2016.06.25 서울시 9급 어휘문제- 경선식 수능, 공편토, 최고난도에서 100% 적중

1.  Parents must not give up on kids who act rebellious (수능)
or seem socially awkward; this is a normal stage
most youngsters go through and eventually outgrow.

1) passive (수능)
2) delirious (최고난도)
3) disobedient (수능)
4) sporadic (공편토)

2. He was born to a wealthy family in New York in
1800 s. This circumstance allowed him to lead a
prodigal (공편토) existence for much of his life.

1) perjury (공편토)
2) unstable (수능)
3) pernicious (공편토)
4) lavish (공편토)

3. Perhaps the brightest spot in the contemporary
landscape of American higher education is the
resurgence (최고난도) of interest in engaging students in civic
life beyond campus.

1) comeback
2) disappearance

3) motivation (수능)

4) paucity (최고난도)

8. Usually several skunks live together; however, adult
male striped skunks are           during the summer.

1) nocturnal (공편토)
2) solitary (수능)
3) predatory (공편토)
4) dormant (공편토)

9. Language and spelling change. Crystal, one of the
most prolific writers on English, has helped popularize
that truth. If, as internet use suggests, people are now
starting to write rhubarb as rubarb , that, he says,
may one day become an acceptable                  .

1) alternative (수능)
2) obligation (수능)

3) risk

4) order

12. As incredible as it sounds, there are some species
of insects that will    themselves to protect their
nests. When faced with an intruder, the Camponotus
cylindricus ant of Borneo will grab onto the invader
and squeeze itself until it explodes. The ant s abdomen
ruptures, releasing a sticky yellow substance that will
be lethal for both the defender and the attacker,
permanently sticking them together and preventing the
attacker from reaching the nest.

1) commit (수능)
2) replace (수능)
3) expose (수능)
4) sacrifice (수능)

13. E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen
before. Computers and other electronic equipment
become                  in just a few years, leaving
customers with little choice but to buy newer ones to
keep up. Thus, tens of millions of computers, TVs and
cell phones are               each year

1) efficient (수능) - documented (수능)
2) obsolete (수능) - discarded (수능)
3) fascinating (수능) - reused
4) identical (수능) - thrown

14. In the last twenty years the amount of time
Americans have spent at their jobs has risen steadily.
Each year the change is small, amounting to about
nine hours, or slightly more than one additional day of
work. In any given year such a small increment has
probably been                . But the accumulated
increase over two decades is substantial.

1) dazzling (최고난도)
2) vulnerable (수능)
3) imperceptible (공편토)
4) compulsory (수능)

15. The country with the highest rate of crime in the
world is Vatican City, with 1.5 crimes per resident.
However, this high ratio is due to the country s tiny
population of only around 840 people. It is likely
that the vast majority of the crimes, which consist
mainly of pick-pocketing and shop-lifting, are
by outsiders. The Vatican has a special police
force with 130 members responsible for criminal
investigation, border control and protection of the
pope. There is no prison in Vatican City, with the
exception of a few detention cells to hold criminals
before trial. The majority of criminals are
by Italian courts.

1) manipulated (수능) - sealed (수능)
2) dominated (수능) - overruled (공편토)
3) committed (수능) - tried
4) conducted (수능) - enforced (수능)

16. Albert Einstein s general theory of relativity is
about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and his
revolutionary hypothesis has           the test of time,
despite numerous expert attempts to find              .
Einstein changed the way we think about the most
basic things, which are space and time. And that
opened our eyes to the universe, and how the most
interesting things in it work, like black holes.

1) withstood (수능) - flaws (수능)
2) resisted (수능) - proofs (공편토)
3) wasted - examples

4) squandered (공편토) - pitfalls (공편토)