, one UK mental health charity is now proposing that ecotherapy be made more readily available for mental health patients, as it already is in Holland and Norway. So if you’re feeling a bit down, you may not need antidepressants or costly therapy. First, try riding your bike or walking on the beach. These activities will surely be good for your physical health, and may strengthen your spirits, too.