2026수특 영어독해연습 6강 변형문제 (7~12번)

Conflict is at the very heart of people-work, especially for professionals such ____ social workers, police and probation officers, who are often required to balance individual rights and freedoms against risks and harm to others.

The very act of undertaking a risk assessment ____ an individual or family carries with it the likelihood of decisions being taken with which some of the people involved may violently disagree.

To remove a child ‘at risk’ from a family to a place of safety, or to insist that someone in ____ distress go into hospital for treatment, is to be involved in conflict.

Within a multi-disciplinary ____ team, there could also be conflicting approaches to how to work most effectively with, or treat, a particular individual or family.

____ people-workers and healthcare workers can also give examples of times when they have had to deal with angry, distressed or disappointed people whose response has often provoked high levels of conflict.

To develop appropriate communication skills ____ dealing with conflict is, therefore, essential.

Drinking bypasses ____ of our natural food control system.

Just think how easy it is to drink a large glass of apple juice, yet ____ wouldn’t sit down and eat eight apples in one sitting — after the second one, the control system would step in and say you have had enough.

The whole apple contains fibre, which slows the release of the apple’s sugar ____ in doing so, balances the effect of eating it on our energy.

Without the fibre in the juice, the sugar sends us on a rollercoaster of energy cycles, starting with a boost and ending ____ a crash.

The crash may be just at the point when you are asked to stand up and ____ your ideas or you need to kick off that tricky task on your to-do list.

It’s just not worth it. Sugary caffeine drinks have a similar, if not ____ profound, effect, yet large coffee shop chains take great delight in selling us expensive, iced or cream-topped drinks that are equivalent to an extra meal, but will simply not register as one — starting a blood sugar crash cycle all over again.

There ____ a lot of ways for an ad to go wrong.

But its odds for success are increased by starting ____ with a smart, focused strategy.

With ____ focus, the ad is able to deliver its singular message on the many levels in which advertising communicates.

It bores down ____ make its point rather than making a big mess of itself.

The chance for the reader to “get ____ increases tremendously.

The flip side is that ____ unfocused strategy leads to ads that must deliver many different points all at the same time.

This is not effective. Here’s an analogy: Try throwing a dozen balls ____ someone all at once.

It’s impossible to catch a single one. In ____ the impulse is to give up, shield your face, and try not to get hurt. Absolute chaos.

But throw a single ball directly ____ the target and chances are, he or she will make the catch.

____ the difference between an ineffective ad with a fuzzy strategy and an effective ad with a focused strategy.

We are all able to think of words which have changed their meanings, or acquired additional meanings, in our own lifetimes, such as the ____ in the use of words like chip, grass, joint and hardware.

This ____ how words are mere labels for constructs of meanings.

If these constructs have a different make-up ____ one person to another, the transitivity of communication between them is not going to be complete or accurate.

For those who are learning English as an additional language, ____ of English forms and structures, and their meanings may pose difficulties, or even may be tinged with aspects of meaning from the characteristics owned by the native tongue.

Gradually, with full fluency and the commerce of using the language, commonality of ____ will be generally achieved.

However, it is important for those teaching children at early stages of the acquisition of English in our schools to attend to building ____ understanding of meanings behind the labels of the words and phrases being taught.

Many of us are prone to wanting instant gratification: constantly buying new clothes to be ‘trendy’, wanting the latest thing to ‘keep up’ ____ seeking immediate results or pleasure.

Even though choosing something now may feel good in the moment, taking ____ longer-term view and developing self-discipline can result in bigger and better rewards in the future.

Delayed gratification is our ability to resist these temptations of instant pleasure, allowing us to stay focused ____ our long-term goals.

It involves ____ and spending mindfully, as well as developing discipline and patience to avoid impulse spending and decision making.

Think about ____ vs delayed gratification when you are developing your own financial goals.

Consider whether your goals are focused on short-term gains or designed ____ look forward to a bigger picture.

Uncertainty about what tool or procedure to use, and the risk that results are not what they appear to be, are problems common ____ all the scientific disciplines.

The development of new tools allows scientists to answer questions ____ could not answer in the past, and the answers to those questions will lead to new questions, and so on.

Therefore, new technologies and procedures ____ crucial to the progress of science.

At the same time, other scientists unfamiliar with a new tool may express skepticism and call for others to ____ the experiments.

Because this skepticism often comes to us in the form of sound bites, and because uncertainty about experimental tools is an aspect of science that is not familiar ____ most people, even people with a bachelor’s degree in science, the skepticism may seem like waffling.

Waffling is annoying when you are trying to make decisions on the basis of ____ scientific information that comes your way.

However, if a new technique is the source of the uncertainty, ____ and future experiments will confirm or disconfirm its usefulness and clear up uncertainty.