영어 모의고사 (자동 편성)

Online courses have become a popular way for students ①to learn practical job skills outside of school. Unlike traditional classes, these courses let learners ②study at their own pace and repeat difficult lessons as many times as needed. Many courses also include practical projects, ③allow students to build a portfolio while they learn. Experts recommend ④setting a fixed weekly schedule and finishing small assignments regularly. Choosing a course with clear reviews and a well-organized structure also matters, because poorly designed courses can ⑤waste valuable time.

On Saturday afternoons, the small square near my house fills with the sound of a street guitarist who ① sets up his amplifier beside the fountain. At first, I assumed busking was simply a way for musicians to earn a little pocket money, but watching him more closely ② changed my mind. He does not merely play requests; he studies the mood of the crowd and adjusts his set list on the spot, ③ slows 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 audience, so the musician must win people's attention within the first few seconds or ④ 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 reading people as it does on ⑤ playing an instrument.

For a class project, I interviewed a local architect who has worked in the field for over fifteen years. She explained that architects must ①balance creativity with practical concerns like safety and cost. When I asked about challenges, she mentioned that clients sometimes change their minds after a design is finished. Instead of feeling frustrated, she said she tries to see each change as a ②chance to improve the project. She also advised students to visit construction sites whenever possible, since seeing a real building take shape teaches ③valuable lessons no classroom can offer. At the end of the interview, she smiled and said that choosing architecture was the ④worst decision she had ever made. Her passion made me ⑤consider design as a possible career for myself.

For many students, the walk to school feels so ① routine that safety becomes an afterthought, yet a surprising number of accidents occur within a few blocks of the school gate. Part of the danger comes from convenience: students often cut across a busy street rather than walking the extra minute to the nearest crosswalk, assuming they can judge the traffic gap ② correctly. Wearing dark clothing during these hours can make a student almost ③ invisible until a car is dangerously close. Simple choices, such as using a marked crosswalk, waiting for the pedestrian signal, and adding something reflective to a backpack, cost only a few extra seconds each morning. Traffic safety officials argue that these small habits, repeated daily, do more to ④ ignore injury than any single safety ⑤ campaign ever could.

Stairs seem too ① 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 ② different story: falls on stairways send more people to the hospital each year than almost any other household accident. Familiarity ③ discourages 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, a habit that fails the moment something ④ unexpected occurs, such as a missing step or a loose railing. Safety officials recommend a few ⑤ unglamorous habits: keep one hand free, use the handrail, and turn on the light before stepping onto a dark staircase.

Last spring, Minji joined a new club at her school called the Green Runners. Every Saturday morning, the members jog around the neighborhood park while picking up trash. This activity, called plogging, combines jogging with cleaning up litter from the streets. At first, Minji felt ①embarrassed to pick up garbage in front of other people. However, she soon realized that her small actions were making the park ②cleaner and healthier. For example, the group collected more than twenty bags of trash during their first month together. Picking up litter while running is like turning an ordinary workout into a meaningful mission. Minji's legs grew ③tired, but her heart felt ④proud after every session. Now, she encourages her friends, who used to tease her, to join the club as well. Minji believes that small habits, practiced together, can ⑤destroy a whole community.

Central High School will host its annual career fair next Thursday. More than thirty companies will set up booths to introduce ①similar careers. Students can talk directly with workers from fields such as medicine, engineering, design, and media. Each booth will offer a short activity so visitors can ②experience a small part of the job. Teachers strongly ③encourage all students to attend. Meeting professionals in person often opens doors to careers students never ④considered before. The fair will end at 3 p.m., and light refreshments will be ⑤provided for all visitors.

The broadcasting workshop turned out to be more difficult than most students expected. (A) By the second day, though, most students began to enjoy the challenge as their confidence grew. (B) On the first day, many students felt nervous simply standing in front of a camera. (C) This growth was largely due to instructors who gave detailed feedback instead of simple praise.

Career counselors often use simple questions to help students understand themselves. (A) A student who answers "playing music" might be encouraged to explore careers related to sound or performance. (B) For instance, a counselor might ask what activity makes a student lose track of time. (C) In this way, ordinary daily habits can become useful clues for choosing a future career.

Researchers sometimes call this ability perspective-taking, and it does not stay confined to the pages of a book. Psychologists have long wondered whether reading fiction can change how people treat others in real life. ( ① ) Several studies suggest that novels which describe a character's inner thoughts in detail can train readers to imagine what other people are feeling, a skill closely related to empathy. ( ② ) When readers follow a character through difficult choices, they practice stepping into someone else's perspective without any real risk to themselves. ( ③ ) This kind of mental practice, researchers argue, can carry over into everyday situations, making readers more likely to notice a classmate's hidden sadness or understand a stranger's unusual behavior. ( ④ ) Not every book produces this effect equally. Stories that stay focused only on fast action, with little attention to characters' inner lives, appear to build empathy far less than stories that slow down to explore emotion. ( ⑤ ) For this reason, some psychologists now recommend that young readers balance fast-paced adventure novels with quieter stories about ordinary people and their feelings.