영어 모의고사 (자동 편성)

문제 1

Suppose a mad scientist removed a living brain from its body, ① placed it in a vat of nutrient fluid, and connected its neurons to a supercomputer capable of generating perfectly realistic sensations. The brain would experience a full and convincing world, complete with a sky, a body, and other people, without ever ② suspecting that none of it existed outside the simulation. This scenario, unsettling as it sounds, raises a genuinely difficult question for anyone ③ confident in their own perception: how could a person ever prove that they are not that very brain right now? Ordinary evidence cannot help, since any proof gathered through the senses would itself ④ be generated by the same simulation being tested. Some philosophers conclude that absolute certainty about the external world is simply unattainable, while others argue that the mere possibility of deception, however vivid, ⑤ are not sufficient reason to abandon our everyday trust in what we perceive.

문제 2

When an image-generating program ① produced a strikingly detailed painting in the exact style of a well-known illustrator within seconds, my art club spent an entire meeting arguing about what it actually meant for artists. Some members felt excited, ② imagining the software as a helpful tool that could speed up brainstorming or generate quick backgrounds for their comics. Others worried that the program had been trained on thousands of real illustrations ③ scraped from the internet without the original artists' permission, meaning the tool's impressive results were quietly built on other people's uncredited labor. A few pointed out that the final image, however skillful it ④ looked, reflected no personal memory, struggle, or intention, only patterns learned from existing pictures. The debate never reached a clear conclusion, but it made me realize that questions about creativity now involve not just how a picture looks, but where it actually ⑤ come from and who deserves credit for it.

문제 3

Last summer, our neighborhood association ① invited students to help paint a mural on the long wall beside the community center, and nearly forty volunteers with completely different painting abilities showed up on the first day. I worried that combining so many different skill levels would create an ugly, mismatched result, since some volunteers ② had painted for years while others, including me, had never held a large brush before. The project leader solved this by dividing the huge design into small, connected sections and ③ assign each volunteer a section matched to their comfort level, from simple solid-color backgrounds to detailed flowers. Beginners filled in wide open skies, while experienced painters ④ added fine details like veins on leaves or shadows under birds. When the plastic sheets finally came down, the mural looked remarkably unified, not despite the many different hands involved, but because each hand had ⑤ been given a task suited to what it could do well.

문제 4

Earthquakes strike without any warning, which is exactly why the seconds immediately after the shaking begins ① matters more than any other moment in an emergency. Safety experts consistently teach the same three steps: drop to the ground, take cover under sturdy furniture, and hold on until the shaking ② stops. Many people instinctively want to run outside during a quake, ③ imagining that open space is always safer than a building. Furniture that seems merely inconvenient during a fire drill, such as a heavy desk, becomes a lifesaving shield when the ceiling above begins ④ to crack. After the shaking stops, experts warn that the greatest remaining danger is often a damaged structure rather than a second earthquake, so calmly checking for hazards before moving is just as important as ⑤ reacting quickly at the first tremor.

문제 5

A ① shrinking number of teenagers are joining book clubs that exist only on their phones. These apps let users track how many pages they read each day, write short reviews, and join group chats about a chosen book. Some students say the apps make reading feel less ② lonely, because they can share their honest reactions the moment they finish a chapter instead of waiting for a weekly meeting. The apps also use gentle reminders and reading streaks to keep members ③ motivated, turning a private habit into a small social game. However, a few teachers worry that constant notifications from a reading app can pull attention away from the book itself, since users may spend more time ④ chatting about the story than actually reading it. Despite this concern, many students report that the sense of community keeps them reading books they would have quit halfway through if they had been reading completely ⑤ alone.

문제 6

Riding a bicycle is one of the most ① popular ways for teenagers to get around, yet many students still skip the one piece of equipment that could save their life: the helmet. Some argue that a short trip to a nearby store does not require any special protection, since the risk of a serious accident feels ② distant and unlikely. However, most bicycle accidents happen close to home, on familiar streets where riders feel too comfortable to expect danger. A sudden pothole, a car door opening without warning, or a patch of gravel can throw even an experienced cyclist off balance in an ③ instant. Wearing a helmet does not prevent a fall, but it dramatically ④ increases the chance of a serious head injury when one occurs. For this reason, safety experts insist that a helmet should be treated not as an optional accessory, but as a ⑤ basic requirement every time wheels touch the pavement.

문제 7

Walking through the old industrial district downtown, I noticed that a gray concrete wall had been transformed overnight into a wild swirl of color, letters, and cartoon figures. (A) Some residents complained to the city office, calling it vandalism and demanding that workers paint over it immediately. (B) Others argued that the same wall had been an ugly, forgotten eyesore for years, and that the graffiti artist had simply given it a voice no one else bothered to give it. (C) This disagreement reveals a tension at the heart of street art: without permission, even a skillful piece can be labeled a crime, yet many cities now invite artists to paint designated walls legally.

문제 8

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. (A) 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 lose them to their phones. This constant negotiation between performer and passerby, I realized, is itself a kind of art. (B) He does not merely play requests; he studies the mood of the crowd and adjusts his set list on the spot, slowing down for a tired evening walker or speeding up when children start dancing nearby. (C) At first, I assumed busking was simply a way for musicians to earn a little pocket money, but watching him more closely changed my mind.

문제 9

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. (A) By the time our short film premiered at the school festival, I understood that the visible five minutes represented only a small fraction of the invisible work that had shaped it. (B) 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. (C) Filming itself took only two Saturday afternoons, yet editing the footage afterward consumed nearly six additional weeks, as we combed through hours of raw clips to choose the handful of seconds that made it into the final version.

문제 10

That small imperfection, more than anything, was proof of how much I had actually learned that day. For my birthday, my older sister took me to a small pottery studio where visitors can shape their own bowl or cup on a spinning wheel. ( ① ) I expected the wheel to do most of the difficult work automatically, since it was already spinning quickly by the time I sat down. ( ② ) My first attempt collapsed into a shapeless lump within seconds, because I had not realized how much steady, centered pressure the clay actually requires before it can be shaped at all. ( ③ ) The instructor explained that beginners almost always press too hard on one side, which throws the entire piece off balance no matter how fast or slow the wheel spins. ( ④ ) After nearly a dozen failed attempts, I finally produced a lopsided but recognizable cup, and the small imperfection along its rim somehow made me prouder of it than a perfectly smooth, machine-made mug ever could have. ( ⑤ ) Clay, I learned that afternoon, rewards patience far more generously than it rewards force.