2026 수능특강 영어독해연습 9강
1 밝기 대비의 중요성과 시각적 인식에 미치는 영향
At its most fundamental, relative brightness ____ the visual contrasts by which we live.
Without contrast, the essentials of vision fail to operate; the brain will not ____ edges and forms nor perceive depth or distance.
The fewer ____ contrasts, the less able we are to identify details, 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 ____ strong and casts sharply defined shadows.
It follows that ideal visual conditions are most likely to generate ____ feeling-responses.
At the opposite end of the safe/dangerous spectrum, the most hazardous visual conditions are ____ where the contrasts given by a range of relative brightness no longer exist.
Complete darkness (as in an underground cave) and ____ brightness (as in a blizzard whiteout) are equally filled with danger.
In these extreme conditions of brightness, details ____ erased, and navigation becomes hazardous.
Emotion-feelings aroused by conditions such as these are most ____ to be negative.
2 특허 가능성에서 발견과 발명의 차이
The most important inherent limitation on patentable subject matter revolves around the sometimes blurred distinction between ____ invention and a discovery.
Laws of nature or scientific principles that a researcher may ‘find’ ____ 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 data between the earth and ____ satellites.
Such a discovery may have ____ commercial implications, perhaps leading to the
____ of a device that filters out the harmful effect of the waves.
The inventor of the filtering device may ____ entitled to a patent.
The discoverer ____ the magnetic wave cannot patent his or her discovery.
Today, the distinction between discovery ____ 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, ____ example, animals as a source of food, used in biomedical research or for recreational activities.
When we refer to some animals as “pets,” are ____ implying their use for any purpose?
A pet can be defined, in a neutral manner, as an animal that lives with ____
Another largely used term is “companion animal,” which, again, implies that we keep them in our home with the final aim ____ getting companionship.
____ may argue that a fish in the fish tank is not really anyone’s companion.
However, this term well adapts to domestic species, such as dogs and cats, which ____ 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 ____ emotional — rather than an economical — resource, providing humans with support, comfort and companionship.
When it comes to animal discourse, our language typically emphasizes the utility of some ____ whereas the terms for those kept in homes suggest their relational 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 ____ that policy-oriented festivals can still have very positive social and cultural effects.
And ____ cannot ignore the fact that some festivals were established to strategically assist urban areas.
____ other words, they have always been strategic interventions rather than artistic, social or cultural phenomena.
Film festivals are a good example: many of these events were established for economic reasons: for example, the Cannes Film Festival was launched to prolong ____ tourist season.
The Brighton ____ was created for similar reasons.
The re-establishment of the Venice Carnival in 1979, ____ a long break, 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: ____ have always been staged with wider objectives in mind.
5~6 영양소의 원천에 따른 영향의 차이
You may have heard ____ calorie is a calorie is a calorie.”
While it is true that each calorie yields the same ____ of energy, foods can be metabolized and used differently, some more efficiently than others.
For example, carbohydrates, protein and ____ the macronutrients that provide calories, can each have different 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 ____ calories. One gram of fat has 9 calories.
However, the ____ is important.
There ____ many compounds in foods, besides the macronutrients, that can influence your body’s process and response mechanisms.
Even though each gram of carbohydrates provides four ____ per gram, not all carbohydrates are created equal.
For example, white bread has been refined ____ stripped of its fiber.
Because ____ this, white bread may cause a spike in blood sugar, whereas whole grain bread is less processed and has its fiber intact.
This allows for a slower release of sugar into the blood, meaning that while white and whole grain bread may have the same total amountof carbohydrates, the way they ____ your blood sugar is very different.