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TOPIK I · Reading · Questions 59–70 · Level 2

Longer texts

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Read a longer text (Q59–70: narrative, explanation, email or notice) and answer two questions: sentence insertion, gap filling, purpose, feeling, a matching statement or an inference.

Test tips

  1. Read both questions first so you know what to look for, then read the text once from start to finish.
  2. Insertion: find the clue in the given sentence (그래서, 그리고 ~도, 그때, 집에 돌아와서) and place it right after its cause or the preceding event, before its result.
  3. Emails and notices (왜 윗글을 썼는지): read the subject line (제목) first; the purpose is usually the subject.
  4. Feeling or content blanks: use the '-아/어서' clause just before the blank to choose the logical outcome (보고 싶어서 → 눈물이 났습니다).
  5. Inference questions (알 수 있는 것): the key isn't stated directly but must be supported by several sentences; drop options that contradict the text.
  6. This is the most time-consuming part: keep about 25 minutes for Q59–70.

Signal words and patterns

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

  • ( ㉠ )~( ㉣ )
  • 그래서
  • 그런데
  • 그리고 ~도
  • 제목
  • 받는 사람
  • 왜 윗글을 썼는지
  • 알 수 있는 것
  • -아/어서
  • -(으)려고 하다

Worked examples

저는 서른 살이 될 때까지 수영을 못했습니다. ( ㉠ ) 어렸을 때 물에 빠진 적이 있어서 물이 무서웠습니다. ( ㉡ ) 그런데 작년 여름에 친구들과 바다에 갔을 때 저만 물에 들어가지 못했습니다. ( ㉢ ) 지금은 일주일에 세 번 수영장에 다닙니다. 아직 잘하지는 못하지만 물이 전보다 무섭지 않습니다. ( ㉣ )
Translation

Until I was thirty, I couldn't swim. When I was little I once nearly drowned, so I was afraid of water. But last summer, when I went to the beach with friends, I was the only one who couldn't go into the water. So as soon as I got home, I signed up for swimming lessons. Now I go to the pool three times a week. I'm not good yet, but I'm less afraid of water than before.

다음 문장이 들어갈 곳으로 가장 알맞은 것을 고르십시오.

그래서 집에 돌아와서 바로 수영 학원에 등록했습니다.

Explanation

For insertion items, find the key words in the given sentence and then the sentence that must precede it. The given sentence has two clues: '그래서' (so) needs a cause before it, and '집에 돌아와서' (after getting home) needs an outing before it. The sentence before ㉢ is 'at the beach with friends, I was the only one who couldn't go in' – both an outing and a reason to take lessons. The sentence after ㉢, 'now I go to the pool three times a week', is the result of signing up. So the answer is ㉢. At ㉡ the previous sentence says 'I was afraid of water', so 'so I signed up for lessons' doesn't follow, and there is no outing to come home from. At ㉣ signing up would come after already swimming three times a week, which breaks the time order.

Words in this question · sign in to save words

  • 수영
  • 빠지다
  • 무섭다
  • 바다
  • 등록하다

이 글의 내용과 같은 것을 고르십시오.

Explanation

The writer now '일주일에 세 번 수영장에 다닙니다' and is '아직 잘하지는 못하지만' (not good yet), so they are learning to swim: option 2. Option 1 is wrong because they '수영을 못했습니다' until thirty. Option 3 is wrong because they went '친구들과' (with friends), not alone. Option 4 contradicts '물이 전보다 무섭지 않습니다' (less afraid than before). The correct option often combines several sentences rather than copying one.

Words in this question · sign in to save words

  • 수영장
  • 다니다
  • 아직
  • 전보다

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