2001년 2월에 시행한 국가직 9급 (세무직) 공무원 시험 영어 기출문제입니다.
1. 다음 두 문장의 뜻이 같게 밑줄 친 부분에 들어갈 알맞은 것은 ?
It would have been wiser to leave it unsaid.
=It would have been wiser _______________.
① if you had left
② because you left
③ for leaving
④ than you left
※ 다음 밑줄 친 곳에 들어갈 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오[2-7]
2.
| Nothing can take the place of reading - no lecture or image on a screen - has the to enlighten. Pictures are a most valuable means of illustrating a written text, but they hardly enable us to form general ideas. Films, like the spoken word, flow by and are lost to us. Books __________, as life-long companions. |
② perform
③ play
④ abide
3.
| Try to answer your cellular phone on the first ring. Otherwise the caller may _______ and you might miss an important message. |
② pick up
③ hang up
④ put on
4.
| In the last three centuries, more than 200 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles have become extinct. Eight hundred more species are endangered. Our wild animals are being swept from the land, the birds from the air, the fish from the sea. Roman Gary, a well-known writer on conservation, said, " It may be that man's greatest 'achievement' in the 20th century is not that he traveled to the moon but that he destroyed forever an ________ heritage of natural things. |
② usable
③ irreplaceable
④ recyclable
5.
| Lichen are one of the few kinds of life that can survive in the mountains of Antarctica. These tiny plants live in small holes in the rocks. Outside, the extreme cold and strong winds do not allow any life at all. Inside the holes, these lichen manage to find enough water and warmth to keep alive. However, much of the time they are frozen. This fact means that the lichen function very, very slowly, and live a very long time. Scientists believe that a lichen may remain alive for thousands of years. If this is true, the lichen may __________. |
② be among the oldest forms of life on earth
③ not survive in the mountains of Antarctica
④ be one of the newest forms of life on earth
6.
| While he was looking on at the baseball game , he ______ an old classmate from his high school days. |
② ran across
③ broke in
④ broke down
7.
| The person who both smokes and drinks heavily may take a greater risk of becoming ill ______ one who drinks like a fish but never smokes, or who smokes like a chimney but never drinks. |
② than
③ as
④ more than
8. 밑줄 친 곳에 공통으로 들어갈 단어는 ?
| Government could not survive if the people voted to do away ______ all taxes. Because of inflation, salaries can't keep up ____ the high cost of living. The scientist came up ______ a good plan for using solar energy. |
② for
③ with
④ to
9. 다음 글의 내용에서 사회보존에 가장 필요한 것은 ?
| More effective than all the law society has made for its self-preservation is the function of conscience, setting thereby a policeman in every man's bosom to see that its laws are obeyed. It is remarkable that even in a man's most private affairs, where one might imagine society has no concern, conscience leads him to act according to the good of this organism outside himself. |
② 선악의 구별능력
③ 사적인 문제의 배제
④ 양심의 기능
10. 다음 중 적절한 표현이 되도록 낱말이 바르게 배열된 것은 ?
It was[a. after dark b. not c. that d. until] he reached the destination.
① a - b -c - d
② b - d -a - c
③ c - a -d - b
④ d - c -a - b
11. 다음 글 중 Asia에서 cellular phone소지자 증가의 요인으로 나타나 있지 않은 것은 ?
| The number of cellular phone subscribers in Asia is predicted to rise from the current figure of around 10 million to 72 million by the year 2,000. Fueling this boom are the region's dramatic economic growth, an abiding preoccupation with high technology an increased competition among cellular operators caused by market liberalization and the onset of new digital systems. Another factor stoking the cellular revolution is Asia's insatiable appetite for status symbols. In many parts of the region, having a cellular phone by one's side is as crucial to overall image as being well-dressed. |
② 정치적 안정
③ 첨단 기술에의 몰두
④ 신분 상징에의 욕구
12. 다음 글의 주제로 가장 알맞은 것은 ?
| Children are a growing consumer market in their own right. But they are far more important to business as an influence on their parents' purchase. School-age children make incessant demands for toys and food. Toddlers quickly learn that they can affect their parents behavior in stores. Even the smallest infant can cause a frazzled parent to abandon a shopping trip by throwing a tantrum in the middle of a supermarket. |
② the problem of generation gap
③ the importance of education at home
④ children's influences on parent's purchase
13. 다음 문장이 들어갈 가장 알맞은 곳은 ?
| For example, when we read a newspaper , we usually don't read every word of every article. (ㄱ) When we skim a reading passage, an article, or a book , we don't read every word. (ㄴ) We look through it quickly until we know the main idea or the general idea of the text. (ㄷ) Instead, we look through the newspaper and skim some articles to get their general ideas.(ㄹ) |
② ㄴ
③ ㄷ
④ ㄹ
14. 밑줄 친 others는 무엇을 의미하는가 ?
| Life is really dream, and we human beings are like travelers floating down the eternal river of time, going abroad at a certain point and getting off again at another point in order to make room for others waiting below the river to come aboard. |
② forefathers
③ people in other rivers
④ people in other countries
15. 다음 글의 제목으로 가장 알맞은 것은 ?
| The worst problem may be over when you find a good job. But you must think about keeping your job. You may lose it if you are not careful. Be sure you arrive at work on time every morning. You should not stop every hour for coffee. And you should not leave early too often. An important part of your job may be the war you work with other people. If you are difficult to work with, you may have trouble. Or you may have trouble if you do not make friends with the other people at your job. Remember these things if you want to keep your job ! |
② Looking for a new job
③ The way you work with other people
④ How to keep a job
16. 다음 글의 요지로 가장 알맞은 것은 ?
| Research in learning suggests that getting good grades depends more on effectively study skills than on a high IQ. Whereas students with high grades prepare for exams in advance, reviewing their notes periodically, students with poor grades wait until the last minute and then cram. Unfortunately, cramming does not produce the desired results. Students with high grades organize their time, planning when they will complete their assignments, while students with low grades ignore schedules and hope they will finish their work on time. Unfortunately, time usually runs out, and they don't get the work done. |
② 사람은 능력에 따라 대접 받아야 한다
③ 좋은 공부습관이 좋은 결과를 낳는다
④ 공부를 잘 한다고 반드시 성공하는 것은 아니다.
17. 밑줄 친 부분 중 어법상 옳지 않은 것은 ?
These days you're lucky if you can ①go to work in the morning ②without having someone cut in the line while ③waiting for the bus, or ④have a door slammed in your face.
18. 밑줄 친 곳에 알맞은 표현은 ?
| I could tell he was only ____ to read, because his book was upside down. |
② behaving
③ deceiving
④ pretending
19. 다음 내용을 잘 나타내는 말은 ?
| To push air out from the throat with a rough explosive noise because of discomfort in the lungs or throat during a cold. |
② laughter
③ cough
④ snore
20. 다음 밑줄 친 부분의 해석이 잘못된 것은 ?
① This book sells like hot cakes. [날개 돋친 듯이]
② See to it that everything is ready.[회상하다]
③ I don't take a fancy to this place.[좋아하다]
④ I hope so, but everything is in the air at present.[불확실한]
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