영어 모의고사 (자동 편성)

Last spring, Mina joined the school environmental club because she wanted to make a difference. At first, she felt ①nervous about speaking in front of the other members. However, the club leader, who had been recycling for years, welcomed her ②warmly. Every Friday, the members walked around the school picking up trash near the playground. Mina soon realized that this weekly habit was like watering a small plant every day. For example, a single plastic bottle left outside could take hundreds of years to ③disappear. Therefore, the club decided to place clear recycling bins in every classroom. In contrast to her early doubts, Mina began to feel ④proud of the changes she noticed. Her classmates ⑤stopped separating cans and paper without being reminded by teachers. By the end of the semester, Mina had become an active member.

On Saturday afternoons, the small square near my house fills with the sound of a street guitarist who sets up his amplifier beside the fountain. At first, I assumed busking was simply a way for musicians to earn a little ①pocket money, but watching him more closely changed my mind. He does not merely play requests; he studies the mood of the crowd and ②adjusts his set list on the spot, slowing down for a tired evening walker or speeding up when children start dancing nearby. Unlike a concert hall performance, a street show has no fixed stage and no guaranteed ③audience, so the musician must win people's attention within the first few seconds or lose them to their phones. This constant negotiation between performer and passerby, I realized, is itself a kind of art, one that depends as much on ④ignoring people as it does on playing an instrument, which is why I now find busking far more ⑤impressive than I originally expected.

Jimin joined the school band club in March, but she had never performed before an audience. The club's first concert was only two weeks away, and everyone felt ①nervous. During practice, her hands ②shook whenever the song reached the chorus, and she kept missing the same chord. Instead of laughing at her mistakes, the other members waited patiently and played the section again with her. The drummer, Suho, suggested that she focus on just one part at a time. Slowly, her fingers grew more ③hesitant, and the chord that once felt impossible began to feel natural. The club practiced until the melody sounded ④smooth the night before the concert. When Jimin walked onto the stage, she thought of her friends' patience instead of her fear. The audience clapped ⑤warmly, and she realized her club's support had made the difference.

Many students think that reading a book quietly by themselves is ①enough, but book discussion classes add something that solo reading cannot provide. When students explain their ideas out loud, they often ②discover thoughts they did not even know they had. Teachers who use discussion classes report that students remember plot details and themes far ③longer than students who only read silently and take a quiz afterward. This happens because talking about a book forces the brain to organize scattered impressions into a clear argument. Discussion also teaches students to listen ④carefully, since they must respond directly to classmates instead of simply waiting for their own turn to speak. For these reasons, many schools are now adding weekly discussion sessions to their reading programs, even for short stories that used to be assigned only as ⑤noisy homework.

Setting a career plan early in high school offers several important benefits. First, having a general direction helps students choose subjects and activities that support their goals. Second, a plan gives students a sense of purpose, which can make schoolwork feel more meaningful. However, an effective career plan should remain flexible, since interests and circumstances often change during the teenage years. Career counselors therefore recommend reviewing a plan every few months and adjusting it based on new experiences. In this way, careful planning does not limit a student's future; instead, it provides ___________.

Many students confuse the student council with school clubs. In fact, _______________________. The student council is an official body that represents the whole school. It manages shared issues such as rules, events, and communication with teachers. For example, council members often organize the school festival. They also collect opinions from each class before making decisions. A club, in contrast, is a small group formed around one shared interest, such as music or art. While the council must consider the needs of every student, a club can focus narrowly on what its own members enjoy. Therefore, joining the council usually requires an election, whereas joining a club simply requires genuine interest. Some students eventually do both, using the council to build leadership skills and a club to develop a personal passion.

Stairs seem too ordinary to be dangerous, which is why many people treat them carelessly, texting, carrying an armful of books, or skipping two steps at a time. Emergency room records tell a different story: _______________. Familiarity encourages a kind of autopilot mode, in which a person stops looking at each step and instead relies on memory of where the stairs should be.

My cousin, who has never taken a single music lesson, recently used a composing app on her phone to write a short song for her friend's birthday video. (A) What the app could not do, however, was decide which four notes actually felt right for the opening line, or when a pause said more than another note would have. (B) Watching her work, I realized the app handled much of the technical difficulty that used to stop beginners from composing at all, automatically keeping her melody in key and suggesting chords that matched the mood she selected. (C) She spent nearly an hour adjusting a single short phrase until it matched the feeling she wanted to capture, and watching her patient trial and error, I understood that these tools lower the technical barrier but do not remove the human task of deciding what music is trying to say.

This convenience gap between renting the scooter itself and preparing to ride it safely explains a great deal. Electric scooters have become a common sight on city sidewalks, offering a quick way to cover short distances, yet most riders climb on without ever putting on a helmet. ( ① ) Part of the problem is that renting a scooter takes only a few taps on a phone screen, while finding and carrying a helmet requires planning that many riders simply skip. ( ② ) Emergency room doctors note that scooter-related head injuries have risen sharply in recent years, closely tracking the rise in scooter popularity itself. ( ③ ) Unlike a bicycle, which typically requires balance skills built up over years of practice, an electric scooter can reach a surprising speed within seconds, often faster than new riders expect from something that looks simple to operate. ( ④ ) A fall at that speed, onto pavement rather than grass, can cause a head injury just as severe as one from a bicycle or a small motorcycle. ( ⑤ ) Cities that have begun requiring helmets for scooter rentals report a measurable drop in serious injuries.

Such shortcuts might seem harmless when nothing goes wrong the first few times. Science labs feel far safer than they actually are, largely because the equipment looks harmless and the experiments are carefully planned by a teacher. ( ① ) This false sense of security leads some students to skip small precautions, such as wearing safety goggles for a "simple" experiment or tasting a substance out of curiosity. ( ② ) Chemical reactions, however, do not distinguish between a professional laboratory and a classroom; a small amount of the wrong substance splashed into an eye can cause permanent damage within seconds, regardless of how basic the experiment seemed. ( ③ ) Teachers repeatedly emphasize reading each instruction before touching any material, since even a familiar-looking chemical can behave unpredictably when combined with something new. ( ④ ) Most laboratory accidents, researchers note, do not happen during advanced or unusual experiments but during routine ones that students have performed many times before. ( ⑤ ) This is precisely because familiarity breeds carelessness rather than caution.