2025년 10월 고2 모의고사 빈칸 변형 (18-30번)

To the Customer ____ Team, About a month ago, my wife and I purchased a set of bookshelves from your store.

I was truly ____ to find furniture that perfectly matched our new home.

When we bought the bookshelves, the manager said it would ____ four weeks for delivery, which was last weekend.

We had set our plans to ensure someone would be available to receive the delivery; however, no one came with the ____ that day.

This delay has caused us considerable ____.

Therefore, please provide a clear and ____ delivery date.

We expect this ____ to be addressed promptly, so that we can reorganize our schedule to receive the delivery without any confusion.

I was heading in the direction of a forest road that I knew would take me ____.

But almost as though someone had switched off all the lights I was suddenly in a black forest with no ____ of any kind.

Feeling lost, I ____. I fell.

I ____ my clothes and injured myself falling down a hill.

In desperation I stopped and leaned ____ a tree.

I have no ____ where I am now. Will anyone even notice that I'm gone?

It was then that a faint aroma ____ through the darkness: the scent of cooking.

I stumbled towards it, and ____, a faint, yellowish light glowed through the trees.

It was Uncle Krull's cabin and I could ____ him through the window!

Thankful beyond words, I ____ I could finally ask for help. My hardship was over.

When you are working in healthcare, it is important to develop a ____ professional relationship with your patients.

By establishing ____ self­-boundaries, you can protect that relationship.

It is ____ to keep the focus on the patient.

When working with patients who are seen frequently, it is ____ to start to think of them as friends.

With a friend, ____ are likely to share personal information that is not appropriate with a patient.

Patients may feel that they cannot share important health-­related information ____ you are their friend, and it would be embarrassing to share that information.

Self­-boundaries can ____ be thought of as professional boundaries.

You ____ to treat patients with respect and keep the relationship professional.

Be friendly to patients and always keep the focus on the ____.

Coat a fresh, wet swab in salt, and gently touch various spots on your tongue, recording where your taste ____ strongest.

Then, gargle with water to thoroughly ____ your tongue, use a swab coated with sugar on the same spots, and record those results.

____ again, and then swab with lemon juice.

After a final gargle, try coffee. Compare your ____ with your friends'.

Your taste pattern may reveal more than ____ taste preferences.

Recent studies ____ links between taster status and behavioral disorders.

For example, "non-­tasters" tend to have a higher incidence of alcoholism, perhaps because liquor seems less bitter to ____.

Conversely, "super­tasters" may avoid ____ but mildly bitter foods such as broccoli, thus depriving themselves of a balanced diet.

So, ____ taste is not nearly as glamorous as vision, hearing, or even touch, it makes sense for you to pay closer attention to it because chemistry, at least in your mouth, could be destiny.

Experiments testify to science's ____ of ignorance.

Arguably the worst thing a scientist can do is to suppose they know what will happen in a given scenario without ____ to check.

The rise of the experimental philosophy coincided with the liberation of curiosity as a valuable ____ than a questionable attribute.

For all that experimental science today is often assumed to be supported by a philosophical framework and an approved methodology "state your hypothesis and then test it", the fact is that, as philosopher of science Ian Hacking says, "One can conduct an experiment simply out of curiosity to see ____ will happen."

Indeed, in the view of Charles Darwin's son, the astronomer George Darwin, once in a while one should do a completely crazy experiment, even if it is most likely to ____ fruitless.

____ never know until you try.

We can discard or replace a scientific theory only if we have a better way of ____ the evidence that supports it.

The theories of Newton and Einstein offer great ____.

A vast body of evidence supports Newton's theory of gravity, but by the late nineteenth century scientists had begun to ____ cases where its predictions did not perfectly match observations.

These discrepancies were explained only ____ Einstein developed his general theory of relativity, which was able to match the observations.

Still, the many successes of Newton's theory could not be ignored, and Einstein's theory would not have gained acceptance if it had not been able to explain these successes equally ____.

It did, and that is why we now view Einstein's theory as a broader theory of gravity ____ Newton's theory.

Some scientists today are seeking a theory of gravity that will go ____ Einstein's.

If any new theory ever gains acceptance, it will have to match all the successes of Einstein's ____ as well as work in new realms where Einstein's theory does not.

Imagine pausing in the middle of a ____ day, taking a moment to refresh your mind and recharge your energy.

This power of a midday break is ____ underestimated.

When you break away from routine, especially with activities designed to ____ your brain, you prevent cognitive tiredness and enhance productivity for the rest of the day.

Neurobic exercises ― simple yet effective ― are ____ for such breaks.

They target ____ areas of your brain, keeping it agile and alert.

These exercises create a mental oasis that refreshes and ____ you for the afternoon's challenges.

This strategic pause is ____ just a break; it boosts your cognitive capabilities, ensuring your mind remains sharp and focused.

Even briefly experimenting with neurobic exercises can work ____ for your cognitive state during lunch.

Start with using your non­dominant hand for routine tasks like writing or ____.

This simple switch challenges your brain, activating pathways that aren't ____ engaged and promoting greater flexibility in thinking.

The graph above illustrates the percentage of 25­ to 34-­year-­olds (young adults) who attained either a bachelor's or a ____ degree as their highest degree in five selected OECD countries as of 2022.

The Republic of Korea had the highest percentage of young adults with a ____ as their highest degree, but the lowest percentage of those with a master's as their highest degree.

New Zealand had the second-­highest percentage of young adults with a bachelor's as their highest ____, followed by the United States.

In Luxembourg and France, the percentage of young adults with a ____ as their highest degree exceeded that of those with a bachelor's as their highest degree, unlike the other three countries.

In Luxembourg, the percentage of young adults with a master's as their ____ degree was no more than double that of those with a bachelor's as their highest degree.

France showed the smallest gap of 9 percentage points between the percentages of young adults with a bachelor's and a master's as their ____ degree.

____ Kathleen Waymon was an American musician and civil rights activist.

She displayed musical talent ____ an early age.

At 12, during her first classical recital, her parents' seats, originally near the ____, were moved to the back against their will to make seats for white people.

After graduating from high school, she prepared for an audition at the Curtis ____ of Music, but her application was rejected, which she attributed to racial discrimination.

To ____ her private lessons, she began performing in Atlantic City, adopting the stage name "Nina Simone."

In the 1960s, she became a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement and composed and ____ songs as a response to racism and violence in the Southern United States.

____ by the racism in the United States, she left the country in 1970, living in various places before settling in France.

She passed away in 2003 but her reputation ____ through her powerful music.

When a cell ____, the genomes of its two daughters are often not quite identical to each other or to that of the parent cell.

On rare occasions, the error may ____ a change for the better; more probably, it will cause no significant difference in the cell's prospects.

But in some cases, the error will cause serious damage; for ____, by disrupting the coding sequence for a key protein.

Changes due to mistakes of the ____ type will tend to be perpetuated, because the altered cell has an increased likelihood of reproducing itself.

Changes due to mistakes of the second type ― neutral ____ ― may be perpetuated or not: it is a matter of chance whether the altered cell or its cousins will succeed.

But changes that cause serious damage lead ____: the cell that suffers them dies, leaving no progeny.

Through endless repetition of this cycle of mutation and natural selection organisms evolve: their genetic specifications change, sometimes giving organisms new ways to exploit the environment more ____, to survive in competition with others, and to reproduce successfully.

Within liberal culture, the value of fair ____ of opportunity for individuals outweighs the preservation of the family's integrity.

In contrast, for Confucian culture, while seeking fair ____ of opportunity for individuals is important, the family assumes a fundamental role in human flourishing, and living within a family institution is considered the essential way of life.

Individuals are primarily understood as family members before they are regarded as ____ citizens.

Therefore, for Confucians, the family possesses inherent value that should never be ____, even if it results in certain societal inequalities.

Some cultures, like the liberal one, may choose to impose increasing restrictions on the ____ of families and implement more egalitarian government programs for education, healthcare, and other positive rights in society in the pursuit of fair equality of opportunity.

On the other hand, other cultures, like the Confucian one, may prefer to primarily assign welfare responsibilities to the ____, allowing inequalities stemming from the existence of the family as long as everyone's basic freedoms and rights are safeguarded in the state.