공통영어2 능률 오선영 1과 변형문제

My name is ____ Saem.

My first name has ____ impressive meaning in Korean: “a source of power and vitality.”

Since Saem sounds like Sam, I decided to make that my ____ name.

Growing up, I thought Lee was a common last ____ only in Korea.

Little did I know that it’s actually common ____ many other countries, too.

When I searched “Sam Lee” on a social ____ website, I was amazed at what I saw.

There were so many people all over the world with ____ name!

Just for fun, I randomly chose several Sam ____ and sent them friend requests.

A lot of ____ accepted my friend request.

While looking through their profiles, I noticed ____ interesting.

____ Sam Lees of various ages and nationalities were interested in music.

There was a Sam ____ in his mid-30s from Singapore who enjoyed singing and writing lyrics.

And there was a 42-year-old Canadian Sam Lee ____ was a drummer.

According to her profile, everyone called her Sam even ____ her real name was Samantha.

Finally, there was an ____ Sam Lee who played the electric guitar.

Suddenly, I had a great ____ I sent a message to all three.

Here is what I wrote: “Hi! ____ Sam Lee from Korea.

I write ____ and play the keyboard.

How about making a virtual band called The Sam ____

To my surprise, all three eagerly ____

That was the start of ____ band’s journey.

____ tried to practice once a week through a video chat app, but we encountered several problems.

First of all, we all lived in different time ____

This made it difficult ____ pick a convenient time for everyone to practice.

Secondly, there were audio ____ with the app, which caused us to be out of sync.

So we put our ____ together and devised a better way of playing music.

We decided to ____ the songs as if we were working in a virtual music factory.

After we decided ____ a song, I would play it on my keyboard and send it to Singaporean Sam.

He would sing along ____ the keyboard and send the recording to American Sam.

Then American ____ would add his guitar part, and Samantha would finish the song with her drumming.

When it ____ to choosing songs to play, we took turns.

Since each of us prefers a different genre of music and comes from a ____ culture, we all ended up learning a lot about different kinds of music.

It was interesting and ____ lot of fun.

Shortly after we started the band, a ____ pandemic began.

Since all of our normal lives were put on hold, we valued our online interactions more than ____

At one point, Singaporean Sam became ill and ____ to spend some time in the hospital, so the band took a break.

However, ____ still met from time to time by using the video chat app.

We talked about ____ lives and did what we could do to cheer Singaporean Sam up.

Since he had to stay in ____ hospital on his birthday, the rest of us recorded his favorite song as his birthday present.

When we played it for him, ____ laughed so hard that he cried.

That was mainly because the song was sung ____ the worst singer in the band—me!

It was good to see him laugh ____ though he was lying in his hospital bed.

After Singaporean Sam recovered, we decided ____ write and record our own song.

We called the song “Long-Distance Friendship,” ____ we posted it online.

The ____ didn’t get much attention, but we were proud of what we had achieved together.

Never did we expect that we would build such strong ____ with one another.

____ all, we don’t come from similar backgrounds, nor have we had the same life experiences.

Yet ____ now talk about almost everything together, including the hardships we face in life.

I think it’s been really valuable to get ____ from people with such different perspectives.

We would all like to meet in person and play our music ____ the street someday.

But even if that never happens, we’ve still been ____ lucky.

Four random people became great ____ simply because of our names.

Life can be amazing ____