공통영어1 능률 오선영 1과 본문 빈칸 테스트

“To grow into a better version of ourselves, we should not stay as ____ are.”

That was the first thing our teacher ____ to us on the first day of school.

She wanted us to start the semester by pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and ____ more about ourselves.

To help us do so, she gave us an assignment to challenge ourselves ____ three different ways.

The three challenges could involve hobbies, exercise, our ____ or even our relationships.

The important ____ was trying something new for each one.

She told us that we should share our ____ with our classmates when we finished the challenges.

These days, ____ tend to watch movies on streaming services.

However, if I go to the theater, I usually watch an action ____ science fiction movie with my friends or family.

Those ____ the kinds of movies they enjoy.

Going to the ____ alone was something I had never done before.

So, ____ the first challenge, I decided to give it a try.

It was nice to choose the ____ and the seat on my own.

I didn’t have to ____ about anyone else’s preferences.

I saw ____ experience as a good opportunity to watch something different, so I chose a historical drama that I had been curious about.

At first, it felt a bit awkward and lonely to sit in the theater ____ myself.

But once the movie started, I became ____ absorbed in the story.

It was so satisfying just to ____ on the movie itself.

There ____ nothing to distract me!

This experience made me realize that I sometimes ____ doing things alone.

After the movie, I promised myself that I would try to make my own choices ____ often and enjoy more activities by myself in the future.

Ever since I was a child, ____ always been afraid of water.

So I ____ never enjoyed water activities or felt comfortable while doing them.

For the second challenge, I decided ____ try to overcome this discomfort.

However, I wasn’t sure what to do at ____

One day, I came across ____ video clip of my cousin surfing at an indoor pool on social media.

It looked fun, and I liked the fact that ____ took place in a shallow pool, not in the ocean.

I ____ my cousin about it.

She assured me that ____ wasn’t too hard, so I signed up for a beginner course.

At the beginning of the lesson, it was hard just to stand up ____ the board.

After some help from the instructor, ____ I learned how to balance properly and even managed to surf a few waves!

It gave me ____ a rush of excitement.

Being in the water wasn’t as bad as ____ had thought.

While the experience didn’t ____ change my mind about water sports, it did help me discover my sense of adventure.

Of all the challenges I chose ____ myself, the third one made me the most nervous: changing my hairstyle.

For many ____ I had kept the same hairstyle because I had been worried about my forehead.

I had always thought it was large, and I didn’t want to draw attention to ____

Since I was feeling confident after the first two challenges, I went to a hair salon and ____ to the stylist.

He ____ to my concerns and helped me find a shorter hairstyle that suited me.

The next day at ____ my classmates were a bit surprised.

____ overall, the reactions were positive.

I realized that trying a different look wasn’t ____ difficult as I thought it would be.

In fact, it made me ____ more confident about myself.

____ didn’t expect that stepping out of my comfort zone would have such a positive effect on how I felt about myself.

I learned a lot about myself through this assignment, ____ I found out that my classmates did, too.

One of them tried new ____ from different countries, while another joined a creative writing club.

Through ____ experiences, we all realized how important it is to push ourselves to try new things.

We gained different perspectives ____ life and had a lot of fun, too!

My classmates and I even talked ____ setting more challenges for ourselves.

There are always more things that we can discover ____ ourselves, and it’s exciting to keep learning and growing.

We never know what we’re capable of ____ we try!