2026 KNS 고교선택 배치고사 FINAL 앵콜 · THE FINAL ENCORE

Relatively undeveloped languages have no single word for plants. The lack of a term doesn't mean they don't perceive differences, and it doesn't mean they don't know the difference between spinach and a cactus; they just lack an all-encompassing term with which to refer to plants. We see cases like this in our own language. For example, English lacks a single basic term to refer to edible mushrooms. The lack of a term doesn't mean you don't understand the concept; it simply means that the          isn't reflected in our language. This could be because a need for it hasn't been so pressing that a word needed to be coined. [3점]

Reading long passages under time pressure rewards students who track the writer's argument, not those who translate every sentence word by word. Strong readers first locate the claim, then follow how each paragraph supports, limits, or challenges it. When a sentence is unclear, they ask what job it does in the argument rather than stopping to decode every word. This habit lets them answer questions about purpose and main idea quickly, and it leaves time to check the details that really matter.

Many students believe that vocabulary ① is the key to reading. However, research ② shows that readers who ③ focuses on the structure of a passage understand it better than those who ④ memorize words alone. In other words, reading is ⑤ less about individual words than about the ideas that connect them.

The word "smog" was coined in the early twentieth century by combining "smoke" and "fog." At the time, factories in large cities released so much smoke that a new word was needed to describe the thick, dirty air. Words like this appear whenever people meet something their language has no name for.