You probably think you know much about potatoes and sweet potatoes. But did you know that there are actually about 5,000 different kinds of potatoes? The first kinds ①were grown by people for food were farmed by natives of the Andean mountains of South America. It was only in 1535 that the Spanish found the potato and eventually brought it back to Europe. At first, potatoes ②were known as "the devil's fruit" because they are grown in the earth and have a dark uneven skin. In addition, they contain a weak poison, known as solanine, which can cause people ③to feel ill. However, within about 50 years of their introduction to Ireland, they ④had become a cheap and healthy part of the local foods. When there ⑤were very little food in Ireland in the 19th century, many people lived almost entirely by eating potatoes - their "gifts from the earth." Today, potatoes are grown in at least 130 countries. People all over the world love to eat food made out of potatoes, such as potato chips, french fries and mashed potatoes.  In fact, these have become some of the world's most popular foods!

When someone has helped you, but has perhaps not done all that you requested, focus on what the person has done, not on ①that he hasn’t. Although this would seem to be morally obvious, many people are so caught up with their own needs that they ignore the good done for them. A teacher once received a letter from a student, asking fourteen ②unrelated questions on a variety of subjects. The teacher wrote back a long reply in which he dealt with thirteen of the questions. He soon received a return letter from the student, who not only noted the omission, but ③expressed no thanks for what the teacher had written. Though the teacher was a man of great patience, he was hurt by the student’s behavior: “Not only ④was there no word of thanks, but at the beginning of your letter you reminded me that there was one of your questions ⑤to which I forgot to give an answer. Was that the proper beginning and response to a letter of ten pages?” He went on to tell the student: “I mention this not because I need your thanks, but because of my love for you and concern that you should not become a person who denies the good done for him.”

명덕여고 1학년 영어 시험에서 고득점을 받기 위해서는 교과서 지문 외에 학교에서 나오는 부교재 파사쥬, 모의고사의 내용파악은 물론 수능형 통합 사고를 가지고 접근해야합니다. 전체적인 문제가 한쪽 파트에 치우치지 않고 제목/주제찾기, 어법성판단, 어휘추론, 장문과 서술형 등 현 수능과 동일한 스타일로 출제되어있기 때문에 중학교때처럼 지문 만 달달 외운다고 점수를 받을 수 있는 것이 아닙니다. 또한 방대한 학습량과 개념어법을 넘어선 응용어법을 필요로 하기 때문에 평소 모의고사식의 공부에 익숙해져야합니다.  

학생들이 특히 어려워하는 어법/서술형 파트에서 모의고사 스타일 어법 문제와 더불어 눈에 띄게 틀린 어법을 찾아내는 문제가 다양하게 출제되었습니다. 이번 명덕여고 1학년 중간고사 시험범위가 시제, 태, 조동사였는데 지문 공부할 때 어법공부는 필수였고, 부교재 앞쪽에 나온 어법 개념과 연습문제까지 꼼꼼하게 풀어보길 바랍니다. 또한 서술형이 10문제가 출제 되었는데 교과서, 부교재, 모의고사에서 골고루 출제되었습니다. 평소 영어 지문을 꼼꼼하게 구문독해하고 작문연습을 해둘 필요가 있습니다. 마지막으로 명덕여고 시험은 문제수가 많기 때문에 시간관리가 관점인데, 배점이 큰 서술형 문제를 먼저 풀고, 객관식으로 넘어 가는 방법을 추천합니다.