1. 다음 밑줄 친 부분 중 어법상 옳지 않은 것은?

We live in a democratic age. Over the last century the world has been shaped by one trend above all others―the rise of democracy. In 1900, not a single country had ①what we would today consider a democracy: a government created by elections ②which every adult ③citizen could vote. Today this is done by over 60 percent of all countries in the world. ④What was once a peculiar practice of a handful of states around the North Atlantic ⑤has become the standard form of government for humankind.

"②which every adult citizen could vote." 를 "in which every adult citizen could vote." 로.


전문 번역가가 아니기에, 해석에 있어서 오류가 있을 수도 있으니, 참고 정도만 하세요.

우리는 민주주의 시대에 살고 있습니다. 지난 세기에 걸쳐 세계는 다른 무엇보다도 한 가지 경향,  민주주의의 발전을 형성하고 있습니다. 1900년에는, 우리가 오늘날 민주주의라고 생각하는 나라(성인이 된 모든 시민이 투표를 할 수 있는 선거로 인하여 만들어진 정부)는 단 한 나라도 없었습니다. 오늘날 성인이 된 모든 시민이 투표를 할 수 있는 국가는 전 세계의 60% 이상입니다. 한때 북대서양 주변에 있는 몇 안 되는 소수의 국가에서 특이한 관행이 인류를 위한 표준 정부의 형태가 되었습니다.


※ 1번 지문은 "Fareed Zakaria(파리드 자카리아) : The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (자유의 미래: 국내외 반 자유주의적 민주주의)" 책 p.13에서 발췌된 내용.

p.13 원문 내용은

We live in a democratic age. Over the last century the world has been shaped by one trend above all others — the rise of democracy. In 1900 not a single country had what we would today consider a democracy: a government created by elections in which every adult citizen could vote. Today 119 do, compromising 62 percent of all countries in the world. What was once a peculiar practice of a handful of states around the North Atlantic has become the standard form of government for humankind.

Monarchies are antique, fascism and communism utterly discredited. Even Islamic theocracy appeals only to a fanatical few. For the vast majority of the world, democracy is the sole surviving source of political legitimacy. Dictators such as Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe go to great effort and expense to organize national elections — which, of course, they win handily. When the enemies of democracy mouth its rhetoric and ape its ritual, you know it has won the war.


2. 다음 밑줄 친 부분의 의미와 가장 가까운 것은?

He launched into the crowd to grapple his unfortunate prey.

① identify        ② avoid        ③ evoke        ④ exploit        ⑤ seize


He launched into the crowd to grapple his unfortunate prey.
그는 불행한 피해자를 잡기 위해 군중 속으로 들어갔다.


(빡대가리이기에 정확한 해석이 안되서, 출근해서 Jimmy한테 물어봐야 될 듯 ㅡㅡ;;)

※ unfortunate prey 와 비슷한 의미? scapegoat


옥스퍼드 영어사전 grapple - https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/grapple

예문도 그대로 가져왔다능~ grapple VERB

  1. ‘he threw himself forward and grappled with him’

    SYNONYMS(동의어)
    wrestle, struggle, tussle
    brawl, fight, scuffle, clash, combat, battle
    close
    , engage


  2. ‘he launched into the crowd to grapple his unfortunate prey’

    SYNONYMS(동의어)
    seize, grab, lay hold of, take hold of, grip, hold, grasp, clasp, clench, catch hold of, catch, lay one's hands on, get one's hands on

    ANTONYMS(반의어)
    let go of, release


  3. ‘a writer grappling with the problems of exile’

    SYNONYMS(동의어)
    tackle, confront, address oneself to, face, attend to, attack, get down to
    deal with, cope with, come to grips with, get to grips with
    concentrate on, focus on, apply oneself to, devote oneself to

    informal(비격식) get stuck into, get cracking on, get weaving on, have a crack at, have a go at, have a shot at, have a stab at

    ANTONYMS(반의어)
    avoid














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