영어 모의고사 (자동 편성)

Summer is the best time ①to enjoy swimming pools, rivers, and beaches with family and friends. However, water activities can ②being dangerous without proper preparation. First, always swim in areas ③that are supervised by a lifeguard, and never swim alone even if you are a strong swimmer, because emergencies ④can happen quickly. Finally, learning basic rescue skills ⑤allows you to help others in an emergency.

Every light ①left on in an empty room wastes electricity that could have powered something useful elsewhere. For example, a single classroom light left on overnight can waste enough energy ②to charge dozens of phones. This habit is similar to ③leave a faucet running while you brush your teeth, where water flows out for no reason. However, when an entire school ④forms this habit together, the total amount of ⑤saved energy becomes significant.

During exam season last year, our school counselor ①introduced a weekly drop-in session where students could paint freely for thirty minutes without any instructions or grading. I attended mostly out of curiosity, ②expecting a relaxing but ultimately pointless activity, since I have never considered myself artistically talented. To my surprise, filling a blank page with color, without worrying whether the result looked good, ③left me noticeably calmer than scrolling through my phone during the same amount of free time. The counselor explained that art therapy does not aim to produce impressive paintings; it simply gives people a way ④express feelings that are difficult to put into words, especially frustration or anxiety that builds up silently during a stressful week. Several classmates who initially came only to avoid studying kept ⑤returning on their own afterward.

When I told my parents I wanted to become a musician, I expected them to worry about money and stability. Instead, my father surprised me by asking what kind of music made me feel most alive. My mother, who had once dreamed of becoming a painter herself, admitted that she still wondered what her life might have looked like. Their honesty made me realize that parents' influence on career choices is not always about pressure or control. ___________ Still, my parents' support taught me that the most helpful kind of guidance often respects a child's own voice instead of replacing it.

Every spring, the volunteer club at our school introduces new members to its most popular project: the nursing home visit program. (A) For example, one member always brings her ukulele and plays simple songs that the residents remember from their youth. (B) As a result, both the students and the elderly residents look forward to these visits every month. (C) During each visit, members are encouraged to bring a small talent or hobby to share with the residents.

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.

주어진 문장: Yet many people write down their goals at the beginning of the year and never check how far they have come. Setting a goal is only the first step; keeping track of progress is just as important. ( ① ) Without regular records, it becomes easy to lose motivation or forget the original purpose of a goal. ( ② ) Keeping a simple log, such as a weekly checklist or a short journal entry, lets a person see clear evidence of improvement over time. ( ③ ) For instance, someone learning guitar might record which songs they practiced each week, and looking back later reveals growth that felt invisible day to day. ( ④ ) Tracking progress also helps identify problems early, since a person can notice when effort stops producing results and adjust the plan before too much time is wasted. ( ⑤ )

A single careless movement, in other words, could ruin an entire page of otherwise careful work. When a classmate began writing her diary entries in elaborate, flowing calligraphy instead of ordinary handwriting, I assumed she was simply trying to make her notebook look decorative. ( ① ) Curious, I asked her to teach me one afternoon, and I quickly discovered that calligraphy demands far more patience than I had expected. ( ② ) Every stroke has to be planned before the pen touches the paper, since a brush pen cannot be casually corrected once ink has already spread across the page. ( ③ ) She told me that slowing her hand down to this deliberate pace actually helped her think more clearly, because rushing through a sentence in calligraphy simply was not physically possible. ( ④ ) What began as decoration for her gradually became a kind of meditation, a rare part of her day when she could not multitask or hurry. ( ⑤ ) I left that lesson with ink-stained fingers and a newfound respect for how much concentration a single beautifully written word can require.

주어진 문장: There is also a third, equally important reason that explains why so many resolutions fail so quickly. Many people give up on their new year's resolutions within just a few days, and psychologists have found several simple reasons for this pattern. ( ① ) First, willpower is like a muscle that becomes tired after being used too much, so people often run out of self-control by the end of a busy day. ( ② ) Second, many resolutions are unrealistic from the beginning, since people set goals that are far too difficult to reach in a short time. ( ③ ) When a goal feels impossible, people quickly lose motivation and stop trying. ( ④ ) Third, most resolutions do not offer any immediate reward. ( ⑤ ) Because the brain prefers quick rewards over distant ones, people find it hard to stay motivated without seeing fast results.

Sometimes the leader also brings up a surprising detail that no one else noticed. Our school's book club, Page Turners, meets every Wednesday to discuss a book the members chose. ( ① ) At the start of each month, students suggest titles and vote to pick one. This way, everyone feels some ownership over what the club reads next. ( ② ) Before each meeting, members read several chapters and prepare a few questions. During the meeting, the leader opens discussion by asking a question about the story's main idea. ( ③ ) Then members take turns sharing their opinions, even when they disagree with each other. For example, students once argued for a long time about a character's difficult choice. ( ④ ) Such debates, though sometimes loud, help members understand different points of view. At the end of the semester, the club holds an event to recommend favorite books. ( ⑤ ) Through this process, reading becomes less like homework and more like a shared conversation.