[Weekly TEPS] 03_July 18, 2022

Listening

1. Choose the most appropriate response to complete each conversation.

W: Are you going to need your car this weekend?
M: Probably at some point. Why?
W: I was hoping to borrow it to get away for a bit.
M:
(a) Sorry, I was out of town.
(b) I'd be happy to drive you back.
(c) I can make do without it for a couple of days.
(d) I’ll be back by Monday.

해설:
부탁할 때 ‘I was hoping to부정사[that절] ~’이나 ‘I was wondering if I could(?)~’가 많이 쓰인다. 차를 빌려달라는 부탁에 대한 적절한 응답을 찾아야 한다. 차 없이도 지낼 수 있으니 빌려가라는 (c)가 정답이다.

번역:
여: 이번 주에 당신 차 쓰실 건가요?
남: 아마 언제쯤인가는요. 왜요?
여: 어디 좀 다녀오게 빌렸으면 했거든요.
남: 하루 이틀 정도는 차 없이 지낼 수 있어요.

주석:
get away: 휴가를 얻다, 떠나다, 벗어나다
make do: 임시 변통하다
out of town: 시외에, (여행이나 출장으로) 멀리 나가 있어, 출타 중에

정답: (c)
정답률 : 74.22%

 

2. Choose the most appropriate response to complete each conversation.

W: You're dressed up today. What's the occasion?
M: I have a big meeting later today.
W: What's it about?
M:
(a) I’m up for promotion.
(b) Let’s discuss that in the meeting.
(c) It's Casual Friday at work today.
(d) We don’t have an official dress code.

해설:
“What’s it about?”이 연음 때문에 잘 안 들릴 수 있으니 주의해야 한다. 그 회의가 무엇에 관한 회의인지 물었으므로, 자신의 승진 건에 관한 회의라는 의미의 (a)가 정답이다.

번역:
여: 당신 오늘 잘 차려 입었네요. 무슨 일이에요?
남: 오늘 이따가 큰 회의가 있어요.
여: 무엇에 대한 것인데요?
남: 제가 승진 물망에 올라 있어요.

주석:
be dressed up: 옷을 잘 차려 입다
occasion: 특별한 때, 중요한 행사, 의식, 제전
be up for: (사람이)(선거 등의 후보로서) 출마하다, (사람, 단체가) (~을 향해) 분발하고 있다
Casual Friday: (정장이 아닌) 평상복을 입는 금요일
dress code: 복장 규정

정답: (a)
정답률 : 86.29%

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Vocabulary

1. Choose the option that best completes each sentence.
National chains are increasingly __________ local businesses which simply cannot keep up with the big competitors.

•  (a) replacing
•  (b) resuming
•  (c) converting
•  (d) arranging

해설:
관계대명사 “which” 뒤에서 지역 업체들이 거대 경쟁 업체들을 따라갈 수가 없다고 했으므로 앞에는 전국 규모의 체인점들이 지역의 소형 업체들을 대체하고 있다는 뜻이 되어야 알맞다. 따라서 대체한다는 뜻의 (a)가 정답이다.

번역:
전국 규모 체인점들이 거대 경쟁업체를 도저히 따라잡을 수 없는 지역 업체들을 갈수록 더 대체하고 있다.

주석:
keep up: (사람, 공부, 생각, 유행 등에) 뒤떨어지지 않도록 따라가다
replace: 대체하다, 대신하다, 바꾸다
resume: 재개하다, 다시 차지하다
convert: 전환하다, 개조하다, 개종하다
arrange: ~을 배열하다, 조정하다

정답: (a)
정답률 : 74.04%

 

2. Choose the option that best completes each sentence.
Thousands of consumers _______ our website each day to check out our low prices on household products.

•  (a) run
•  (b) visit
•  (c) place
•  (d) spend

해설:
온라인 상에서 웹사이트에 들어가서 보는 것은 바깥 세상에서 어떤 장소를 방문하는 것과 마찬가지다. 따라서 website를 목적어로 취하면서 그곳에 방문한다는 뜻을 나타내는 동사는 (b)이다.

번역:
수천 명의 소비자들이 우리 가정용품들의 낮은 가격을 확인하려고 매일 우리 웹사이트를 방문한다.

주석:
consumer: 소비자
check out: ~을 확인하다, 조회하다
household: 가정의, 가족의, 가구의, 가사의

정답: (b)
정답률 : 97.89%

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Grammar

1. Choose the option that best completes each sentence.
The artist attempted to break ____________ convention by experimenting with new materials for his sculptures.

•  (a) to
•  (b) with
•  (c) into
•  (d) on

해설:
전치사 ‘with’가 분리를 뜻하는 경우도 있는데, ‘break with’(~와 관계를 끊다), ‘part with’(~와 헤어지다), ‘dispense with’(~없이 지내다)가 그에 해당한다. ‘break with’에는 전통이나 관습을 버린다는 뜻이 있으므로 (b)가 정답이다.

번역:
그 예술가는 조각에 새로운 재료를 가지고 실험함으로써 관습에서 벗어나려고 시도했다.

주석:
break with: (전통, 생각 따위)를 버리다, ~와 관계를 끊다
convention: (사회의 일반적인) 관례, 관습, 인습
material: 재료, 원료, 소재
sculpture: 조각, 조각품


정답: (b)
정답률 : 31.16%

 

2. Choose the option that best completes each sentence.
In Julie's opinion, the best part of being invited out last Friday for a burger and fries ________ that she did not have to cook anything.

•  (a) is
•  (b) were
•  (c) was
•  (d) are

해설:
주어가 “the best part”이고 ‘지난 금요일’이라는 과거 시간 표현이 나와 있으므로 단수와 함께 쓰이고 과거 시제인 be동사 (c)가 정답이다. 참고로 빈칸 다음에 나오는 ‘that’절은 전체 문장의 보어에 해당한다.

번역:
줄리의 견해로는 지난 금요일 햄버거와 감자 튀김 외식에 초대 받은 일의 가장 좋았던 점은 요리를 할 필요가 없었다는 것이었다.

주석:
be invited out: 초대받아 나가다
fry: (-ies) 감자 튀김

정답: (c)
정답률 : 80.69%

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Reading

1. Based on the given information, choose the option that best answers each question.
After more than five years of construction, the Guizhou telescope―the world’s biggest single-dish radio telescope―commenced operation in 2016. Although China has become one of the world’s economic giants, the country's science programs have typically been seen as of secondary importance. Chinese astronomers believe that the telescope will now pave the way for the nation to become a scientific superpower, and the researchers who led the project expressed hope that astronomical findings from the telescope would earn prestige for the nation.

 

Q: What is mainly being reported about the Guizhou telescope?

•  (a) Its astronomical missions are set to reap economic returns.
•  (b) Its construction required heavy governmental investment.
•  (c) It represents an increased investment in scientific equipment.
•  (d) It embodies China’s hope to gain international fame in science.

해설:
마지막 문장이 열쇠다. 이 망원경을 통해 중국이 과학 초강대국이 되고 중국의 위상이 높아지기를 학자들과 연구진이 바라고 있다고 했다. 따라서 이 망원경은 과학에 있어서 국제적인 명성을 얻고자 하는 중국의 희망의 구현체라고 할 수 있으므로 (d)가 정답이다.

번역:
5년 이상의 건설을 거쳐, 세계 최대 단일경 전파 망원경인 구이저우 천체 망원경이 2016년 작동을 개시했다. 중국은 세계 경제 대국들 중 하나가 되었지만, 과학 프로그램들은 보통 2류 정도로 취급되어 왔다. 중국 천문학자들은 그 망원경이 이제 중국이 과학 초강국이 되는 길을 닦을 것이라고 믿으며, 그 프로젝트를 이끈 연구자들은 그 망원경으로 인한 천문학적 발견들이 중국의 위상을 높여줄 것이라는 희망을 표명했다.

주석:
telescope: 망원경
single-dish: [천체망원경에서] 전파 수집판이 하나인, 단일경의
commence: 시작하다, 개시하다
findings: (연구, 조사의) 결과, 결론
prestige: 위상, 명성, 위신
return: 수익, 수입, 수확

정답: (d)
정답률 : 82.05%

 

2. Based on the given information, choose the option that best answers each question.
The Gaelic language was once prominent in northern and western Scotland, although its speakers today are less than 1% of Scotland’s population. Gaelic first came under threat in the eleventh century, when the reigning king of Scotland married the English Princess Margaret of Wessex. The princess spoke English rather than Gaelic and brought the Scottish church more in line with that of England. Gaelic declined from this time and was definitively replaced in Scotland by the year 1400. Scottish independence movements guaranteed its demise by promoting a Scottish form of English, known as the Scots language.

 

Q. What is the main topic of the passage?

•  (a) How the Scots language came to prominence
•  (b) Historical events that led to Gaelic’s decline in Scotland
•  (c) Why Margaret of Wessex represented a threat to the Gaelic language
•  (d) The Scots language’s impact on Scottish independence

해설:
게일어가 한때 스코틀랜드의 주류 언어였다가 거의 사멸 직전까지 가게 된 역사적인 추이를 설명한 글이다. 잉글랜드 공주가 스코틀랜드의 왕비가 된 사건, 그리고 스코틀랜드 독립운동으로 이어진 일련의 역사적 사건들을 그 원인으로 설명하고 있으므로 (b)가 정답이다. 웨섹스의 마가렛이 게일어에 위협을 가한 내용도 글에 등장하기는 하지만 전체를 아우르는 주제는 아니므로 (c)는 정답이 아니다.

번역:
게일어는 현재는 사용자가 스코틀랜드 인구의 1%도 안 되지만 한때는 북부 및 서부 스코틀랜드에서 지배적이었다. 게일어는 11세기에 처음으로 위험에 처했는데, 집권 중이던 스코틀랜드 왕이 잉글랜드 공주 웨섹스의 마가렛과 결혼한 것이었다. 그 공주는 게일어보다는 영어를 사용했고 스코틀랜드 교회를 잉글랜드 교회에 동화시켰다. 게일어는 이 시기부터 쇠퇴했고, 1400년에 이르러서는 스코틀랜드에서 완전히 대체되었다. 스코틀랜드 독립 운동이 스코츠어로 알려진 스코틀랜드식 영어를 촉진함으로써 게일어의 소멸을 확실히 했다.

주석:
prominent: 저명한, 우세한, 유명한
reigning: 군림하는, 정권을 잡고 있는, 챔피언 자리에 있는
bring ~ in[into] line with: ~을 일치시키다, 조화시키다, 동화시키다
definitively: 결정적으로, 명확하게
demise: 사망, 서거, (왕위의) 계승
impact: 충격, 영향

정답: (b)
정답률 : 78.15%