2008 고대 어휘관련 문제 적중률

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어휘관련 문제에 나왔던 어휘 수: 128단어

비적중 어휘 수: 9단어

적중률: 93%

[1-17] Select the one that is closest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

1. Nature is always consistent, though she feigns to contravene her own laws.

A. restrict      B. observe      C. coordinate      D. disobey

2. Public principles can be imposed by a despotic government. But the public philosophy of a free society cannot be restored by fiat.

A. agreement      B. order      C. sagacity      D. compromise

3. There are some verbal offenses against a moral order, and they can, incidently, be committed with

excellent pronunciation or with impeccable grammar and spelling.

A. flawless      B. indistinct      C. indecipherable      D. equivocal

4. These results are the first definite proof that sexual reproduction magnifies the efficiency of natural

selection in eliminating deleterious mutations.

A. uncontrolled      B. advantageous      C. harmful      D. useful

5. The mettle of a men is tested in adversities and he who remains in his beliefs comes out shinning.

A. cleverness      B. courage      C. insight      D. promise

6. The lawyer doctored the evidence found in the murder trial to disprove his client's guiltiness.

A. collected      B. submitted      C. confiscated      D. modified

7. I'd love to have one home in the mountains and another at the seashore, but that's just a pipe dream.

A. impossible      B. feasible      C. understandable      ㅠD. attainable

8. Last year, most people found that any increase in their incomes was completely negated by the rise in

the cost of living.

A. replenished      B. nullified      C. exacerbated      D. complemented

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9. As early as 1800, the poor in Britainweresubsistingonavastlylessnutritionsmealofoften

adulterated white bread with cheese, tea and sugar.

A. aromatized      B. seasoned      C. debased      D. enriched

10. The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embryonic state; otherwise,

it may grow to dangerous proportions.

A. a developed      B. a rudimentary      C. a fluctuating      D. a sedentary

11. Although we could not understand the words of the song, we got the impression from the plangent

tones of the singers that it was a lament of some kind.

A. plaintive      B. soft      C. audible      D. melodic

12. With a sixth of humanity living within its borders, IndiaismorelinguisticallydiversethanEurope.But

apart from a few hiccups along the way, it remains one of the most stable and unified societies in all of

Asia.

A. glories      B. ameliorations      C. achievements      D. disruptions

13. leap-frogging (문제 문장 복원 실패)

A. synthesizing      B. wandering      C. disserving      D. vaulting

14. The electronics company is one under-the-radar example of how the explosion of international trade

has spawned a new generation of growth companies in rapidly developing countries.

A. obvious      B. inconspicuous      C. representative      D. technical

15. imperturbable (문제 문장 복원 실패)

A. domineering     B. furious      C. calm       D. flustered

16. I have butterflies in my stomach-maybe because I don't know how to pronounce half the lines I have

to say today.

A. am hopful      B. am starved      C. am disgusted      D. am nervous

17. Reporters said that we would never make a success of our magazine; now that we have proved them

wrong, they will have to eat their words.

A. retract criticism      B. claim innocence      C. withdraw apologies      D. deny responsibility

[28-47] Select the one that best completes the sentence.

31. Developing a close relationship takes time; no relationship becomes close. We consider a

relationship to move from a fairly superficial stage to a deeper, more intimate bond.

A. instantly         B. deliberately

C. adequately    D. covertly

32. If your support of our position is , we will never know whether you are going to be for

us or against us.

A. consistent       B. unwavering

C. intermittent       D. unambiguous

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33. In today's era of mass media exposure, most citizens are better informed about crooked politicians at

the national level than they are at the local one. Consequently, political corruption is more likely to

at the local levels.

A. languish     B. thrive

C. perish        D. retrogress

34. Developers have struggled to obtain contiguous plots of land, and regional officials have been slow to

grant building permits because of concerns over practices and environmental impact.

A. conscientious  B. lawful

C. reciprocal        D. unscrupulous

35. If the nadir of the modern Olympics came at Munichin1972-whenelevenIsraeliathleteswere

kidnapped by members of the PLO, two executed, und the rest killed in a rescue attempt-the ancient

was in 364 BC, as the sacred Games of Zeus were interrupted by a military assault in the middle of a

wrestling match.

A. equivalent      B. ritual

C. competition    D. diversion

36. Lexicographers may be hustling to put a word in the next editions of their dictionaries: subprime. in

lending, prime-from the Latin primus "first"-is the least risky, giving the lender a low interest rate: the

sub-prefix takes the meaning in the other direction: but high risk.

A. low credit         B. safe investment

C. high return       D. high debt

37. In preindustrial country towns and city neighborhoods, the people who needed each other lived close

to each other. This provided many benefits that were free or comparatively inexpensive.

A. segregation       B. proximity

C. negligence        D. privacy

38. In late-modern society, the psychologically complex and autonomous individual is .

Individual decisions and reflection give way in more and more spheres of life to corporatist policy making

and the repetitive formulae of mass culture.

A. a luminary         B. an exemplar

C. a prototype       D. an anachronism

39. Geniuses prepare themselves for chance. Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we and up

doing something else. That is the first principle of . It provokes a question: what have we done?

Answering that question in a novel way is the essential act of innovation.

A. creative accident         B. cautious abstraction

C. constructive rivalry      D. complete conformity

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40. Some people have a constant swirl of papers on their desks and assume that somehow the most

import!ant matters will float to the top. In most cases, however, hinders concentration and can

create tension and frustration-a feeling of being snowed under.

A. tidiness         B. clutter

C. precision      D. rearrangement

41. "Tell the truth," V. S. Naipaul advised a young writer when the latter asked him how to get started as

a novelist. As contradictory as that might seem, anyone who has written fiction, or even tried to tell a

convincing lie, knows exactly what Naipaul meant. The best tales have the air, feel and smell of

authenticity about them, and the aspect of good fiction is this honesty.

A. shameful            B. pernicious

C. paradoxical       D. dogmatic

42. For too long, we have accepted as a precondition for quality in search engines, even though

the best computer scientists tell us that security through obscurity is a bad idea. The best way to battle

spammers and spammers if through open public participation in the process of ranking and rating search

results.

A. exposure        B. secrecy

C. candor           D. legitimacy

43. One type of compliance is the response: we comply almost automatically, giving little thought

to the reasons we should or should not agree to carry out the behavior!. This form of compliance is most

likely to occur when the response is overlearned and requires little conscious monitoring and when the

form of the request matches our expectations about legitimate requests.

a. mitigated        B. contemplated

C. evasive          D. mindless

44. If we don't act to improve the health of the newspaper industry, we will see newspapers wither and

die. Without newspapers, we would be less informed about our communities and have fewer outlets for

the expression! of independent thinking and a diversity of viewpoints. The challenge is to restore the

of newspapers while preserving the core values of a diversity of voices.

A. viability          B. ownership

C. uniformity      D. editorship

45. For many decades, environmental scientists have been warning us that enormous damage can be done

to the ecology of a region by pressure for economic development and by apparently , bur in reality

short-sighted, responses to this pressure. The damage will not only any economic progress the

region experiences but also has the potential to make the region unlivable.

A. irrational - intensify

B. reasonable - obliterate

C. proper - spur

D. liberal - promote

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46. Self-publishing, the only real success story in an otherwise depressed industry, is , thanks to the

Internet, digital cameras and more sophisticated digital printing. It's also gaining respect. No longer

dismissed as vanity presses, DIY publishing is discovering a market of customers seeking

high-quality books for limited distribution.

A. waning - mass

B. shrinking - global

C. Booming - niche

D. stagnating - luxury

47. For half a century, social psychologists have been trying to figure out the human gift for

irrational behavior!. Why did we evolve with brains that salute our shrewdness for buying the neon yellow

car with bad gas mileage? The brain keeps sending one message-Yes! Genius!-while our friends and

family are saying, "Well..." This has been demonstrated over and over by researchers.

A. punishing - self-conceit

B. justifying - self-control

C. condemning - self-confidence

D. rationalizing - self-delusion

[48-70] Read the following passages and answer the questions.

[48-50]

48. Choose the one that best fills in the blank.

A. encircle        B. integrate

C. trespass       D. divide

[51-52]

51. Choose the one that best fills in the blank.

A. obsolete        B. isolated

C. dormant         D. competitive

[56-57]

56. Choose the one that best fills in the blank.

A. procrastination        B. manipulation

C. liberation                 D. discrimination

58. Choose the one that best fills in the blank.

A. Conventional wisdom

B. Financial acumen

C. Idiosyncratic knowledge

D. Unsolicited opinion

62. Choose the one that best fills in the blank.

A. optimism

B. skepticism

C. opportunism

D. idealism

65. Choose the one that best filles in the blank.

A. multiplied

B. reared

C. killed

D. maimed

70. What is the tone of the passage?

A. condescending

B. laudatory

C. apathetic

D. critical