Peace Begins at Your Own Doorstep

There was once a town ❶ (where/that) suffered from terrible traffic jams day and night. The town was too poor to afford many traffic lights, which was part of the problem. At the intersections without traffic lights, drivers would inch their cars forward until they were blocking the cars moving to the left and the right. They would remain this way, with all four lanes of traffic ❷ (stopped/stopping), until the cars in front of them moved forward far enough to free up the intersection. Soon after, ❸ (therefore/however), the situation would repeat itself all over again.

1. 윗글을 읽고 알맞은 단어를 고르시오

➀ that - stopping - therefore

➁ that - stopped - however

➂ that - stopping - however

➃ where - stopping - therefore

➄ where - stopped - however

2. 밑의 네모안의 글 다음에 이어질 내용으로 알맞은 순서를 고르시오.

One day, a woman named Kate decided that she had had enough of this ridiculous situation.

(A)From then on, she would be patient and no longer block any intersections with her car.

(B)She would leave her job at 6 p.m., but it was well after 8 p.m. when she walked through her front door.

(C)Searching for a way to make things better, she recalled the saying, “Peace begins at your own doorstep.” With this in mind, she vowed to take matters into her own hands. (D)Kate’s office was all the way on the other side of town, and every evening it would take her over two hours to make her way home.

➀ (D) - (C) -(A) - (B)

➁ (D) - (B) -(A) - (C)

➂ (D) - (B) -(C) - (A)

➃ (B) - (C) - (A) - (D)

➄ (B) - (D) - (C) - (A)

Unfortunately, every time she would let other cars pass through the intersection, the drivers behind her would get angry, honking their horns and flashing their headlights. And to make matters worse, none of the drivers passing to the left and the right would stop to let her pass through the intersection. So not only were her fellow drivers angry at her, it was actually taking her even longer to get home after work. Kate’s children were almost ready for bed by the time she walked in the door. Feeling bad for her family, Kate gave up on her plan of not blocking the intersections and went back to driving like everyone else.

But unknown to Kate, her neighbor Joanne, had come up with the same idea a couple of weeks earlier. Driving to and from her office, she had been waiting at the intersections to let other cars pass. But her experience was just as bad as Kate’s, and before long she had also given up.

3. 윗 글의 내용과 일치 하지 않는 것을 고르시오.

➀ Kate의 뒤에 있던 운전자들은 경적을 울리고 헤드라이트를 번쩍이며 화를 냈다.

➁ 좌우로 지나가는 운전자들 중 어느 누구도 Kate가 교차로를 지나가도록 해주질 않았다.

➂ 실제로 Kate가 직장에서 집으로 오는데 시간이 더 오래 걸렸다.

➃ 가족들에겐 미안했지만  Kate는 그녀의 계획을 포기하지 않았다.

➄ Kate는 몰랐지만 이웃인 Joanne도 Kate와 같은 생각을 2주 전에 떠올렸다.

(A)Just then, old Mrs. Johnson, one of the most respected women in the neighborhood, came walking over slowly with her cane ❶ (to clutch/clutched) in her hands. “Excuse me. I didn’t mean to listen in, but I couldn’t help but overhear your conversation. Have you ever heard the old saying, “Peace begins at your own doorstep?” I’ve recently come to the decision that I will no longer drive into intersections and block traffic. Someone has to start behaving sensibly. Hopefully others will follow my example.”

(B)The other two women began to explain that they had had the same idea. At first it was exciting to hear that someone else ❷ (have tried/had tried) the same thing, but as soon as they realized that they had both failed, their enthusiasm faded. “It’s hopeless,” said Joanne. “Nothing can be done about this terrible traffic.”

(C)One Sunday, the two women were in the local park ❸ (enjoying/enjoyed) a sunny day with their families. They started out talking about the weather, then about politics, and finally the conversation turned to the awful traffic in the city. “Our city streets are like a battlefield!” complained Joanne. “It takes me more than two hours to get home after work,” said Kate.

4. 윗 글의 알맞은 배열을 고르시오.

➀ (C) - (A) - (B)

➁ (C) - (B) - (A)

➂ (B) - (A) - (C)

➃ (B) - (C) - (A)

➄ (A) - (B) - (C)

5. 윗글을 읽고 알맞은 단어를 고르시오.

➀ clutched - have tried - enjoyed

➁ clutched - had tried - enjoyed

➂ clutched - have tried - enjoying

➃ to clutched - had tried - enjoying

➄ to cluthched - have tried - enjoying

“I know what we need to do,” said Mrs. Johnson with a look of grim determination forming on her face.

“Now, now,” scolded Mrs. Johnson. “You shouldn’t give up so easily. We have an obligation to our community to try harder.” ➀ “Yes, we do,” agreed Kate. “But we also have an obligation to our own families. I didn’t give up ❶(because/because of) the other drivers shouting at me and honking their horns. I gave up because I felt bad for my children and husband. ➁ It was getting to the poin t❷ (which/where) they weren’t seeing me during the week at all.” ➂ “It’s true,” said Joanne. “If just you and I drive sensibly, it takes us longer to get home. But if somehow we could get everyone to drive sensibly, we would all get home much faster!” ➃ “We need to get organized. Alone, we have no power. But if we band together, we can make a difference.” ➄ “But there are only three of us!” said Kate. “Yes, but if we get our husbands to join us, that will make six. And if we talk to all of our friends and coworkers, there’ll be even more of us!” cried Mrs. Johnson, ❸(thrusting/thrusted) her cane in the air.

6. 주어진 문장이 들어 갈 위치를 고르시오.

7. 윗글을 읽고 알맞은 단어를 고르시오.

➀ because - where - thrusting

➁ because - which -thrusted

➂ because of - where - thrusted

➃ because of - which - thrusting

➄ because of - where - thrusting

So the three women vowed ❶(getting/to get) organized and start a campaign to promote sensible driving. With the help of their husbands and children, they created special bumper stickers and made phone calls to all of their neighbors. Their numbers grew and grew, and traffic slowly started to improve. When people spotted a “Sensible Driver” bumper sticker on a car, they knew that person would let them ❷ (pass/to pass) through the intersection. And in turn, they would stop and let those cars pass. People still honked their horns and flashed their headlights, but now they did so at the cars that blocked the intersections rather than ❸(that/those) that did not.

Kate soon found that her drive home from work had been reduced to less than an hour, giving her more time to spend with her husband and kids. ‘I suppose peace does begin at your own doorstep,’ she thought to herself. ‘But sometimes it needs some                       .’

8.  윗글을 읽고 알맞은 단어를 고르시오.

➀ getting - pass - those

➁ getting - to pass - that

➂ to get - pass - that

➃ to get - to pass - those

➄ to get - pass - those

9. 윗글의 빈 칸에 알맞은 단어를 고르시오.

➀  celebration

➁  comparison

➂  coordination

➃  completion

➄  compromise

10. 위 글을  읽고 일치하지 않는 것을 고르시오.

➀  세 여성은 조직화해서 지각 있는 운전을 장려하는 캠페인을 시작하기로 맹세했다.

➁  남편들과 아이들의 도움으로 범퍼에 붙이는 특별한 스티커를 만들었다.

➂  캠페인의 참가자 수는 점점 늘어났고 교통은 서서히 개선되기 시작했다.

➃  사람들은 여전히 교차로를  가로막지 않는 차에게는 경적을 울리고 헤드라이트를 번쩍였다.

➄  Kate는 퇴근시간이 한시간 이내로 줄어서 가족과 보내는 시간이 많아졌다.