18강 장문 독해 (2)

18강 장문 독해(2)

1-2 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.

One remarkable discovery emerging from science is that we are not cut off from the rest of the universe. A core theme throughout this book is the idea that we each have a natural bond with the cosmos, even though it may be largely unrecognized and undeveloped. The respected author and researcher Dean Radin did an exhaustive analysis of psi research involving more than eight hundred studies and sixty investigators over nearly three decades. After weighing the collective evidence from all these studies, he concluded that we do participate in a subtle field of consciousness where we can both “send”and “receive.” These results are borne out in people's everyday experience. For example, surveys of the American adult population show that two-thirds say they have had an experience of extrasensory perception such as an accurate intuition about the well-being of someone who is far away. In addition, about 40 percent report having had a “mystical”experience such as seeing the universe as alive and feeling a sense of great peace and safety within that aliveness. In keeping with these findings, a recurring theme of this book is that _______________ is not confined within the brain but is an infusing presence throughout the universe that enables us, in cooperation with the brain, to connect meaningfully with the world beyond our physical body.

* psi research 초심리학 연구�* extrasensory 초감각적인

1. 위 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?

① vision	② reality

③ knowledge	④ experience

⑤ consciousness

2. 위 글의 제목으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① The Living Universe

② Changing Images of Man

③ The Great Awakening: Spiritual Revival

④ Our Intuitive Connection with the Cosmos

⑤ The Road to Happiness through Self-Awareness

3~4 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.

One of my responsibilities is to help recruit new independent agencies to represent our company. In our effort to do this, we sent marketing materials to prospective agencies so they could learn more about us. While we hope most agents read our communications, seldom did we receive any direct replies. After learning about the principle of scarcity we realized we were missing out on an opportunity that had been right in front of us all along! We don't do business in every state, and each year we set a modest goal for appointing new agents in our operating areas. We never thought to incorporate those facts, or our current progress, into the communications we were sending. Understanding how the principle can move people to action, we began to include something like this near the end of our communications: “Each year we have a goal of selecting just a few new agencies to partner with us. For 2006 that number was set at only forty-two agencies across our twenty-eight operating states, and so far we've appointed more than thirty-five. It's our sincere hope that your agency will be one of those remaining agencies we appoint before year end.” The difference was noticeable immediately! Within days we began to receive inquiries. No extra cost, no new marketing campaigns, no product or system changes needed. The only change was ______________________________________.

3. 위 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?

① setting our business goal higher than before

② sending the communications to more partners

③ pointing out that the opportunities are not limited

④ tailoring the product to the specific needs of our clients

⑤ adding three more sentences that contain true statements

4. 위 글의 제목으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① Simplicity Can Make a Difference

② Scarcity: the Wizard of Persuasion

③ Trust: the Bridge to a Client's Heart

④ Scarce Resources: the Obstacle to Growth

⑤ Offering People More Makes Them Want Less?

5~6 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.

The Sea Gypsies are nomadic people who live in a group of tropical islands in Myanmar and off the west coast of Thailand. A wandering water tribe, they learn to swim before they learn to walk, and live over half their lives in boats on the open sea. They survive by harvesting clams and sea cucumbers. Their children dive down, often thirty feet beneath the water's surface, and pluck up their food, and have done so for centuries. By learning to lower their heart rate, they can stay under water twice as long as most swimmers. They do this without any diving equipment.

But what distinguishes these children is that they can see clearly at great depths, without goggles. Most human beings cannot see clearly under water because as sunlight passes through water, it is bent so that light doesn't land where it should on the retina.

Anna Gislen, a Swedish researcher, studied the Sea Gypsies’ability to read placards under water and found that they were more than twice as skillful as European children. The Gypsies learned to control the shape of their lenses, and more significantly, to control the size of their pupils, contracting them twenty-two percent. This is a remarkable finding, because human pupils reflexively get larger under water, and pupil adjustment has been thought to be a fixed, inborn reflex, controlled by the brain and nervous system.

This ability of the Sea Gypsies to see under water isn't the product of a unique genetic endowment. Gislen has since taught Swedish children to contract their pupils to see under water. This is one instance of the brain and nervous system showing unexpected training effects that alter what was thought to be a hardwired, unchangeable circuit.

* reflex 반사운동

5. 위 글의 제목으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① Mother Nature Cannot Be Conquered

② Training Can Change How Brain Works

③ Human History Is Mapped in the Genes

④ A New Era of Nomadic Life Is Emerging

⑤ Prosperity Comes from Exchange and Trade

6. 위 글의 Sea Gypsies에 관한 내용과 일치하지 않는 것은?

① 미얀마와 태국 등지에서 사는 수상 유목 민족이다

② 잠수 장비 없이도 물속에서 오래 머무를 수 있다

③ 물안경을 쓰지 않고도 물속에서 글씨를 읽을 수 있다

④ 동공의 크기를 22퍼센트 수축시킬 수 있다

⑤ 수정체와 동공을 조절하는 유전 인자를 가지고 있다

7~8 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.

A small female dolphin was captured by means of a hook placed in a tank. The hook injured her, and the shock of capture and of being wounded was so great that she could scarcely keep herself afloat. Dolphins, being mammals, must come up for air and cannot live without it. Therefore glass jars were attached to her to act as floats. It was touch and go whether she would live; she seemed so aimless and dispirited. She merely floated about, and her captors were sure she would die soon unless they could think something up quickly.

“How about a male companion?”they thought. They brought in a male Delphinus. Pauline, as they named the female, showed favorable reactions to the newcomer, making the sounds which are recognizable as indicating        _______________. Despite the shock and pain of her injury, she even made some effort to swim. The bottles were removed. The male dolphin tried to help Pauline to swim, pushing under her and bringing her to the surface. This he did with infinite patience, again and again.

Pauline recovered. The two dolphins became inseparable, swimming happily around together, playing games, showing every sign of affection. Two months later Pauline died from an infection of the wound that was caused during her capture. As she died, her companion circled round her constantly, emitting a shrill whistle of distress. When she was dead, he continued his cries, swimming round and round for three days, refusing all food. Then he, too, died. An autopsy showed an ulcerous condition aggravated by his refusal to eat. Peritonitis followed, and proved fatal. His ceaseless lamentations after Pauline's death were one of the saddest displays ever witnessed in dolphin research.

* ulcerous 궤양의�* peritonitis 복막염

7. 위 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?

① confusion	② acceptance

③ submission	④ patience

⑤ indifference

8. 위 글의 제목으로 가장 적절한 것은?

① A Dolphin Is My Lifesaver!

② A Short Film Starring Dolphins

③ A Happy Day with Dolphins in the Sea

④ No More Debate on Dolphins’Intelligence

⑤ Love and Death: A Story of Two Dolphins