서울여자대학교 2005학년도 2학기 편입학전형 영어고사

Ⅰ. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined expression. (1~5)

    1. Manufacturers who carry out government orders have to be very careful to meet specifications.

       ① encounter           ② satisfy                 ③ prepare                  ④ anticipate

    2. In the degenerating relationship between Russia and America, the bomb was at first only a minor 

        irritant―a symbol of distrust.

       ① annoyance          ② attack                  ③ reluctance               ④ significance

    3. Despite his unassuming presence, the young composer was, in fact, a great musical genius.

       ① pretentious          ② unknown               ③ incredible                ④ modest

    4. In 1987 the prestigious British journal Nature published an article linking manic-depression to a 

        specific gene.

       ① extinct              ② outstanding            ③ indecent                 ④ everlasting

    5. Since the speaker had not prepared his speech, he had to extemporize one.

       ① provide             ② duplicate               ③ improvise                ④ visualize

 Ⅱ. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. (6~10)

    6. Did the structure collapse because of some _____________ weakness or as a result of external 

        pressures?

       ① inherent             ② inane                     ③ inactive                  ④ incoherent

     7. It takes only a _____________ of a second for the supercomputer to sort out those materials.

       ① memory            ② fraction                  ③ partition                 ④ contraction

    8. The appearance of _____________ shopping malls has endangered small stores in neighboring towns.

       ① garrulous            ② lustrous                  ③ nimble                   ④ mammoth

     9. When an organism's reproductive functions begin to mature, we say it has reached the age of 

        _____________.

       ① servitude           ② puberty                ③ servility                ④ purity

    10. If you continue to accept help without expressing any thanks or appreciation, you may be accused of

       _____________.

       ① ingratitude         ② intrigue                ③ incapacity               ④ intricacy 

Ⅲ. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten. (11~15)

    11. The government requires that a census taken every ten years so that accurate

                                                      ①          ②                                  

        statistics may be compiled.

            ③            ④

    12. People who want to stop smoking usually remind themselves of the health risks, the bad smell,

             ①                     ②                          ③

        the cost, other's reactions to their smoking―the drawbacks of smoking.

                          ④

    13. The first star to come out in the evening is called as the Evening Star, but, strictly speaking, it

                            ①                            ②                                       ③        

        is not a star at all; it is a planet.

                     ④

    14. Melanin, a pigment that lays under the skin, is responsible for skin color, including the variations

                                     ①                   ②

        that occur among different races.

               ③     ④

    15. Many progressive businesses conduct so-called terminal interviews with employees who are leaving, not

                                           ①                                     ②

        to sell the employee on staying with the company but finding out why he is quitting.

                               ③                                     ④        

Ⅳ. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. (16~20)

    16. A human resources manager was telling me ___________ an employee that was having trouble 

        ____________ repetitive stress syndrome.

        ① on --- of             ② for --- of             ③ of --- with            ④ for --- with

   17. Stained glass becomes even more beautiful when it _______ because the corrosion diffuses light.

        ① will age               ② are aging              ③ aged                    ④ ages

    18. ___________ the manager, please tell him that I am waiting for him in the hotel lounge.

        ① Having met           ② Unless you meet      ③ Will you meet          ④ Should you meet

    19. By the time the computer hardware advanced to the next step, software manufacturers _____________ 

       hundreds of new programs.

        ① made                  ② have made             ③ had made              ④ will have made

   20. More and more people are applying to graduate schools, for they want to ___________ the recession.

        ① ride on                ② ride out                ③ ride off                 ④ ride up  

Ⅴ. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. (21~26)

    21. Mathematics definitely influenced Renaissance art. Renaissance art was different from the art in the 

        Middle Ages in many ways. Prior to the Renaissance, objects in paintings were flat and symbolic rather 

        than real in appearance. Artists during Renaissance reformed painting. They wanted objects in 

        paintings to be represented ______________________.

       ① with accuracy

        ② without reality

       ③ in abstraction

       ④ with symbols

   22. There is a proverb that goes like this: ______________________. This principle has helped me very much 

        in my efforts to learn Koranic Arabic. No matter how small, constant advancement over time brings 

        result.