2007. 7. 8 서울시 9급

9급 어휘관련 문제 - 고1~2학년 수준 이하의 어휘를 제외하고 100% 적중

1. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty(WS 73pg) spirit before a fall.

동의어는?

1) arrogant (WS 73pg)        2) calm (WS 129pg)       3) harsh (WS 129pg)

4) holy (WS 225pg)           5) humble (WS 143pg)

* WORD SPONGE 73pg에 동의어로 그대로 출제

2. Having U.S. citizens in the family has also become something of a political  liability(WS 733pg ad) for public figures.

밑줄친 부분의 동의어는?

Poor handwriting is a  in getting a job.

1) disadvantage (WS 126pg)  2) merit                      3) stance

4) punishment             5) precursor (WS 501pg)

3. agile (WS 33pg) 동의어는?

1) wary (WS 95pg)             2) caustic (WS 488pg)          3) nimble (WS 33pg)

4) lavish (WS 513pg)           5) zealous (WS 44pg)

* WORD SPONGE 33pg에 동의어로 그대로 출제

4.

Few years ago, a(n) _________  researcher at the University of Washington named Adam Drewnowski ventured into the supermarket to solve a mystery. He wanted to figure out why it is that the most reliable predictor of ________  in America today is a person’s wealth. For most of history, after all, the poor have typically suffered from a shortage of calories, not a surfeit. So how is it that today the people with the least amount of money to spend on food are the ones most likely to be overweight?

(1) undergrowth

(2) starvation (WS 392pg)

(3) poverty

(4) obesity (WS 24pg)

(5) nutrition (WS 453pg)

5. 다음 중 밑줄 친 부분과 의미가 가장 가까운 것은?

He reached the age when he can act with impunity. (WS 440pg)

1) decidedly      2) with leisure      3) in confidence

4) with composure (WS 426pg)     5) without punishment

6. In 1859, the English naturalist Charles Darwin wrote The Origins of Species. ~

(1) lukewarm (WS 222pg)

(2) ambivalent (WS 418pg)

(3) disparaging (비난하는) (WS 342pg)

(4) malleable (유순한) (WS 620)

(5) uninterested(관심없는) (WS 443pg)

7.

Totalitarianism champions have the idea that everyone should be subservient to the state. All personal goals and desires should be thrown aside unless they coincide with the common good of society. Freedom for the individual is __________so that the level of freedom for all can be raised.

(1) revered(WS 135pg)   (2) sacrificed  (3) rewarded(WS 107pg)  (4) expounded(WS 640pg)  (5) recommended

8.

In August 1914 Great Britain, with 29 capital ships ready and 13 under construction, and Germany, with 18 and nine, were the two great rival sea powers.

Neither of them at first wanted a direct _________________:

the British were chiefly concerned with the protection of their trade routes;

the Germans hoped that mines and submarine attacks would gradually destroy

Great Britain’s numerical superiority, so that _________________ could eventually

take place on equal terms. 

(1) confrontation(WS 195pg)  (2) ?  (3) reconciliation(WS 470pg)       

(4) compromise(WS 425pg)     (5) settlement(WS 401pg)