Lesson 3  Hope against Hope

고3 시사  1학기 중간고사 대비                                                        Lesson 3  Hope against Hope

1. 다음 문장의 빈칸에 공통으로 들어갈 단어를 쓰시오.

He didn't _______ his back on a friend in need.

Once you _______ on the TV, you can't stop watching it.

We're curious to see how the result will _______ out.

2. 나머지 문장과 의미가 다른 하나는?

① Don't you agree?

② Don't you think so?

③ Wouldn't you say so?

④ I wonder if you would agree with it.

⑤ I can't help thinking the same.

3. 다음 영영풀이에 해당하는 단어로 알맞은 것은?

a fight or battle between two groups of people

① absurdity	② confrontation	③ corpse

④ agony	⑤ despair

※ 다음 글을 읽고 아래 물음에 답하시오.

Life is a mystery, yet most people ①live day to day without ②giving it a thought. From time to time, however, we find ourselves ③wondering why we go on ④living. Life seems to have no meaning, and no matter how ⑤hardly we try to understand the meaning of life, it remains a mystery.

4. 다음 밑줄 친 ①~⑤ 중 어법상 틀린 곳은?

5. 밑줄 친 부분을 잘못 바꾸어 쓴 것은?

① day to day = everyday

② From time to time = sometimes

③ go on = keep

④ no matter how = however

⑤ remains = stays

6. 윗글 다음에 이어질 내용으로 적합한 것은?

① a mysterious life

② everyday way of live

③ the meaning of life

④ a meaningless puzzle

⑤ hope against hope

※ 다음 글을 읽고 물음에 답하시오.

In The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Albert Camus underscores the _____________ of life. He sees life as a confrontation between man's desire for meaning and the silent, cold universe. In this book, he describes this sense of absurdity with the (a)figure of Sisyphus. According to Greek mythology, Sisyphus (b)condemn to repeat forever the same meaningless labor of pushing a rock up a mountain, only to see it roll down again.

Camus thinks that the gods may have decreed such a punishment because they were jealous of Sisyphus’s intense enjoyment of life. He loved being alive so much that he resisted death at every step. Here are two examples.

7. 위 글의 밑줄 친 (a)figure와 같은 뜻으로 쓰인 것은?

① We still can't figure out why she quit her

job.

② The figure represents some 15 percent of

Korea's total imports.

③ She has a slender figure.

④ She's wearing a silk scarf with a check

figure.

⑤ Kennedy is a famous figure in politics.

8. 위 글의 밑줄 친 (b)condemn의 형태로 가장 적절한 것은?

① condemn	② condemned

③ was condemning	④ was condemned

⑤ will condemn

9. 문맥상 빈 칸에 들어갈 말로 적절한 것은?

① absurdity	② intelligence

③ apathy	④ ambiguity

⑤ empathy

10. 윗글 다음에 이어질 내용으로 적절한 것은?

① 시지프스 신화의 내용

② 알베르트 까뮈의 인생

③ 삶의 부조리한 면에 대한 예

④ 시지프스가 신들의 미움을 산 이유

⑤ 인간의 욕망에 대한 신들의 질투

※ 다음 글을 읽고 물음에 답하시오.

When Death came to claim Sisyphus's life with a pair of handcuffs, Sisyphus persuaded Death to demonstrate their use on himself.

(A) When Death was eventually liberated, it was again time for Sisyphus to die. He came (a)_______ with another trick by which to escape from the underworld. He told his wife to throw his corpse on the public square.

(B) Back in the underworld he complained to Persephone, queen of the dead, that he had not been given a proper burial and insisted (b)_______ returning to the world of living to see his funeral arrangements.

(C) While Death was thus bound in the handcuffs, Sisyphus escaped back to the world of the living.

Once back, he promptly settled back to life.

11. 윗글에서 주어진 문장에 이어질 글의 순서로 올바르게 된 것은?

① (A)-(B)-(C)	② (B)-(A)-(C)

③ (C)-(A)-(B)	④ (B)-(C)-(A)

⑤ (C)-(B)-(A)

12. 윗글을 한 문장으로 요약할 때 빈칸 (a)와 (b)에 들어갈 말로

가장 적절한 것끼리 짝지어진 것은?

⇒ Sisyphus loved (a)_______ so much that

he (b)_______ at every step.

(a)	(b)

① being alive	- enjoyed meeting the Death

② teasing the Gods -	punished his wife

③ being alive	-	resisted death

④ resisting the Death	-  was jealous of

the living

⑤ teasing the Gods -	convinced the queen

of the dead

13. 윗글의 빈칸 (a)와 (b)에 들어갈 전치사로 바르게 짝지어진 것은?

① out - to	② up - on	③ in - at

④ on - to	⑤ off - on

14. 밑줄 친 부분을 절(clause)로 고쳐 쓰시오.

※ 다음 글을 읽고 물음에 답하시오.

The gods would not allow ⒜such defiance. Hermes, the messenger god in Greek mythology, forced Sisyphus to return to the underworld. The gods had planned ⒝a suitable punishment for him: they would let him live, but ⒞he was to live a meaningless life. For all eternity ⒟he would have to push a rock up a mountain, knowing that the rock would roll back down as soon as he reached at the top.

Then he would have to start over. The gods thought that ⒠this futile labor would be a punishment more awful than death.

15. 윗글의 밑줄 친 ⓐ~ⓔ중에 의미하는 바가 다른 하나는?

① ⒜   ② ⒝   ③ ⒞   ④ ⒟   ⑤ ⒠

16. 밑줄 친 ,konwing that ~을 절(clause)로 고쳐 쓰시오.

17. 윗글에서 어법상 틀린 한 곳을 찾아 바르게 고쳐 쓰시오.

※ 다음 글을 읽고 물음에 답하시오.

In Greek mythology, (a)there, that, is, the story, all, to, is. (A) Try to imagine the twisted look on his face, his cheek pressed against the rock and his arms ⓐstretched out. (B) He has to use all his strength to move the rock, pushing against it with his shoulder and ⓑwedging his foot under it to keep it from rolling back. Inch by inch, Sisyphus moves the rock. (C) When he finally reaches the top, he watches it roll down to the bottom, ⓒfrom which he will have to push it up again. (D) You can feel his sense of hopelessness as he walks down the slope to repeat __________________. He knows that there is no escape, that he must go on repeating the task forever. (E)

Anyone would plunge into (b) ___________ in such a situation. Some would prefer death to life; ⓓothers would become (c) _____________, like the rock Sisyphus struggles with. But Sisyphus becomes a mythic hero because he would rather live in agony than ⓔfind peace in death.

18. 글의 흐름상 아래 문장이 들어가기에 가장 적절한 곳은?

Only imagination can breathe life into Sisyphus’s labor in the underworld, and this is what Camus did. He asks us to visualize Sisyphus’s body struggling to push the huge rock up the slope.

① (A)   ② (B)   ③ (C)   ④ (D)   ⑤ (E)

19. 위 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 가장 알맞은 말은?

① the valuable life

② the countless amazement

③ the same meaningless task

④ the passionate work

⑤ the fulfillment of his life

20. 위 글 다음에 나올 내용으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① How Sisyphus succeeded in not having the

rock roll down.

② How Sisyphus received forgiveness from the

Gods.

③ Why Sisyphus escaped from the underworld

④ How Sisyphus overcame his painful life

⑤ How Sisyphus became a God

21. 밑줄 친 (a)를 문맥상 알맞도록 배열하시오.

22. 빈칸 (b) - (c)에 들어갈 내용으로 알맞은 것은?

(b)     (c)	(b)      (c)

① hope - sensible	② despair - sensitive

③ hope - insensitive	④ despair - insensitive

⑤ meaning - sensitive

23. 밑줄 친 ⓐ~ⓔ중 어법상 틀린 곳을 찾아 고치시오.

※ 다음 글을 읽고 물음에 답하시오.

Marching down the slope, Sisyphus contemplates how to make ①his punishment meaningful. The first thing he has to do is confront and embrace ②his own absurd condition. By turning his back on hope, he becomes free. Sisyphus defies the futility of pushing the rock up the mountain by being conscious of ③his own free will. He is free to choose how to push the rock and feels a joy that denies ④the futility of his task.

Each time Sisyphus leaves the top of the mountain and returns to his futile task, he is superior to ⑤his fate. He takes up his burden again not as a punishment but as something that he uses all his strength to struggle against.

24. 위 글의 내용으로 보아 빈칸에 들어갈 가장 적절한 단어는?

No matter how meaningless life may seem to    be, it was a sense of ______________ that made     Sisyphus happy.

① hope	② persistence

③ self-confidence	④ friendship

⑤ freedom

25. How did Sisyphus make his work meaningful?

① By denying his inability.

② By embracing his own condition.

③ By dreaming a bright future.

④ By getting promise from Gods.

⑤ By giving up his burden.

26. 위 글의 밑줄 친 take(s) up과 같은 의미로 쓰인 것은?

① I'll take up the explanation as true.

② Let's take up where we left off.

③ I'd like to take up this gown. It's too big.

④ It could take up to three or four months to

finish the project.

⑤ Mr. and Mrs. Hallmark take up mountain

climbing as a hobby.

27. 윗글에서 나온 Sisyphus의 예를 통해 필자가 말하고자 하는

바로 가장 적절한 것은?

① 운명은 정해져 있어서 바꿀 수 없다.

② 작은 것에서부터 행복을 찾는 것이 중요하다.

③ 자신이 처한 상황을 의미 있는 것으로 만드는 것이 중요하다.

④ 우울에서 벗어나는 방법은 규칙적으로 신체활동을 하는 것이다.

⑤ 진정한 자유는 억압에서 벗어나는 것이며 이는 저항을 통해 얻어진다.

28. 밑줄 친 ①~⑤중에 의미하는 바가 다른 하나를 고르시오.

※ 다음 글을 읽고 물음에 답하시오.

Camus wrote The Myth of Sisyphus when World War II was raging in Europe. His country was occupied by the Nazis. Life seemed to be meaningless and not worth a struggle. Camus asked himself: is taking his own life a solution to the absurdity of life? (a)He answered in the negative, giving Sisyphus as an example. The freedom of man is established when he creates his own meaning and purpose. Arguing that even Sisyphus can be happy, Camus found hope in that hopeless situation.

29. Camus에 대한 설명으로 위 글의 내용과 일치하지 않는 것은?

① Sisyphus가 행복했을 것이라고 주장한다.

② 2차 세계대전 당시 삶의 무의미함을 경험했다.

③ ‘시지푸스의 신화’라는 책을 썼다.

④ 독일인이었다.

⑤ 진정한 자유는 의미와 목적을 창출할 때 생긴다고 생각한다.

30. 밑줄 친 (a)를 고쳐 쓸 때, 빈칸에 들어갈 말을 써놓으시오.

He answer in the negative.

= He said, "____________."

31. 윗글에서 밑줄 친 that hopeless situation이 가리키는 것은?

① 시티푸스가 돌을 계속 굴려야하는 일

② 2차 세계대전 당시의 암울한 상황

③ 신화에 관한 책을 저술해야하는 힘든 상황

④ 부조리한 삶에 대해 고뇌하던 젊은 시절

⑤ 시지푸스에 대한 논쟁을 벙여햐 했던 시절

※ Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

‣ Camus's view

takes up     a sense of freedom     rather

meaning and purpose	struggle against

Sisyphus _______ his burden not as a punishment but as something that he uses all his strength to _________________. He would ________ live in agony than find peace in death. However meaningless life may seem to be, there will always be moments when we feel ____________________. The freedom of man is established when he creates his own ________________________.

Lesson 3  Hope against Hope

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고3 시사  1학기 중간고사 대비                                                        Lesson 3  Hope against Hope

1. turn

2. ⑤ 나는 똑같은 생각을 할 수 밖에 없다. (①~④ 동의 묻기)

3. ② 대치, 대립

4. ⑤ hard로   *hardly (거의 ~않다)

5. ① (every day 부사 / everyday 형용사)

6. ③

7. ⑤인물 (①이해하다 ②수치, 숫자, 도표 ③몸매 ④무늬, 모양

8. ④

9. ①

10. ③

11. ③

12. ③

13. ②

14. another trick by which he could[would]

escape

15. ①

16. even though[though, although] he knew that

17. L9 : reached at (reach = arrive at ~에 도달하다)

18. ①

19. ③

20. ④

21. that is all there is to the story

22. ④

23. ⓒ (‣ ,from (the place) where)

24. ⑤

25. ②

26. ① (받아들이다) / ②다시 시작하다 ③줄이다 ④(시간을)잡다

⑤삼다, 채택하다

27. ③

28. ③

29. ④

30. No or Never

31. ④

‣ Camus's view

Sisyphus takes up his burden not as a punishment but as something that he uses all his strength to struggle against. He would rather live in agony than find peace in death. However meaningless life may seem to be, there will always be moments when we feel a sense of freedom. The freedom of man is established when he creates his own meaning and purpose.