2026수특 영어독해연습 6강 변형문제 (7~12번)

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

The very act of undertaking a risk ____ on 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 mental distress go ____ hospital for treatment, is to be involved in conflict.

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

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

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

Drinking bypasses lots of our natural ____ control system.

Just think how easy it is to drink a large glass of ____ juice, yet you 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 and, in ____ 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 ____ in a crash.

The ____ may be just at the point when you are asked to stand up and present 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 more profound, effect, yet large ____ 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 are a lot of ____ for an ad to go wrong.

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

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

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

The chance for the reader to “get it” increases ____.

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

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

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

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

That’s the difference between an ineffective ad with a ____ 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, ____ as the changes in the use of words like chip, grass, joint and hardware.

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

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

For those who are learning English as an additional language, apprehension of English forms and structures, and their meanings may ____ 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 ____, commonality of understanding will be generally achieved.

However, it is important for those teaching ____ at early stages of the acquisition of English in our schools to attend to building the 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 ____ to be ‘trendy’, wanting the latest thing to ‘keep up’ or seeking immediate results or pleasure.

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

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

It involves budgeting and spending mindfully, as well as developing ____ 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 ____ are focused on short-term gains or designed to 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 to ____ the scientific disciplines.

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

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

At the same time, other scientists unfamiliar with a new tool ____ express skepticism and call for others to replicate 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 to most people, even ____ with a bachelor’s degree in science, the skepticism may seem like waffling.

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

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