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TOPIK I · Reading · Questions 49–56 · Level 2

One text, two questions

읽고 두 문항 답하기

Read a 5–6 sentence text (Q49–56) and answer two questions: fill the blank (grammar, connector, vocabulary) and a matching statement or the topic.

Test tips

  1. Blank questions: read the sentence with the blank plus the ones around it to find the relation (contrast → -지만/하지만, cause → -아서/그래서, alternatives → -거나, simultaneous → -(으)면서, time → -(으)ㄹ 때).
  2. For connectors (그래서, 그런데, 그러나, 그러면), decide whether the previous sentence is a cause, a contrast or a condition.
  3. Topic questions (무엇에 대한 이야기): choose the phrase covering every sentence; drop phrases that match one example.
  4. Detail questions: watch time and sequence words (처음, 지금, -고, -기 전에), frequency (일주일에 세 번) and whether something is done (배우고 있다 = no license yet).
  5. If the blank is hard, do the detail question first: understanding the whole text makes the ending easier to pick.

Signal words and patterns

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

  • -지만
  • -아/어서
  • -거나
  • -(으)면서
  • -(으)ㄹ 때
  • 그래서
  • 그런데
  • 하지만
  • 처음에는
  • 무엇에 대한 이야기

Worked examples

저는 요즘 운전을 배우고 있습니다. 한국에서는 운전면허가 있으면 일을 찾기가 쉽습니다. 그래서 일주일에 세 번 운전 학원에 다닙니다. 처음에는 차가 많은 길에서 운전하는 것이 (  ) 지금은 괜찮습니다. 다음 달에 시험을 보는데 꼭 합격하고 싶습니다.
Translation

These days I'm learning to drive. In Korea, having a driver's license makes it easier to find work. So I go to driving school three times a week. At first, driving on busy roads was scary, but now I'm fine. I take the test next month, and I really want to pass.

( )에 들어갈 알맞은 말을 고르십시오.

Explanation

To choose a connective ending, check how the clauses before and after the blank relate. Before it we have '처음에는' (at first), after it '지금은 괜찮습니다' (now I'm fine). Then and now contrast, so we need a past contrastive ending: '무서웠지만' (was scary, but). '무서워서' (because it was scary) gives a cause, but 'scary, so now fine' makes no sense. '무서우면' (if scary) is hypothetical and clashes with a past experience. '무서울 때' (when scary) cannot connect to '지금은 괜찮습니다'.

Words in this question · sign in to save words

  • 운전
  • 처음
  • 길
  • 무섭다
  • 괜찮다

이 글의 내용과 같은 것을 고르십시오.

Explanation

The last sentence '다음 달에 시험을 보는데' says the writer takes the driving test next month: option 1. Option 2 has the wrong frequency: '일주일에 세 번' (three times a week), not daily. Option 3 is wrong because the writer is still learning, so has no license yet. Option 4 contradicts '지금은 괜찮습니다'. For content questions, check verb tense and aspect (is learning, will take) to rule out options.

Words in this question · sign in to save words

  • 운전면허
  • 학원
  • 시험
  • 합격하다

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