2007학년도 중앙대 전기 편입학 문제 (B형)

2007년 중앙대 편입 어휘문제 관련  워드스펀지 적중률: 90%

총 80 단어 중 72  단어 적중   적중률  90%

* 중앙대의 경우 2007년 고려대와 함께 어휘문제가 가장 어렵게 출제된 2개 대학 중 하나입니다. 아래 워드스펀지에서 비적중한 어휘는 다른 편입관련 어휘서에서도 대부분 적중하지 못한 어휘들입니다. 즉 중앙대 편입 시험에서 출제되었던 고급 어휘들은 GRE 수준의 최고급 어휘까지 준비한 학생이 아니고서는 맞추기 힘든 최고난도 어휘들이었습니다.

중앙대와 고려대의 경우 2008년도를 대비하기 위해서는 GRE 고급 어휘 수준까지 대비를 해야 하겠습니다.

* 중앙대 어휘 수준은 성균관대, 외대, 경희대 등 타 대학에 비해 상대적으로 어휘수준이 높은 것으로 타 대학의 경우 GRE 고급어휘 수준까지 대비할 필요는 없습니다. 중앙대만 특별나다고 볼 수 있을 정도로 어휘 수준이 비슷한 레벨의 타 학교 및 고대를 제외한 중앙대 이상의 타 대학 편입시험보다 두드러지게 어려웠던 것입니다.

(조사한 어휘 중에 중학교 어휘나 고1,2어휘 이하 수준의 어휘는 제외하였습니다.)

1. It's obvious that the cat has a penchant (WS 611pg ad) for sunny windows and tuna tidbits. He always leaps from the kitchen windowsill and runs into his dish when he smells fish.

1) discipline (WS 286pg)         2) definite (WS 507pg) liking

3) lack of appreciation (WS 288pg) 4) abhorrence (WS 49pg)

2. Many songbirds in temperate zones reveal a drab   plumage during the winter.

1) variegated  2) enticing (WS 27pg) 3) colorless (WS 772pg) 

4) distinct (WS 111pg)

3. I couldn't wait to leave the dinner because of the vacuous (WS 577pg) conversation at the table.

1) vehement (WS 642pg ad) 2) immaculate (WS 258pg) 3) sycophantic

4) unintelligent (WS 282pg)

4. The band exhumed (WS 640pg ad) some old English music hall songs and delighted modern audiences with them.

1) disrupted (WS 551pg) 2) rendered (WS 133pg) 3) excavated (WS 156pg)

4) composed (WS 194pg)

5. Both speakers reached their audience by talking in a down-to-earth manner, strongly expressing their opinions.

1) realistic 2) vulgar (WS 38pg)  3) frivolous (WS 586pg ad) 4) secular (WS 222pg)

6. Sheila has a habit of making definite, opinionated statements that tend to stultify   conversation.

1) firmly reinforce (WS 90, 182pg) 2) provide entertainment for

3) effectively (WS 119pg) 4) have an inhibiting (WS 77, 445pg) effect on

(7~12) 문법

13. Ephemeral wetlands are characterized by their tendency to completely dry out most summers, only to become ____________ again the following fall, winter, or spring.

1) inundated (WS 34pg) 2) situated 3) truncated (WS 180pg)

4) supplanted (WS 131pg)

14. We are, for instance, instructed never to admit fault following automobile accidents, since this may put us in a(n) _____________ legal position.

1) advertent (WS 228pg) 2) precarious (WS 467pg)

3) presumptuous (WS 215pg)   4) restive

15. The broccoli soup at restaurant was __________. I've never tasted anything so good.

1) sublime (WS 716pg ad) 2) comparable (WS 366pg)

3) incompatible (WS 51, 348, 425pg) 4) repugnant (WS 455, 473pg)

16. Unlike her first novel, which received __________ for its originality, her second effort was widely criticized as uninventive and predictable.

1) odium(WS 309pg) 2) sloth (WS 388pg) 3) fiasco (WS 370pg)

4) kudos

17. The little girl was quite a(n) _________. She walked boldly into the roomful of strange adults and struck up a friendly conversation.

1) altruist (WS 745pg ad) 2) extrovert (WS 436pg)  3) dilettante (WS 651pg ad)

4) novice (WS 616, 650pg ad)

18. Unlike his calmer, more easygoing colleagues, the senator was _________ , ready to quarrel at the slightest provocation.

1) slovenly (WS 240pg) 2) benign (WS 423pg) 3) irascible (WS 308pg)

4) placid (WS 129, 353pg)

19. While I have carefully saved money to buy the piano I have always wanted, my friend Sean has ___________ his earnings on thousands of lottery tickets.

1) stockpiled    2) subjugated (WS 233pg) 3) augmented (WS 51pg)

4) squandered (WS 513pg)

(20~26) 다음 빈칸에 가장 적합한 단어 또는 어구를 고르시오.(각 3점)

20. Combining enormous physical strengh with manifest intelligence, Neanderthals appeared to be supremely well adapted. Nevertheless, around 35,000 years ago, they vanished from the face of the earth. The question of what became of the Neanderthals still ________ paleontologist, and is perhaps the most talked-about issue in human origins research today.

1) consummates (WS 81, 427pg) 2) mollifies (WS 116pg)  3) elucidates (WS 528pg)

4) baffles (WS 163pg)

21. Current restrictions on immigration are impossible to justify as they victimize those fleeing persecution and oppression in their own countries. In theory the U. K. is open to genuine refugees, but the immigration criteria are so concerned to ___________ economic migrants claiming political refugee status that it is made very difficult and humiliating for those in real danger.

1) weed out 2) bring up 3) comply (WS 425, 557pg) with 4) bear out

22. Nuclear families of the preindustrial era were bound to a set of social obligations that made the nuclear family subordinate to the wishes of the large family. This extended family system began to _________ with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. Aspirations for greater personal freedom and changing economic conditions produced a slow movement toward more independent nuclear families.

1) unravel (WS 433pg) 2) assimilate (WS 558pg)

3) emerge (WS 531pg) 4) thrive (WS 78pg)

23. The shipworm can grow almost a meter. The shell of the shipworm is small, and covers only a part of the animal. Shipworms digest the cellulose of wood and cause great damage to submerged wood structures such as docks. They are a particular __________ to wooden ships and piers, boring into wood below the waterline.

1) keeper 2) precursor (WS 501pg)  3) menace (WS 230pg) 4) bona fide

24. The volcanic areas of southern Guatemala contain some of the nation's richest soils. However, the northern parts of this region are particularly subject to erosion encouraged by steep slopes and senseless deforestation. Within the Sierra region, heavier rainfall combined with thinner soils on the steep slopes and the ___________ destruction of forests have led to widespread erosion.

1) wanton (WS 601pg ad) 2) prudent (WS 251pg)

3) negligible (WS 388pg) 4) creditable (WS 500pg)

25. For centuries, humans have unfairy viewed the great white shark as the quintessence of evil, a remorseless killer that goes after humans out of sheer malevolence. The sight of its dorsal fin slicing through the water sends shivers down the spine. Especially, in the last several years, __________ of the white shark has increased through a variety of movies in which sharks play havoc with humans.

1) recourse (WS 653pg ad) 2) calumny (WS 183, 390pg)

3) levity (WS 633pg ad) 4) predilection (WS 467pg)