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 sometimes physical) energy is devoted ____ addressing the perceived threat.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have done extensive research into ____ response and found that when faced with information that feels unknown or threatening,
our brains send out ____ 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.”
These physical responses can be uncomfortable or even painful, but more importantly they then trigger emotions ____ end up guiding our decision-making.
We all know what it’s like to shake our heads ____ think, “I’d be so much smarter than that,” while watching the main character in a horror movie make a bafflingly terrible decision in the face of extreme danger.
Chances ____ however, we wouldn’t be smarter.
In fight-or-flight mode, the part of our brain that takes ____ is only horror-movie-level smart, 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 ____ play crucial roles in shaping the success of businesses across industries.
The advent ____ artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way companies understand, analyze, and respond to consumer needs.
Through the amalgamation ____ advanced algorithms, machine learning, and data analytics,
AI offers a profound opportunity to ____ deeper into consumer behaviors, providing invaluable insights that facilitate personalized experiences and foster long-term relationships.
Understanding consumer behavior ____ at the heart of any successful business strategy.
AI, with its ability to process vast amounts of data in real time, ____ for a comprehensive understanding of consumer preferences, habits, and tendencies.
By analyzing past behaviors and interactions, AI identifies ____ 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 ____ the key constraints on the development of sports tourism prior to the nineteenth century was the lack of suitable transport.
There were incremental improvements from the fifteenth century onwards involving more ____ coaches and, in the eighteenth century, greatly improved roads, at least in Britain if not everywhere in Europe.
But transport was primarily slow ____ costly.
For example, the journey time from London to Bath in 1680, a distance of 107 miles, was around ____ hours.
Vastly improved roads had cut this time to ten hours by 1800 but the time and ____ still meant that only the wealthy in society could travel substantial distances.
It was not until 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 ____ upper class activity that had existed hitherto.
As Wray Vamplew points out, the railways ‘revolutionized sport in England by widening the catchment ____ 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 might have arisen, given these females don’t breed but rather ____ this to the queen.
Hamilton solved this problem when he realised that, due to ____ 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 ants could actually pass on a larger proportion of their genes indirectly by, instead of breeding themselves, helping ____ 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 ____ via normal sexual reproduction.
To Hamilton, ant colonies should really be perceived as ____ 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 ____ move to autonomous vehicles could well be called the argument from safety: the implementation of driving automation systems will reduce the risk of death or injury from automobile accidents.
The basic ____ seems 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 ____ 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 them, may be able ____ coordinate with other vehicles to avoid accidents and other problems.
On these premises, and assuming the new technology functions as advertised, ____ 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, 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 ____ water, avoiding looking directly into the sun, and not attempting to attend a state dinner at the White House without an invitation.
____ yet, 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 trial and error, ____ and the influences of others in the social environment.
Experience ____ us to act routinely in most social situations.
____ long, such expectations come to be viewed as common sense.
However, because each of us has unique social experiences, we come ____ 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 — ____ is not capable of acting in an obvious, or routine, manner.