2026 수능특강 영어독해연습 7강
7 투쟁 혹은 도피 반응과 의사 결정
When our brains encounter something unfamiliar or potentially dangerous, we quickly shift to fight-or-flight response, in which all of our mental (and ____ physical) energy is devoted to addressing the perceived threat.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have done extensive research into this response and found that when faced with information that ____ unknown or threatening,
our brains ____ out a distress signal to the rest of the body through the autonomic nervous system, “which controls such involuntary body functions as breathing, blood pressure, heartbeat, and the dilation or constriction of key blood vessels and small airways.”
____ physical responses can be uncomfortable or even painful, but more importantly they then trigger emotions that end up guiding our decision-making.
We all know what it’s like to shake our heads and think, “I’d be so much smarter than that,” while watching the main character in a horror movie make a bafflingly terrible ____ in the face of extreme danger.
____ are, however, we wouldn’t be smarter.
In fight-or-flight mode, the part of our brain that takes over is only horror-movie-level ____, which isn’t very smart at all.
8 인공 지능을 통한 소비자 행동 이해와 그 효과
In today’s digitally dynamic landscape, consumer behavior and experience play crucial roles in shaping the success of businesses across ____.
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way companies understand, analyze, and respond to consumer ____.
____ the amalgamation of advanced algorithms, machine learning, and data analytics,
AI offers a profound opportunity to delve deeper ____ consumer behaviors, providing invaluable insights that facilitate personalized experiences and foster long-term relationships.
____ consumer behavior lies at the heart of any successful business strategy.
AI, with its ability to ____ vast amounts of data in real time, allows for a comprehensive understanding of consumer preferences, habits, and tendencies.
By ____ past behaviors and interactions, AI identifies patterns that might escape traditional analysis, enabling businesses to anticipate future needs and tailor offerings accordingly.
Whether it’s predicting purchase patterns, understanding browsing behaviors, or understanding sentiment ____ social media interactions, AI-driven insights empower businesses to fine-tune their strategies for maximum impact.
9 철도의 발달과 스포츠 관광의 발전
One of the key constraints on the development of sports tourism prior to the nineteenth ____ was the lack of suitable transport.
There were incremental ____ from the fifteenth century onwards involving more comfortable coaches and, in the eighteenth century, greatly improved roads, at least in Britain if not everywhere in Europe.
But transport was ____ slow and costly.
For example, the journey time from London to ____ in 1680, a distance of 107 miles, was around sixty hours.
Vastly improved roads had cut this time to ten hours by 1800 but the time and cost still meant that only the ____ in society could travel substantial distances.
It was not ____ the development of the railways in the nineteenth century that a relatively cheap and efficient form of transport was afforded to the population at large, enabling sports tourism to develop beyond the small and exclusive upper class activity that had existed hitherto.
As Wray Vamplew points out, the railways ‘revolutionized sport in England by ____ the catchment area for spectators and by enabling participants to compete nationally’.
10 불임 일개미가 생겨난 이유
Cambridge biologist William Hamilton studied the ____ behaviour of ants and wondered to himself not only why they often sacrificed themselves for their nestmates, but also how it was that sterile worker ants might have arisen, given these females don’t breed but rather leave this to the queen.
Hamilton solved this ____ when he realised that, due to their particular method of breeding, these sterile worker ants share 75 per cent of their genes with their sisters.
Hamilton then began to consider a ‘gene’s eye view’ of natural selection, and immediately realised such non-queen worker ____ could actually pass on a larger proportion of their genes indirectly by, instead of breeding themselves, helping to raise their younger sisters.
For each sister raised, they are passing on 75 per cent of their genes rather than the 50 per cent that would be passed on ____ normal sexual reproduction.
To Hamilton, ant colonies should really be perceived as a form of extended family where the genetic interests of ____ are served by the apparent altruistic behaviour of some.
11 자율 주행차로의 전환
The most common justification for a move to autonomous vehicles could well be ____ the argument from safety: the implementation of driving automation systems will reduce the risk of death or injury from automobile accidents.
The basic premise ____ reasonable enough: humans behind the wheel can be unreliable and, all too often, distracted, tired, or otherwise affected.
This fallibility of human drivers no doubt contributes to a rate of injury and fatality that, in other contexts, would be considered a public ____ crisis.
Driving automation systems, by contrast, are supposed to be more reliable and, ____ on the overall prevalence of autonomous vehicles and of the infrastructure to support them, may be able to coordinate with other vehicles to avoid accidents and other problems.
On these premises, and assuming the new technology ____ as advertised, it only makes sense to replace an unstable and unreliable human control system for something demonstrably better.
12 학습된 사회적 경험을 통해 형성되는 상식
Most students can provide numerous examples of common sense, ____ as never putting a fork into an electrical outlet, not sticking your tongue on a pole covered with ice or placing your hands in boiling water, avoiding looking directly into the sun, and not attempting to attend a state dinner at the White House without an invitation.
And ____, none of these examples of common sense represents knowledge that we were born with; instead, we have learned all these things.
The sociological perspective emphasizes that knowledge is gained through ____ and error, experience, and the influences of others in the social environment.
Experience teaches us to ____ routinely in most social situations.
Before ____, such expectations come to be viewed as common sense.
However, because each of us has unique social experiences, we come to view common sense differently — we see it from our ____ perspective.
Thus, if one has ____ been exposed to a particular behavior — labeled by some as commonsense knowledge — one is not capable of acting in an obvious, or routine, manner.