공통영어1 능률 오선영 1과 본문 빈칸 테스트

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

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

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

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

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

The important part was trying something new for each ____.

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

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

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

Those are the ____ of movies they enjoy.

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

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

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

I didn’t have to worry about anyone ____ preferences.

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

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

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

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

There was nothing to ____ me!

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

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

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

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

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

However, I ____ sure what to do at first.

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

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

I messaged my ____ about it.

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

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

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

It gave me such a rush of ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The next day at school, my classmates were a ____ surprised.

But ____, the reactions were positive.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We ____ know what we’re capable of until we try!