공통영어1 천재 조수경 1과 본문 빈칸 테스트

Hello, first-year students. I’m ____ school counselor, Hannah Kim. How is your new school life?

You may have experienced a situation where things didn’t go as you expected ____ school.

____ you ever wondered why this happens? Let’s take a look at the following two cases.

The first case is about a student ____ Hajun.

On the first day of school, Hajun’s ____ teacher introduced several school clubs.

At that ____ Hajun didn’t have a particular preference for any of them.

He thought that any indoor club ____ be okay since he was not an outdoor person.

____ you guess what happened on the day of choice?

He ____ the soccer club. What made him choose soccer?

Well, a few days ____ submitting his application,

he heard that the soccer club was so popular that half of his classmates were ____ for it.

This made him think that the soccer ____ was something special.

With this in mind, he signed up for the soccer club just because ____ did so.

However, after he had ____ the club, he realized that soccer was not for him.

____ the end, he regretted his decision.

Why do ____ think this happened?

____ say that people tend to engage in certain behaviors just because others are doing them.

Also, people don’t ____ to be excluded from their peers.

These psychological factors cause people to follow the crowd, rather than act on their ____

This phenomenon is called the “bandwagon ____

Following the crowd, of course, does not always lead to negative consequences, but it can ____ to regret.

So, how can you ____ your own choices?

The first thing is to know what you ____ want.

Although it might ____ different from your friends’, don’t be afraid to make your own choice.

As ____ as you make the right choice for you, you will be happy about your decision.

Now, let’s look at another case, one about ____

One day, Yubin ____ me about her first science quiz.

Science was the subject that she struggled with ____ most.

Since she wanted to get a good grade, she made a ____ study plan for herself.

Yet, every time she tried to ____ on science, she found herself doing other things instead.

For instance, she cleaned her desk or ____ her friends.

These activities distracted her from studying, and in the end, she got a bad ____

She was frustrated that she continuously engaged in behaviors ____ for accomplishing her task.

When people do not have the confidence to perform tasks well, ____ are likely to create obstacles to success.

____ type of behavior is referred to as “self-handicapping.”

____ enables people to make excuses for their poor performances.

These excuses prevent the poor result ____ lowering their self-esteem.

This might work in the short term. ____ be careful!

It could ____ to repeated failures in certain tasks that you are not confident in doing.

If you are self-handicapping, it ____ be because you consider the results more important than the process.

Focusing more on the process than ____ outcome may ease the pressure to perform well.

Accordingly, you may feel more encouraged to try ____ do the challenging tasks.

This can ____ stop your self-handicapping.

As first-year students in high school, you’ll sometimes face difficult ____

It ____ not unusual because everyone goes through difficult times.

Even though you ____ disappointed with your choices or behaviors, don’t let yourself feel down.

The most important thing is figuring out your own way to ____ your negative feelings.

It will make your school life much ____ enjoyable.

____ you feel worried, remember that you are not alone.

You have friends, teachers, ____ me.

Good ____ in this exciting new chapter of your life.