명사 독해 문제 - A - CLASS

1. one of President Cleveland's favorite sports was fishing, and, like most presidents, he was quite adept. Aware of his prowess, tow colleagues suggested that the first one of the three who caught a fish should treat the crowd. The President agreed.
"Do you know," Cleveland later related to a friend, "those fellows were so downright mean? ; they had bites and let their fish get away."
"I guess you had to treat, the," suggested the friend.
"Oh, no," replied the President with a twinkle in his eye. "I didn't have any bait on my hook."

문제 1. 윗글의 요지(main idea)를 가장 잘 나타내는 것은?
       ⓐ President Cleveland relates fishing experience.

       ⓑ President Cleveland matches withs with some fishing associates.

       ⓒ Fishing was Presdent Cleveland's favorite sport.

       ⓓ The fish refused to bite.

문제 2. 윗글의 내용으로 보아 (A), (B)에 가장 잘 이어지는 것을 ⓐ~ⓓ에서 하나씩 골라라.

       (A) According to the story, the joke was on ⓐ the President ⓑ the President;s friend ⓒ the President's colleagues ⓓ the fish.

       (B) This story is told to illustrate ⓐ teh fishing skill of presidents ⓑ the fact that all fishermen are liars ⓒ that there are more ways

             than one to catch a fish ⓓ Cleveland's sense of humor.  

2. More and more men have more and more leisure. The working day grows shorter, the week-end longer. More and more women are released ①at an earlier age from the heavier tasks of the bringing up of children in the small family of today, where kindergarten and school and hospital and restaurant come to ②their aid. More and more people are freed for other things, relieved from the exhaustion of their energies in the mere satisfaction of ③elementary wants. When necessity no longer ④drives, when people own long hours ⑤in which to do what they want, what do they want to do? Where necessity is heavy upon men, they ⑥long for the joy of leisure. Now many have enough leisure. What are the joys they find?

문제1. earlier age의 번역으로 적당한 것은?

      ⓐ 훨씬 옛날      ⓑ 보다 일찍 일어나는 아이      ⓒ 젊은 연대       ⓓ 최근의 연령

문제 2. their가 가르키는 것은?

      ⓐ family       ⓑ tasks       ⓒ women       ⓓ children   

문제 3. elementary want의 내용은?

      ⓐ 안이한 욕망      ⓑ 기본적 인권      ⓒ 값싸게 살아보려는 희망       ⓓ 최소한의 의식주

문제 4. drive의 뜻은?

      ⓐ travel in a car       ⓑ carry in a vehicle       ⓒ push forward or back       ⓓ compel ~ by force

문제 5. in which to do를 바꾸어 쓰면?

      ⓐ in which they can own      ⓑ when they can own       ⓒ in which it shoud do      ⓓ when they can do

문제 6. long의 뜻은?

      ⓐ not short         ⓑ wait       ⓒ desire earnestly       ⓓ look for

문제 7. 본문 중에서 liberated의 뜻을 가진 말의 수는?

      ⓐ 하나        ⓑ 둘         ⓒ 셋       ⓓ 없음

3. A few years ago, I met a man who was running a freight elevator in one of the downtown office buildings in New York. I noticed that his left hand had been cut off at the wrist. I asked him if the loss of that hand bothered him. He said, "Oh, no; I hardly ever think about it. I am not married; and the only time I ever think about it is when I try to thread a needle." It is satonighing how quickly we can accept almost any situation - if we have to - and adjust ourselved to it and forget about it.                   <예비고사 73년>

문제 1.윗글의 내용에 가장 부합하는 것은?

       Quick acceptance of a new situation is ............

       ⓐ an automatic thing   ⓑ possible when it is inevitable   ⓒ possible when one hand is lost   ⓓ possible to those who work hard.

문제 2. 밑줄 친 "running"의 뜻에 가장 가까운 것은?

      ⓐ repairing      ⓑ dealing      ⓒ painting      ⓓ operating