EBS 수능특강 영어독해연습 7강 exercise 9 변형문제(난이도 상~최상)

1. 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 알맞은 것은?

A major barrier to sports tourism growth before the 1800s was inadequate transportation systems. While there were gradual enhancements from the 1400s onward - including better coaches and significantly improved roadways in the 1700s, particularly in Britain - travel remained slow and expensive. To illustrate, traveling the 107 miles from London to Bath took approximately sixty hours in 1680. Although better roads reduced this to ten hours by 1800, the time and expense still restricted long-distance travel to wealthy individuals. Only when railways emerged in the 1800s did the general public gain access to affordable and efficient transportation, allowing sports tourism to expand beyond its previous status as an elite, limited activity. As Wray Vamplew noted, railways "transformed English sport by _______________________________________________."

① diminishing the cultural prominence of indigenous recreational pursuits among the proletariat

② attenuating the physiological conditioning and athletic prowess of professional competitors

③ prompting affluent aristocrats to relinquish their predilection for recreational sporting endeavors

④ expanding the audience reach and allowing competitors to participate on a national scale

⑤ restricting transnational athletic competitions exclusively to metropolitan commercial centers

 

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정답: ④ expanding the audience reach and allowing competitors to participate on a national scale (관중의 범위를 확대하고 경쟁자들이 전국적 규모로 참여할 수 있게 하는 것)

 

• ① 프롤레타리아 계층 사이에서 토착 오락 활동의 문화적 중요성을 감소시키는 것: 철도가 전통 스포츠를 덜 인기 있게 만들었다는 내용으로, 본문의 "확장" 취지와 상반됨
• ② 전문 경쟁자들의 생리적 컨디셔닝과 운동 능력을 약화시키는 것: 교통 발달이 선수들의 체력을 약화시켰다는 것은 논리적 근거가 없음
• ③ 부유한 귀족들이 오락적 스포츠 활동에 대한 선호를 포기하도록 유도하는 것: 철도가 부유층의 스포츠 관심을 감소시켰다는 내용으로, 실제로는 더 많은 계층에게 확산되었음
• ⑤ 국제적 운동 경기를 대도시 상업 중심지에만 독점적으로 제한하는 것: 철도가 경기를 제한했다는 내용으로, 실제로는 접근성을 확대했음