Bullfighters have a confidence in themselves that borders on . One day a reporter asked the great Spanish bullfighter Manolete to name the five or six great bullfighters of the time. Manolete froze the reporter with a look and then answered: First there is Manolete. And then there is no one. And then there is no one. And then there is no one. And then there is no one. And then there is no one. Bullfighting is a brutal sport that demands that kind of self-confidence. The truth of the matter is that every task we face requires self-confidence. Believe in yourself. It’s the only way to face all the bull that’s out there. ①egoism ②self-confidence ③arrogance ④indifference ⑤ self-respect
정답 및 해설
정답③ [해설] 빈칸에들어갈말이한단어(명사 또는 형용사)일때는선택지에제시된단어가긍정어인지혹은부정어인지를따져볼필요가있다. 빈칸아래‘Manolete froze …. And then there is no one’에서보듯이빈칸에들어갈단어는부정어이다. 자신감이과도하게지나친것은‘오만’을의미하므로③번이적절하다.
구문
■ Bullfighters have a confidence in themselves [that borders on arrogance]. – [ ]는형용사절로선행사는 a confidence이다. 선행사를수식하는수식부(=형용사절)를 후치했다.
■ The truth of the matter is that every task [(that) we face Ø] requires self-confidence. – [ ]는every task를수식하는형용사절이다. 명사와대명사(every task we)가나란히위치하면둘사이에목적격관계대명사가생략된경우다.
해석 및 어휘
투우사들은자신에대한자신감을갖고있다. 그자신감은거의오만에가깝다. 어느날한기자가(역대)가장위대한스페인투우사인Manolete (마놀레테)에게당대의위대한투우사대여섯명을호명해달라고요청했다. Manolete는그기자에게일부러쌀쌀맞은태도로쳐다보곤다음과같이말했다: 첫째는마놀레테. 두번째부터여섯번째까지위대한투우사라곤없다. 투우는그러한자신감을요구하는잔인한스포츠이다. 문제의핵심은(바로)우리가직면하는모든일은자신감을필요로한다. 자신을믿어라. 이것(자신을 믿는 일)만이 저기 밖에 있는 황소(어려운 일을 의미)를대할수있는길이다.
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