2025년 10월 고2 모의고사 빈칸 변형 (18-30번)

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

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

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

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

This delay has caused us ____ inconvenience.

Therefore, ____ provide a clear and specific delivery date.

We expect this issue to be addressed promptly, so that we can reorganize our ____ 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 ____ had switched off all the lights I was suddenly in a black forest with no light of any kind.

____ lost, I stumbled. I fell.

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

In ____ I stopped and leaned against a tree.

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

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

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

It was Uncle Krull's cabin and I could see him ____ 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 solid professional relationship with your ____.

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

It is important to ____ the focus on the patient.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gargle again, and then ____ with lemon juice.

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

Your taste pattern may reveal more than just taste ____.

Recent studies suggest links between taster ____ and behavioral disorders.

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

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

So, although taste is not nearly as glamorous as vision, ____, 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 embrace of ____.

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

The rise of the experimental philosophy coincided with the liberation of curiosity as a ____ rather 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 ____ Ian Hacking says, "One can conduct an experiment simply out of curiosity to see what will happen."

Indeed, in the ____ 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 prove fruitless.

____ never know until you try.

We can discard or replace a ____ theory only if we have a better way of explaining 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 discover cases where its predictions did not perfectly ____ observations.

These discrepancies were explained only when ____ 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 ____ been able to explain these successes equally well.

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

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

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

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

This power of a midday break is ____ underestimated.

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

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

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

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

This strategic pause is not just a ____; it boosts your cognitive capabilities, ensuring your mind remains sharp and focused.

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

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

This simple switch challenges your brain, activating pathways that ____ typically 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 master's degree as their highest degree in five selected OECD countries as of ____.

The Republic of Korea had the highest ____ of young adults with a bachelor's 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 ____ with a bachelor's as their highest degree, followed by the United States.

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

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

France showed the smallest gap of 9 percentage ____ between the percentages of young adults with a bachelor's and a master's as their highest 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 front, were moved to the back against their ____ to make seats for white people.

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

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

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

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

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

When a cell divides, the genomes of its two daughters are often ____ quite identical to each other or to that of the parent cell.

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

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

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

But changes that cause serious damage ____ nowhere: 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 effectively, to ____ in competition with others, and to reproduce successfully.

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

In contrast, for Confucian culture, while seeking fair equality of opportunity for individuals is important, the family assumes a ____ 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 ____ inherent value that should never be abandoned, even if it results in certain societal inequalities.

Some cultures, like the liberal one, may choose to impose increasing restrictions on the role of families and implement more egalitarian ____ 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 ____ to primarily assign welfare responsibilities to the family, allowing inequalities stemming from the existence of the family as long as everyone's basic freedoms and rights are safeguarded in the state.