2026 수능특강 영어독해연습 9강
1 밝기 대비의 중요성과 시각적 인식에 미치는 영향
At its most fundamental, relative brightness identifies the visual ____ by which we live.
____ contrast, the essentials of vision fail to operate; the brain will not identify edges and forms nor perceive depth or distance.
The fewer the contrasts, the less able we are to identify ____, and the less able we are to navigate the environment.
Ideal visual conditions are those where contrasts of relative brightness are most easily identified, where the light source is strong and casts sharply defined ____.
It follows that ideal ____ conditions are most likely to generate positive feeling-responses.
At the opposite end of the safe/dangerous spectrum, the most hazardous visual ____ are those where the contrasts given by a range of relative brightness no longer exist.
Complete ____ (as in an underground cave) and complete brightness (as in a blizzard whiteout) are equally filled with danger.
In these extreme conditions of brightness, details are ____, and navigation becomes hazardous.
Emotion-feelings ____ by conditions such as these are most likely to be negative.
2 특허 가능성에서 발견과 발명의 차이
The most important inherent ____ on patentable subject matter revolves around the sometimes blurred distinction between an invention and a discovery.
Laws of ____ or scientific principles that a researcher may ‘find’ are not patentable.
For example, imagine that a scientist discovers that a certain previously unknown form of magnetic wave strikes the earth’s atmosphere from deep space, and that this kind of wave has an adverse effect on the transmission of ____ between the earth and communications satellites.
Such a discovery may have enormous commercial implications, ____ leading to the
invention of a ____ that filters out the harmful effect of the waves.
The inventor of the filtering device may be entitled to a ____.
The discoverer of the magnetic ____ cannot patent his or her discovery.
Today, the ____ between discovery and invention is of increasing importance in the fields of genetic engineering and biotechnology.
3 동물을 언급하는 언어와 그 의미
“Farm animals, lab animals, sport horses...”: our language when we refer to some animals often focuses on their exploitation and on the benefits humans get from them, for example, animals as a source of food, used in biomedical research or for recreational ____.
When we refer to some ____ as “pets,” are we implying their use for any purpose?
A ____ can be defined, in a neutral manner, as an animal that lives with humans.
Another largely used term is “companion animal,” which, again, implies that we keep them in our home with the ____ aim of getting companionship.
Some ____ argue that a fish in the fish tank is not really anyone’s companion.
However, this term well adapts to domestic species, ____ as dogs and cats, which we treat kindly, consider as members of the family and our “best friends,” and with whom we share our time and financial resources.
Differently from other species, companion animals thus appear to represent an emotional — rather than an economical — resource, providing humans with support, ____ and companionship.
When it comes to animal discourse, our language typically emphasizes the utility of some animals, whereas the terms for those kept in homes suggest their ____ significance.
4 도시 문제의 전략적 개입을 위해 만들어진 축제들
Whilst some stakeholders may try to protect the integrity of arts and cultural festivals from their reconfiguration as urban policy tools, we should recognise that policy-oriented festivals can ____ have very positive social and cultural effects.
And we cannot ____ the fact that some festivals were established to strategically assist urban areas.
In other ____, they have always been strategic interventions rather than artistic, social or cultural phenomena.
Film ____ are a good example: many of these events were established for economic reasons: for example, the Cannes Film Festival was launched to prolong the tourist season.
The ____ Festival was created for similar reasons.
The re-establishment of the Venice Carnival in 1979, following a long ____, was also a deliberate attempt to address some of the issues the city was facing at that time, including the lack of provision for young people.
These festivities have not been appropriated as urban policy tools: they ____ always been staged with wider objectives in mind.
5~6 영양소의 원천에 따른 영향의 차이
____ may have heard “a calorie is a calorie is a calorie.”
While it is true that each calorie yields the same amount of energy, ____ can be metabolized and used differently, some more efficiently than others.
For example, carbohydrates, protein and fat, the macronutrients that provide calories, can each have ____ effects on the hormones and brain centers that control hunger and eating behavior.
Macronutrients have standard amounts of ____.
One gram of protein has 4 calories. One gram of carbohydrates has 4 ____. One gram of fat has 9 calories.
However, the source is ____.
There are many ____ in foods, besides the macronutrients, that can influence your body’s process and response mechanisms.
Even though each gram of ____ provides four calories per gram, not all carbohydrates are created equal.
For ____, white bread has been refined and stripped of its fiber.
Because of this, white bread may cause a spike in blood sugar, whereas whole grain bread is less processed and has ____ fiber intact.
This allows for a slower release of sugar into the blood, meaning that ____ white and whole grain bread may have the same total amountof carbohydrates, the way they affect your blood sugar is very different.