[고1] 2025년 9월 모의고사 31번 - 지문 구성, 그림 설명, 원문 비교

[고1] 2025 09월 – 31번: 특정 경험 후 자신의 행복 기준점으로 되돌아가려는 인간의 경향

 

Whether we feel happy or sad, content or discontent, is not determined merely by each individual successive moment of life experience ─ a good thing happens and I'm happy, a bad thing happens and I'm sad. While our experiences affect our mood, we are not blown in a completely new direction by each gust of wind. As humans, we adjust ─ to new information and events both good and bad ─ and return to our personal default level of well-being. There will be highs and lows, but over time, like water seeking its own level, we are pulled toward our baseline ─ back up after bad news and back down after good. The euphoria of first love fades, and so does the despair of a break-up. This tendency is best seen with little kids and their toy joy: When they get what they've longed for, they believe they will be happy for the rest of their lives. And for the first few minutes of the rest of their lives, they are. But then the kids ─ like adults ─ adapt.

 

 

 

[지문 구조 분석]

구분	내용	원문
주장	우리의 행복과 불행은 순간의 경험만으로 결정되지 않는다	Whether we feel happy or sad, content or discontent, is not determined merely by each individual successive moment of life experience ─ a good thing happens and I'm happy, a bad thing happens and I'm sad.
근거	경험은 기분에 영향을 주지만, 우리는 매 순간 바람에 흔들리듯 전혀 새로운 방향으로 바뀌지는 않는다	While our experiences affect our mood, we are not blown in a completely new direction by each gust of wind.
설명	인간은 새로운 정보와 사건에 적응하며 개인의 기본 행복 수준으로 돌아간다	As humans, we adjust ─ to new information and events both good and bad ─ and return to our personal default level of well-being.
비유	물이 본래의 수위를 찾듯, 기쁨과 슬픔 후에도 우리는 본래 수준으로 끌려간다	There will be highs and lows, but over time, like water seeking its own level, we are pulled toward our baseline ─ back up after bad news and back down after good. The euphoria of first love fades, and so does the despair of a break-up.
예시	아이들은 장난감을 얻으면 평생 행복할 것 같아 하지만, 결국 어른처럼 곧 적응한다	This tendency is best seen with little kids and their toy joy: When they get what they've longed for, they believe they will be happy for the rest of their lives. And for the first few minutes of the rest of their lives, they are. But then the kids ─ like adults ─ adapt.

 

 

 

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[원문 비교]

	문제 지문	원문 지문
1	Whether we feel happy or sad, content or discontent, is not determined merely by each individual successive moment of life experience ─ a good thing happens and I'm happy, a bad thing happens and I'm sad.	Whether we feel happy or sad, content or discontent, is not determined merely by each individual successive moment of life experience—a good thing happens and I'm happy, a bad thing happens and I'm sad.
2	While our experiences affect our mood, we are not blown in a completely new direction by each gust of wind.	While our experiences affect our mood, we are not blown in a completely new direction by each gust of wind.
3	As humans, we adjust ─ to new information and events both good and bad ─ and return to our personal default level of well-being.	As humans, we adapt—to new information and events both good and bad—and gravitate back to our personal default level of well-being.
4	There will be highs and lows, but over time, like water seeking its own level, we are pulled toward our baseline ─ back up after bad news and back down after good.	There will be highs and lows, but over time, like water seeking its own level, we are pulled toward our baseline—back up after bad news and back down after good.
5	The euphoria of first love fades, and so does the despair of a break-up.	The euphoria of first love fades, and so does the despair of divorce.
6	This tendency is best seen with little kids and their toy joy: When they get what they've longed for, they believe they will be happy for the rest of their lives. And for the first few minutes of the rest of their lives, they are. But then the kids ─ like adults ─ adapt.	This tendency is best seen with little kids and their toy joy: When they get what they've longed for, they believe they will be happy for the rest of their lives. And for the first few minutes of the rest of their lives, they are. But then the kids—like adults—adapt.

 

* 원문 참고 어휘

• adapt 적응하다 (= adjust)
• gravitate back 다시 끌려가다, 되돌아가다 (= return)
• divorce 이혼 (= break-up)

 

 

 

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