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2. 밑줄 친 to jump off the dead horse가 다음 글에서 의미하는 바 (A) (B) (C)
로 가장 적절한 것은?2)
① swallow … assert … consensus
I’ve always told my daughter she should pursue things ② swallow … withdraw … consensus
until they don’t make sense. It was a concept I used ③ swallow … withdraw … conflict
professionally which resulted in me being very innovative
④ reveal … assert … conflict
and forward thinking in my business. It’s also a concept that
⑤ reveal … withdraw … conflict
encourages me to be more open-minded and open-hearted to
new situations and experiences. However, at some point, the
thing you’re pursuing may no longer make sense, and you
need to learn to jump off the dead horse. Stop banging your
head against the wall, and let it go. Sometimes it’s very
difficult to do, especially when you are emotionally invested,
but in the long run, you do realize the dead horse will never
take you to your destination.
The twenty-first century is the age of information and In studies examining the effectiveness of vitamin C,
knowledge. It is a century ① that is characterized by researchers typically divide the subjects into two groups.
knowledge as the important resource that gains competitive One group (the experimental group) receives a vitamin C
advantage for companies. To acquire all these knowledge supplement, and the other (the control group) does not.
and information, organizations must rely on the data that Researchers observe both groups to determine whether one
they store. Data, the basic element, ② is gathered daily from group has fewer or shorter colds than the other.
different input sources. Information is extracted or learned
from these sources of data, and this captured information is (A) If, for example, the control group would normally catch
then transformed into knowledge that is eventually used to twice as many colds as the experimental group, then the
③ trigger actions or decisions. By and large, organizations findings prove nothing. In experiments involving a
do not have any problem of not having enough data because nutrient, the diets of both groups must also be similar,
most organizations are rich with data. The problem however especially with respect to the nutrient being studied. If
is that many organizations are poor in information and those in the experimental group were receiving less
knowledge. This fact translates into one of the biggest vitamin C from their usual diet, then any effects of the
challenges ④ faced by organizations: how to transform raw supplement may not be apparent.
data into information and eventually into knowledge, which
if exploited correctly ⑤ providing the capabilities to predict (B) The following discussion describes some of the pitfalls
customers’ behaviour and business trends. inherent in an experiment of this kind and ways to avoid
them. In sorting subjects into two groups, researchers
must ensure that each person has an equal chance of
being assigned to either the experimental group or the
control group. This is accomplished by randomization; that
5. 다음 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?5)
is, the subjects are chosen randomly from the same
Scientists today are able to accurately date fossils, the population by flipping a coin or some other method
rock-bound remains of organisms from past geologic ages. involving chance.
When fossils are arranged along a timeline, scientists can see (C) Randomization helps to ensure that results reflect the
gradual changes from simple to more complex life forms. In treatment and not factors that might influence the
some cases, evolution through various intermediate forms grouping of subjects. Importantly, the two groups of
over millions of years can be detected and compared to the people must be similar and must have the same track
present state of an organism. For example, the earliest known record with respect to colds to rule out the possibility that
species of horse lived some 60 million years ago and, observed differences in the rate, severity, or duration of
according to the fossil record, was shorter than 20 inches (50 colds might have occurred anyway.
centimeters) high at the shoulders. Successive rock layers
yield fossils of increasingly larger horse species, culminating
① (A)―(C)―(B) ② (B)―(A)―(C) ③ (B)―(C)―(A)
in the horses of today. As size changed, so did other aspects
④ (C)―(A)―(B) ⑤ (C)―(B)―(A)
of the horses’ anatomy: teeth became adapted to eating grass,
the bones of the lower leg fused, and multiple toes evolved
into a single toe surrounded by a hoof.
① date
② restore
③ replicate
④ excavate
⑤ assemble
(A) :