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TOPIK I · Listening · Questions 22–24 · Level 2

Choose the main idea

중심 생각 고르기

Hear a 4-turn dialogue (Q22–24) and choose the woman's main idea, the opinion she wants to put across.

Test tips

  1. Only the woman's opinion counts; the man's view is often used as a trap option.
  2. Her main idea is usually in her last line, often after 그래도, 그런데, 저는 ~다고 생각해요 or ~는 게 좋아요.
  3. The key is usually a general statement with '-는 것이 좋습니다' or '-아/어야 합니다'; concrete examples are only supporting points.
  4. Eliminate options that repeat a true detail but not the main point (e.g. 'getting up early is hard'), or that go too far (bans, obligations).
  5. Time tip: preview the options while waiting, then match them against her final line.

Signal words and patterns

When you see these in a question, they point to the answer or to a trap.

  • 그래도
  • 그런데
  • -다고 생각해요
  • -는 게 좋아요
  • -아/어야 해요
  • -(으)면 ~
  • -잖아요
  • -아/어 보세요
  • 그러니까
  • 저는

Worked examples

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Transcript

다음을 듣고 여자의 중심 생각을 고르십시오.

Explanation

The main-idea type asks for one speaker's opinion (here the woman's), which usually sits in her last line. She concludes '미리 써 가면 돈을 아낄 수 있어요' (if you write it down beforehand you can save money), so the answer is option 3. Option 2 is the man's view ('그냥 가서 보고 사면 되지 않아요?'), a frequent trap. Option 4 borrows '필요 없는 것' from her line but changes the meaning: she says people buy things they don't need, not that the store is full of useless items. Option 1 compares with a market, which is never mentioned.

Words in this question · sign in to save words

  • 마트
  • 종이
  • 미리
  • 필요 없다
  • 아끼다

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5 questions per round, each checked immediately with the explanation, translation and key words.

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