영어 모의고사 (자동 편성)

문제 1

Psychologists have long wondered whether reading fiction can change how people treat others in real life. Several studies suggest that novels which describe a character's inner thoughts in detail can ① trains readers to imagine what other people are feeling, a skill closely related to empathy. When readers follow a character through difficult choices, they practice ② stepping into someone else's perspective without any real risk to themselves. This kind of mental practice, researchers argue, can carry over into everyday situations, making readers more likely ③ to notice a classmate's hidden sadness or understand a stranger's unusual behavior. Stories that stay focused only on fast action, with little attention to characters' inner lives, appear ④ to build empathy far less than stories that slow down to explore emotion. For this reason, some psychologists now recommend that young readers ⑤ balance fast-paced adventure novels with quieter stories about ordinary people and their feelings.

문제 2

Building a reading habit does not usually start with a big decision ① to read more. It often starts with very small, easy steps. Some students keep a book in their bag so that they always ② have something to read while waiting for a bus. Others choose a fixed time each day, like right before bed, and read for just ten minutes. These small routines work because they lower the effort ③ needed to begin. Once a student sits down and opens a book, ④ continuing to read the next page feels much easier than the first step of starting. Experts also suggest setting a very low daily goal, such as one page, instead of a strict page count that ⑤ feel like homework.

문제 3

Good afternoon, everyone! Our town invites students to join a special tree-planting volunteer day next month. This event aims to ①restore a small forest damaged by last year's fire near the river. Volunteers will meet at the community center at nine in the morning and travel together by bus. Please wear old clothes and shoes that you do not mind getting dirty during the activity. Each participant will plant three young trees, guided by experienced forest rangers throughout the morning. For example, rangers will show volunteers how to dig ②proper holes without harming the tree roots. In contrast, planting too shallowly often causes young trees to ③die within a few months. Therefore, careful instructions must be followed ④closely by every volunteer. Water and snacks, prepared by the town office, will be provided for ⑤costly.

문제 4

Our film club spent an entire semester making a five-minute short film, and I was startled to learn just how little of that time was actually spent filming. We wrote and rewrote the script for nearly a month, then spent another two weeks drawing simple storyboards to plan every camera angle before a single scene was recorded. Filming itself took only two Saturday afternoons, yet editing the footage afterward ① consumed nearly six additional weeks, as we combed through hours of raw clips to choose the handful of seconds that actually made it into the final version. Our advisor warned us early on that amateur filmmakers usually ② overestimate editing the most, assuming that a good script and decent camera work will carry a film on their own. By the time our short film premiered at the school festival, I understood that the visible five minutes represented only a small ③ fraction of the invisible work that had shaped it, work that had involved ④ countless small decisions no audience member would ever directly ⑤ notice.

문제 5

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 ① pocket money, but watching him more closely changed my mind. He does not merely play requests; he studies the mood of the crowd and ② adjusts 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 ③ audience, 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 ④ ignoring people as it does on playing an instrument, which is why I now find busking far more ⑤ impressive than I originally expected.

문제 6

Accidents rarely wait for a doctor to be nearby, which is why basic first aid knowledge can make a critical difference in the first few minutes after an injury occurs. (A) Many students assume that only professionals should touch an injured person, fearing that any mistake might make things worse. (B) In reality, a few simple actions, such as applying steady pressure to a bleeding wound or keeping an unconscious person's airway clear, can prevent a minor injury from becoming a life-threatening one. (C) Waiting passively for an ambulance, rather than doing anything at all, is often the more dangerous choice, since every minute without basic care allows a treatable injury to worsen.

문제 7

Every spring, our school holds an art exhibition in the main hallway, and this year I finally submitted a painting of my own. (A) On the morning the paintings went up, I walked past dozens of styles, from careful realistic portraits to messy, colorful abstractions, and none of them looked like mine. Instead of feeling embarrassed, I found myself curious about why each artist had made certain choices. (B) Standing in that crowded hallway, I finally understood that the exhibition's real purpose was not to rank the paintings, but to let students discover how many different perspectives could exist in a single shared space. (C) For weeks, I compared my work to my classmates' drawings and felt sure that mine was not good enough to hang beside theirs. My art teacher noticed my hesitation and said something I did not expect: an exhibition is not a contest to find the single best picture, but a chance to show how differently people see the same world.

문제 8

My grandmother keeps a wooden cabinet filled with tiny furniture, each piece no larger than a fingernail, that she has been building for over a decade as a miniature hobby. (A) Talking with her while she worked, though, I learned that the real challenge lies in imagining an entire, believable world at a scale the eye can barely process. (B) She once spent three weekends carving a single tiny bookshelf, only to leave two of its shelves deliberately empty, explaining that a completely full room would look staged rather than lived-in. (C) When I first saw the cabinet, I assumed the appeal was simply how impressively small and precise the pieces looked.

문제 9

Teaching children to be cautious around strangers used to rely mainly on a single blunt warning: never talk to people you do not know. (A) A more effective approach focuses on specific situations rather than people in general, teaching children to recognize behavior that feels wrong, such as an adult asking a child to keep a secret from parents. (B) Child safety experts now argue that this advice is too simple to be useful, since most children will inevitably need to interact with unfamiliar adults. (C) Role-playing these scenarios in advance helps children respond quickly under pressure, rather than freezing because the situation feels unfamiliar and confusing.

문제 10

Getting the structure right at this early stage, she said, matters more than any single beautifully drawn panel. When I finally got the chance to interview a professional webtoon artist for our school newspaper, I expected her to describe drawing as the hardest part of her job. ( ① ) Instead, she told me that writing the story comes first, often taking longer than the artwork itself. ( ② ) She sketches rough thumbnails for an entire chapter before touching a single detailed panel, testing whether the pacing keeps readers scrolling instead of losing interest halfway through. ( ③ ) She also reads every comment section carefully, not to copy what fans suggest, but to understand which moments made readers feel something real. ( ④ ) What surprised me most was learning that a single weekly episode, which takes only a few minutes to read, usually takes her nearly forty hours to complete from script to finished color. ( ⑤ ) Her honesty made me realize that the smooth, effortless feeling of a good webtoon is actually the product of countless invisible decisions.