2026 수능특강 영어독해연습 7강
7 투쟁 혹은 도피 반응과 의사 결정
____ our brains encounter something unfamiliar or potentially dangerous, we quickly shift to fight-or-flight response, in which all of our mental (and sometimes physical) energy is devoted to addressing the perceived threat.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have done extensive research into this response and ____ that when faced with information that feels unknown or threatening,
our brains send 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 ____ vessels and small airways.”
These physical responses can be uncomfortable or even painful, but more importantly they ____ 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 ____ a bafflingly terrible decision 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 smart, which isn’t very ____ 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 ____ needs.
Through the amalgamation of ____ algorithms, machine learning, and data analytics,
AI offers a profound opportunity to delve deeper into consumer behaviors, providing invaluable insights that facilitate personalized experiences and foster long-term ____.
Understanding ____ behavior lies at the heart of any successful business strategy.
AI, with its ability to process vast amounts of ____ in real time, allows for a comprehensive understanding of consumer preferences, habits, and tendencies.
By analyzing past behaviors and interactions, AI identifies patterns that might escape traditional analysis, enabling businesses to ____ 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 ____ tourism prior to the nineteenth century was the lack of suitable transport.
There were incremental improvements from the fifteenth century onwards involving more comfortable coaches and, in the eighteenth century, greatly improved roads, at least in Britain if ____ everywhere in Europe.
But transport was primarily ____ and costly.
For example, the journey time from London to Bath in 1680, a ____ 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 ____ the wealthy in society could travel substantial distances.
It was not until the development of the ____ 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 ____ points out, the railways ‘revolutionized sport in England by widening the catchment area for spectators and by enabling participants to compete nationally’.
10 불임 일개미가 생겨난 이유
Cambridge biologist William Hamilton studied the social 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 ____ have arisen, given these females don’t breed but rather leave this to the queen.
Hamilton solved this problem when he realised that, due to their particular method of breeding, these sterile worker ____ 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 ants could actually pass on a larger proportion of their ____ indirectly by, instead of breeding themselves, helping to raise their younger sisters.
For each sister raised, they are ____ on 75 per cent of their genes rather than the 50 per cent that would be passed on via normal sexual reproduction.
To Hamilton, ant colonies ____ really be perceived as a form of extended family where the genetic interests of all 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 seems reasonable enough: humans behind the wheel can be unreliable and, ____ too often, distracted, tired, or otherwise affected.
This fallibility of human drivers no doubt contributes to a rate of ____ and fatality that, in other contexts, would be considered a public health crisis.
Driving automation systems, by contrast, are supposed to be more reliable and, depending on the overall prevalence of autonomous vehicles and of the infrastructure to support ____, may be able to coordinate with other vehicles to avoid accidents and other problems.
On these premises, and assuming the new technology functions as advertised, it only makes sense to replace an unstable and unreliable human control system for something demonstrably ____.
12 학습된 사회적 경험을 통해 형성되는 상식
Most students can provide numerous examples of ____ sense, such 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 yet, none of ____ examples of common sense represents knowledge that we were born with; instead, we have learned all these things.
The ____ perspective emphasizes that knowledge is gained through trial and error, experience, and the influences of others in the social environment.
Experience ____ us to act routinely in most social situations.
Before long, such expectations come to be viewed as common ____.
However, ____ each of us has unique social experiences, we come to view common sense differently — we see it from our unique perspective.
Thus, if one has not been exposed to a particular behavior — labeled by some as commonsense knowledge — one is not capable of acting in an obvious, or routine, ____.