[2008] 국가직 9급 공무원 (2008.4.12) 영어 기출문제 (해설)

[허 민(쌤!)]

 

<총평> 시험 치르시느라 대단히 수고 많으셨습니다. 여러분의 합격을 기원합니다.

이번 시험은 왕년에 비해 다소 난이도는 비슷했으나  어휘의 경우도 그렇고 독해의 경우 지문길이의

압박이 있어 많은 어려움을 겪었으리라 봅니다.

* 이번 시험에서는

어휘문제(5문제)  

이디엄(숙어, 속담, 생활영어) 문제(5문제) - 이디엄바이블 100% 적중

문법문제(4문제)

독해문제(6문제) 정도의 비중으로 출제되었습니다.

올해에는 표현문제의 비중이 다소 높아진 점이 눈에 띕니다.

                                                     해설: 허  민 (보카바이블, 이디엄바이블 저자, 보카바이블 카페지기)

1. [문법문제]다음 문장 중 어법상 옳지 않은 것은?

① Columbus proved that the earth was round.

② My parents kept on encouraging me to study.

③ Please remember to put out the cat befeor you go to bed.

④ The hotel has been closed for many years.

【정답 】①  불변의 진리를 나타낼 때에는 현재형을 쓴다 (was -> is)

  * ③ put out (밖에 내보내다) [이디엄바이블 232p. 예문 똑같이 적중]        

2. [문법문제] 다음 우리말을 영어로 가장 잘 옮긴 것은?

 

 사람의 키는 자신의 가운데 손가락 길이의 약 20배 정도 된다고 한다.

① A human body is said to have twenty times as length to hisor her middle finger.

② A human body is said to be twenty times high than his or her middle finger.

③ The height of a human body is said to be about twenty times as long as the length of his or her middle figer.

④ The height of a human body is said to be as longer about twenty times as the length of his or her middle finger.

【정답 】③    *  ④는 as와 longer 모두 비교를 나타내는 것으로 틀림.

3. [문법문제] 다음 우리말을영어로 잘못 옮긴 것은?

① 난 그 파티에 가지 말았어야 했다.

-> I should not have gone to the party.

② 그는 그 사실을 미리 알고 있었음에 틀림없다.

-> He must have known the truth in advance.

③ 그가 그렇게 어리석은 짓을 했을 리가 없다.

-> He could have done such a stupid thing.

④ 아프면 운전을 하지 말아야 한다.

-> You ought not to drive if you're sick.

【정답 】③  could+have+p.p 는 ~였을 수 있다의 의미이다. (부정어가 포함되어야 됨)

4. [표현문제]다음 두 사람의 대화 내용이 어색한 것은?

① A: What do you do for a living?

    B: I fly commercial jets for a large airline. 

② A: How would you like your coffee?

    B: I'd like it strong. 

③ A: I'm afraid her phone is busy. Would you like to hold?

    B: I'd prefer to leave her a message. 

④ A: These books are so heavy. Can you give me a hand?

    B: Sure, I'd be glad to keep my hands off.

【정답 】④

【해설】

① A: What do you do for a living? (직업이 무엇입니까?) [이디엄바이블 574p. 상황표현]

    B: I fly commercial jets for a large airline.  

② A: How would you like your coffee? (커피는 어떻게 해드릴까요?) [이디엄바이블 556p. 일상표현]

    B: I'd like it strong. (진한 것을 좋아해요.) 

③ A: I'm afraid her phone is busy. Would you like to hold? (그녀가 통화중인 것 같네요. 기다리시겠어요?)

        * busy (통화중인) , hold (전화를 끊지 않고 기다리다) [이디엄바이블 565p. 전화통화]

    B: I'd prefer to leave her a message. (그냥 메세지를 남길께요.)

       * prefer to (~을 선호하다), leave a message (메시지를 남기다) [이디엄바이블 264p] 

④ A: These books are so heavy. Can you give me a hand? (이 책들이 너무 무거워요. 좀 도와 주실래요?)

       * give (someone) a hand 돕다 [이디엄바이블 p.190]

    B: Sure, I'd be glad to keep my hands off. (물론이죠. 기꺼이 손 떼겠습니다.)

       * keep one's hand off (손을 떼다, 간섭하지 않다) [이디엄바이블 p.500]

5. [표현문제]다음 대화의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?

  A: Have you been served?

  B: _______________

① Yes, I'm on my way.

② It was a close call.

③ Yes, I'm being waited on.

④ Please let go of my hand.

【정답 】③

 【해설】A: Have you been served? (주문하셨나요?)

             B: ③ Yes, I'm being waited on. (네. 주문했습니다.) [이디엄바이블 579p]

* [어휘문제]다음 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

6. There are two excellent television programs scheduled tonight, but I can see only one of them because they are ___________.

①  indisputable       ② concurrent    ③ matchless   ④ indispensable

【정답 】② concurrent 동시에 일어나는 [F1224, R024] 

①  indisputable 논쟁의 여지가 없는, 명백한[F2742]

③ matchless 무적의[S2935]

④ indispensable 없어서는 안 될, 긴요한[D1652]

7. Icelanders are individualists like Americans. The difference seems to be in a sense of cummunity. Iceland, known as the land of "fire and ice", is about living with opposing forces. It is one of the most active volcanic countries on earth, but has 4,536 square miles of __________ -heat and cold, co-existing. No surprise then that its society can recondile another set of opposing forces: individualism and the need of the community.

① glacier          ② prairie       ③ desert     ④ swamp

【정답 】①  glacier 빙하 [수능단어] 

* volacanic countries on earth 다음에 but 이 나오므로 화산지대와 대조되는 개념이 나와야 한다.

② prairie  초원, 목초지     

③ desert 사막 [표제어 1444]  

④ swamp 늪, 늪지[H38]

*  다음 글의 밑줄 친 부분의 의미로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

8.[표현문제] In retrospect, I was taken in by the real estate agent who had a fancy manner of talking.

① inspected     ② deceived   ③ revered   ④ amused

【정답 】②  * take in 속이다(=deceive) [이디엄바이블 158p. 문제유사출제]

 ① inspect  세심하게 조사하다[표제어2925, F0834]   

 ③ revere 존경하다 [F4431]  

 ④ amuse  재미있게 하다[F1723]

9. [어휘문제] The substantial rise in the number of working mothers, whose costs for childcare were not factored into the administration's policymaking, was one of the main reasons that led to the unexpected result at the polls.

① considered in    ② diminished in   ③ substituted for   ④ excluded by

【정답 】① factor 요인, 원인, 동인 * factor in ~을 계산에 넣다 [F4112]

① consider 고려하다 [p1111]  

② diminish 줄이다[F0724, F3312] 

③ substitute for 대체하다  [F1455, R105] 

④ exclude 배제하다 [2043]

 문10. [문법문제] 다음 글의 밑줄 친 부분 중 어법상 옳지 않은 것은?
Younger students ① who participated in the survey ② sponsored by a weekly magazine turned out ③ to be less

                                        R012                                                                      * turn out to be ~임이 드러나다[IB 328p]

concerned about the serious problems of homeless people ④ as the older students were.
① who  ② sponsored ③ to be  ④ as
 

【정답 】 ④ as -> than

11. [어휘문제] 다음 글의 밑줄 친 부분의 뜻으로 가장 적절한 것은?

 When Jesse and Rachel got married, they knew they wanted to live in a traditional nuclear family - mother, father,

                                                                                                                F1744  

and  biological children. Each of them had come from other family arrangements, and they had decided that a more

        F0415                                                [IB 282]~출신이다

traditional arrangement was what they wanted. Rachel had been born out of wedlock. Because her parents had

never married, she had never met her biological father. Jesse's mother had been widowed. His father's early death

                                                                                                                              과부가 되게 하다[F1742]

 made Jesse want to have a large family.

① rich     ② illegitimate    ③ divorced    ④ handicapped

【정답 】② illegitimate 서출의, 사생아의 [표제어 3134]

  * wedlock : wedding(결혼)+lock (묶다)  -> 결혼생활

  * 이 문제는 지문 속에서 her parents had never married라고 했으므로

   born out of wedlock (사생아로 태어나다)의 의미를 묻는 문제라기 보다는 illegitimate를 묻는 문제이다.

 ③ divorce 이혼하다 [F1725, F4454]  

 ④ handicap [F1522]

12. [단순독해] 다음 글의 Broom jumping에 관한 내용과 일치하지 않는 것은? 

Broom jumping is most famous in the United States as an African-American wedding custom. The broom holds spiritual

significance for many African people, representing the beginning of homemaking for a couple. The ritual itself in

[F2922, R107]                                      B31                                                                                     F2225, F3425         

America was created during slavery. Because slaves could not legally marry, they created their own ways to honor

                                            [F1754]                                         [F3134] 법적으로

their unions. Broom jumping is a ritual in which the bride and the groom, either at the ceremony or at the reception,

        [F4342]                                                             신부               신랑                            [F2225]                   F1014

signify their entrance into a new life and their creation of a new family by symbolically sweeping away of their

[F1445]         [F0245]                                                                                     [F0115]         [H38]       

former single lives, and jumping over the broom to enter upon a new adventure as wife and husband.

① It is well-known African-American wedding custom.

② Its origin traces back to the period of slavery in America.

③ It was performed by the slaves who got legally married.

④ It signifies the union of the bride and the groom and their entrance into a new life.

【정답 】③   * 본문에서 Because slaves could not legally marry~ 란 말이 단서이다.

13. [단순독해] 다음 글의 내용과 일치하는 것은? 

Upstate New York florist Patricia Woysher has been in the business for forty years. She's sold flowers to tens of

thousands of folks in the area and even received one of the best assignments a florist could hope for, decorating the White House for the Christmas season. "I had to take a deep breath. I mean, you see pictures of the place all your life,

then one day you're in the Oval Office." Despite the excitement, Patricia's focus remained on her day-to-day

concerns. "Doing the White House was exciting and rewarding, but my job is to run my business. I want to have

something here that will last forever, that I can pass on to my children."

① Patricia runs a flower shop in the Whit House.

② Patricia was invited to the White House for a party.

③ Patricia worked for the White House and forgot her daily routines.

④ Patricia hopes to trun her business over to her offspring.

【정답 】④  모든 지문을 꼼꼼히 파악해야 풀 수 있는 문제로 시간은 많이 소요되었을 것으로 보이나 답은 쉽게 보이는 문제이다.

14. [어휘, 독해] 다음 글의 빈칸 ㄱ, ㄴ 에 들어갈 말로 적절한 것은? 

It is a great nuisance that knowldege cannot be acquired without trouble. It can only be acquired by hard work. It

                  D1912, F2853                                      D0214                  

would be fine if we could swallow the powder of profitable information made palatable by the jam of fiction. But the

                                        D2641                            D3212                                   [F4041] 맛좋은              D2241

 truth is that, so made palabable, we cannot be sure that the powder will be profitable. I suggest to you that the

knowledge the novelist imparts is ( ㄱ ) and thus ( ㄴ ) and it is better not to know a thing at all than to know it in a

                                     D2653 나누어주다

distorted fashion. If readers wish to inform themselves of the pressing problems of the day, they will do better to

[표제어1722] 왜곡된                                                                   [D2643] 긴급한

read, not novels but the books that specifically deal with them. I suggest to you that it is enough for a novelist to be

                                                      표제어 4045

a good novelist. It is unnecessary for him to be a prophet, a politician or a leader of thought. Fiction is an art and the

                                                                           B27 예언자

purpose of art is to please.

( ㄱ )                   ( ㄴ )

① reasonable  -  believable

② naive - wholesome

③ biased - unreliable

④ impartial - realistic

【정답 】③ biased 편향된, 치우친[D3052]- unreliable 믿을 수 없는[B43]

① reasonable 합리적인, 이성적인[B29]-  believable 믿을 수 있는

② naive 천진난만한 [F2852] - wholesome 건전한, 유익한[D3922]

④ impartial 공정한[표제어2653]- realistic 현실주의의, 실제적인[B29]

* 다음 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.

15. [어휘, 독해]Two men were dining together in a restaurant. The first man ordered the food. The second man, who was unaccusomed to eating out, said nothing. When the food arrived, the second man _________ everything his friend

 IB 494p. 익숙하지 않은/ 외식

did. When the first man took rice, so did the second man. Finally, the first man took a toothpick, and his friend did the same. Later the first man asked his friend how he had enjoyed the meal. The second man answered, "Everything was perfect, except for the last bit. It tasted like bamboo."

① copied       ② cursed   ③ ignored   ④ opposed

【정답 】①  copy 베끼다, 복사하다, 흉내내다[D1155]

 * 그리 어렵지 않은 문제이다. 내용을 요약하자면 한 사람을 따라서 계속 주문하던 다른 사람이 이쑤시개(toothpick)를

  주문하자 따라서 주문해서 그것을 먹고는 bamboo(대나무) 맛이 난다고 한 유머러스한 이야기이다. 

 ② curse 욕하다, 저주하다 [표제어 1311] 

 ④ oppose 반대하다 [D3441]

16. [단순독해]A Western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversational ball, I expect you to hit it back. If ou agree with me, I don't expect you simply to agree and do nothing

                                                      되받아치다, 반격하다 [IB 412p]

more. I expect you to add something - a reason for agreeing, another example, or an elaboration to carry the idea

                                                                                                                                  D1824  공들여 만듬

further. But I don't expect you always to agree. I am just as happy if you question me, or challenge me, or completely

disagree with me. Whether you agree of disagree, __________

① you'll be playing the wrong game

② your response will return the ball to me

③ you'll learn a new lesson from your experience

④ your conversation style will differ from the Western style

【정답 】②

17. [표현문제] 다음 글의 요지로 가장 적절한 것은? 

A cause always has an effect, and an effect has a cause. Ofte, however, in searching for the cause or effect of an act, we jump to conclusions. If John Wilkins, who is big and strong, doesn't go out for the football team, some pupils say,

"wilkins has no courage." Perhaps the real reason is that his parents object, he is behind in his school work and can't afford the time, or he believes that football is not worth playing.

① Easy come, easy go.

② Don't be dejected, take courage.

③ Everybody has his own talent.

④ Don't make a hasty judgment.

【정답 】④

【해설】이 문제는 결국 jump to conclusion 의 의미를 묻는 문제이다. 

  *  jump to conclusion (속단하다) [이디엄바이블 278p 적중]

18. [표현+독해] 주어진 문장으로 시작하여, 다음 글들을 문맥에 맞게 올바른 순서로 연결한 것은? 

 The saying for which I had to find the meaning was "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

A. My first guess was that it was about a situation in which those who want to fight should first think about defending themselves from attack. Obviously, a person whose house is made of glass, which is easily broken, should be careful. If you throw a stone, the person at whom you threw the stone could throw it back and smash your house.

B. I think this is good advice for anyone who is critical of other people.

C. However, this sayin, whose meaning I looked up in a dictionary of English idioms is not really about fighting.

                                                               사전 등을 찾다 [IB 374p] 

It means that you should not criticize others for faults similar to those you have.

① A-C-B      ② A-B-C     ③ B-C-A     ④ C-A-B

【정답 】①

【해설】People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

            <속담> 자신의 흉을 모르고 남의 흉을 보아서는 안된다. [이디엄바이블 590p]

   * 먼저 도입부(예시문장) -> 처음 추측한 의미 (A)-> However (실제적 의미) (C)-> 결론(B) 의 형식을 취하는 구조이다

19. [단순독해] 다음 주어진 문장이 들어갈 곳으로 가장 적절한 것은?

 

Such variation, however, was common then with the spelling of many words, not just mames.

         D4421, S3255

   

William Shakespeare is rightly regarded as one of the world's great writers; yet it would seem that he couldn't spell his own name! ( ㄱ ) Samples of his signature that have survived show his name spelled in several different ways. ( ㄴ ) Not until the eighteenth century when dictionaries came into use was a sign spelling for each word accepted as correct. ( ㄷ ) A few words, however, escaped being standardized in this way; 'instill' (which can also be spelled 'instil') is one of them. ( ㄹ ) When a dictionary gives two different spellings of a word, the one given first is preferred.

① ㄱ      ② ㄴ    ③ ㄷ    ④ ㄹ

【정답 】②

 * 주어진 문장에서 "그러나 그러한 변형은 이름 뿐만 아니라 많은 단어들에서도 흔했다"고 했으므로 직전 문장은

   이름에 대한 예가 있는 문장이 맞다.

20. [단순독해] 다음 글의 제목으로 가장 적절한 것은?

The term home schooling or home tuition, as it is called in England, means educating children at home or in places

      학기, 기간[표제어 4234]              교수, 가르침 [H40]

other than a mainstream setting such as a public or private school. There are many reasons why parents choose home

schooling for their children. Some parents are dissatisfied with the quality of education in the public school. Others

do not want their children to have to worry about "peer pressure," or social pressure from friends. They say it may

                                                                               동료, 또래[ F1644, F2344]

interfere with the child's studies. These parents fear this type of pressure will lead to negative behavior such as

방해하다[F1335, F2522]

smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs.

① Types of Pressure in Schools

② Pros and Cons of Home Schooling

③ Side Effects of Home Schooling

④ Reasons for Home Schooling.

【정답 】④ 

    * 이 지문의 핵심사상은 두번째 문장인  There are many reasons why parents choose ~ 에 나타나 있다. 다음 문장은 예시일

      뿐이고 ②의 자택학습에 대한 찬반 (* Pros and Cons  찬반양론 [이디엄바이블 106p])은 나타나 있지 않다.

  ① Types of Pressure in Schools (학교에서 느끼는 중압감의 유형들)은 자택학습을 선호하는 이유로 언급되는 것이고 

  ③ Side Effects of Home Schooling (자택학습에 대한 부수효과)는 글에 나타나 있지 않다.

[불한당]

쌤~~보카바이블 덕분에 영어시험이 많이 쉬워졌어요 ㅎㅎ 감사드립니다. 이번에 두 개 틀렸네요

[고라파덕]

편입생인데 지나가다 밧는데 무지어려운데요? ; ; ;

[빡신 직딩]

편입했었지만 편입공부한창할때랑 비교하면 그리 어려운 난이도는 아닌데요?

[무한도전♪]

공무원 영어가 20문제 밖에 안 돼요? 배점 장난 아닌데 -_-

[열공!!!!]

이게 어려우면 공부 다했네....ㅋㅋㅋㅋ열공하세요

[hasixhsw]

10번 답 잘못 된거 같은뎅 ;;

[bruce lee]

10번 답 4번이네요.

[허 민(쌤!)]

급하게 쓰느라 오타를 냈네요. 4번이 맞습니다.

[합격통보]

난 보카만 3번 박복해서.. 3개월만에 영어 80나왔어요~ 감사합니다 선생님!! 방돌이는 2달만에 85점..ㅡㅡ 보카짱!! 난 더열심히 해야할듯..;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[꿈꾸는도로시]

시간안배땜에 많이 못풀었네요..다른과목들의 지문의 압박..--;; 참..30분은 풀어야하는데..휴~

[다솜다솜]

보카바이블 3개월 공부해서 95 나왔어요 정말 고맙습니다 첨 보는 어휘도 어근공부한걸로 많이 해결했어요 다섯과목중 영어가 최고점수네요

[다솜다솜]

이상한 분이네요 ...

[바나바]

일단 감사드립니다. 그런데 독해문제 지문에 단어 뜻은 왜 달아두신 거예요? 이왕 수험생들에게 도움 주시려고 포스팅하신 거라면 뜻은 지워 주셨으면 좋겠습니다. 모의고사처럼 풀어보려고 했다가 단어 뜻 보고 좀 깼습니다. 아무리 마케팅도 중요하다지만...페이지나 인덱스 표시 정도로 족하지 않을지...이런 식은 좀....;;;

[빡신 직딩]

모의고사식으로 이걸 왜풀어요? 그냥 완전 문제만 있는것도 있는데 그거 찾아서 풀어야지 ;; 마케팅은 만든사람이 알아서 하는거죠... 그거에 대해서 말할 자격은 없어보이는데

[최고우뚝]

^^ 사이버국가고시센터에 가시면 영어 기출 문제 원본으로 다 구하실 수 있습니다..작년 공개된 문제부터~~

[이경훈]

기출 해설이야..당연한것을..

[unixer]

숙어요. 이디엄바이블에만 표시해주고 왜 보카바이블에는 표시 하지 않나요? 이디엄바이블 나온후부터는 단어는 보카바이블만 표시해주고 숙어는 이디엄바이블로만 표시하시네요.. 이디엄바이블 나오기 전에는 안 그러셨잖아요.. 보카바이블/이디엄바이블 숙어 같이 표시해주세요..

[씨밀레_hong0h]

스크랩잘해갑니다!^^

[차한잔]

좋은자료 정말 감사합니다.

[캔디폰]

좋겠당 난 언제쯤이면 할수 있을지

[오솔길 향기]

give a hand[기출 필수 표현 p.294]

[오솔길 향기]

take in[기출 필수 표현 p.252]

[오솔길 향기]

entrance[F0235], peer[F2434]

[오솔길 향기]

specific[표제어 4035]

[오솔길 향기]

pros and cons[D4342]

[오솔길 향기]

variation[S3254]

[꿈만꾸지말기]

열공하겠습니다. 감사요~

[수다쟁이]

자료 감사히 볼게요~~