EBS 2026학년도 수능특강 영어 2강
2강 심경, 분위기 파악
Gateway 레스토랑 예약 실패
It was Valentine’s ____ on Friday and Peter was certain that his wife, Amy, was going to love his surprise.
Peter had spent a long time searching online for an event that would be a new ____ to spend time with Amy.
He had finally ____ the perfect thing for her.
She often told him that she liked to go to places she had never visited before, and he was absolutely sure that she would love ____ to the new, five-star restaurant downtown.
He smiled as he ____ the restaurant and asked for a reservation for Friday.
____, his smile quickly disappeared when he was told that the restaurant was fully reserved.
“That’s too ____,” he said quietly. “I thought that I had found the right place.”
1 이웃이 베풀어 준 친절
Tammy was in the grocery store, planning to pick her ____ up at their school dismissal time.
She tossed the ____ for dinner into her cart.
At the register, she attempted to pay with her credit ____, only to realize she had left it at home.
This was the second time in just ____ a week.
The cashier even remembered, asking ____, “Didn’t you forget your credit card last week, too?”
She needed the groceries, ____ had been rung up, but she had no way to pay for them.
Just as she was about to abandon her groceries, a familiar face in line caught her ____ — it was Alice, her neighbor.
With a sympathetic smile, Alice reassured Tammy, “Go get your kids. I’ll take ____ of your bill.”
Overwhelmed by this kindness, Tammy felt her heart swell with gratitude as she ____ off to collect her children.
2 Lute 섬에서의 산책
I’m walking barefoot on my favorite part of Lute Island, the soft shoulder of a hill south of my house, partly ____ by pine trees but with sun leaking through here and there.
The ground is covered with a thick green ____ of moss, and when I lie down it yields to the shape of my body.
I look up at the patches of blue and white between the trees, and I ____ hear sounds of seagulls and the soft hum of a motorboat far, far away.
If one listens, there’s always music on this ____.
The waves rolling into the shore make waves of sound, sometimes regular rhythms and sometimes duples and triples and ____ syncopations — all set against the arpeggios and glissandos of the birds.
Lying here in my moss bed and listening to the sounds, ____ easy to drift off to sleep.
3 미술 전시회 관람
Accompanying my friend Sarah to an art exhibition, I found myself walking behind her ____ the gallery.
As we walked through the exhibits, my mind wandered, and I ____ went through the motions.
Art isn’t really my thing; I wouldn’t usually ____ to spend time on paintings and sculptures.
Sarah eagerly ____ from one piece to another, and I followed along passively.
I wasn’t interested in the exhibition at all, but one ____ of artwork caught my eye.
Its bright colors and unique design ____ me in.
I felt an unexpected pull towards it, absorbed by its ____.
This ____ changed my perspective on art.
My initial disinterest turned into curiosity as I ____ to appreciate the creativity around me.
Instead of just following Sarah, I started exploring the exhibits on my own, spending more time on each piece and feeling ____ engaged with the art.
4 아들의 목소리에 의식이 돌아온 Verna
For three days, Verna had ____ lost in a sea of unconsciousness.
The rhythmic beep of the ____ monitor was the only melody that dared to break the silence.
Verna’s breathing was very shallow, and her husband Fred spent a lot of time ____ by her bedside.
As Saturday afternoon light came in through the window, Verna’s son Tom walked ____ her room.
Her eyes had been ____ for the past three days, but a flicker of recognition sparked when she heard Tom’s voice.
“Hi, Mom,” he said. Verna’s eyelids moved slightly, her ____ locking onto Tom’s face.
He reached out and gently enveloped her hand in his ____.
“She squeezed my hand,” he ____ in a choked voice, a wave of astonishment washing over the room.
Fred, who ____ been a constant presence by her side, turned to Tom, a spark of anticipation flickering in his eyes.