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Essay 2-1 Mongoose on the Loose In 1872, a jamaican sugar planter imported nine furry little mongooses from India to eat the rats that were devouring his crops. They did such a good job, the planter started breeding his exotic animals and selling them to eager farmers on neighboring islands. With no natural predators-like wolves, coyotes, or poisonous-snakes- the mongoose population exploded, an..

Essay 1-3 The Case Against Disposable Chopsticks Some people worry that doing away with the disposable chopstick industry will destroy a vital source of employment in China. According to their statistics, over 300 plants specializing in the production of these disposable wooden sticks employ over 100,000 people. And yet, the question must be asked: what will these people do in ten years, when th..

Essay 1-2 The Case Against Disposable Chopsticks At the same time, while some consumers might grumble about the inconvenience stemming from doing away with disposable chopsticks, there are countless alternatives. For example, environmental activists in China are encouraging people to bring their own chopsticks to restaurants. If diners complain about their inability to keep these reusable utensi..

Essay 1-1 The Case Against Disposable Chopsticks The doorbell rings. it's delivery! you tear into the white paper sack and unpack boxes of delicious noodles, steaming rice, and saucy vegetables. Glancing back into the back into the bag, you see them: four packets of disposable wooden chopsticks. Don't need those, you think, and toss them into the trash with the empty bag, adding to the mountains..

10. 다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은? It is common to assume that creativity concerns primarily the relation between actor(creator) and artifact(creation). However, from a sociocultural standpoint, the creative act is never “complete” in the absence of a second position — that of an audience. While the actor or creator him/herself is the first audience of the artifact being produced, this kind of distant..

9. 다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은? Due to technological innovations, music can now be experienced by more people, for more of the time than ever before. Mass availability has given individuals unheard-of control over their own sound-environment. However, it has also confronted them with the simultaneous availability of countless genres of music, in which they have to orient themselves. People start fil..

8. 다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은? Research has confirmed that athletes are less likely to participate in unacceptable behavior than are non-athletes.. However, moral reasoning and good sporting behavior seem to decline as athletes progress to higher competitive levels, in part because of the increased emphasis on winning. Thus winning can be _______________________________ in teaching character develo..

7. 다음 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은? In a culture where there is a belief that you can have anything you truly want, there is no problem in choosing. Many cultures, however, do not maintain this belief. In fact, many people do not believe that life is about getting what you want. Life is about doing what you are supposed to do. The reason they have trouble making choices is they believe that what they ma..

6. 밑줄 친 want to use a hammer 가 다음 글에서 의미하는 바로 가장 적절한 것은? We have a tendency to interpret events selectively. If we want things to be “this way” or “that way” we can most certainly select, stack, or arrange evidence in a way that supports such a viewpoint. Selective perception is based on what seems to us to stand out. However, what seems to us to be standing out may very well be related to our g..

10. 다음 글의 내용을 한 문장으로 요약하고자 한다. 빈칸 (A), (B)에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은? Have you noticed that some coaches get the most out of their athletes while others don’t? A poor coach will tell you what you did wrong and then tell you not to do it again: “Don’t drop the ball!” What happens next? The images you see in your head are images of you dropping the ball! Naturally, your mind recreates what it just “saw” b..