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1. 3 2 8 Places In The News * 총 33문항, 각 문제당 3점씩 배점 ▶Word Check ☞ Write the meanings of the words. ▶Phrase Check ☞ Choose the correct word or phrase for each blank. no such, securing, self-rule, relinquished, eliminate

2. 3 2 8 Places In The News ▶Reading Comprehension Greenland Independence & ice melting Independence has usually accompanied conflicts between countries. However, a sound way to escape history’s nightmare could be glimpsed in Greenland’s peaceable accession to independence from Denmark, an event celebrated on June 21 on the world’s largest island in a ceremony attended by the Danish queen. Greenlanders, 90 percent of whom are indigenous Inuits, voted overwhelmingly in a referendum in November 2009 to exercise self-rule and eventually to be independent. Denmark, which had ruled that Arctic land since 1721, accepted the will of the people amiably. Ironically, the effects of global warming aided this rare version of decolonization. Some 80 percent of Greenland’s 2,180,000 square kilometers is covered with the mighty icecap. With the icecap over Greenland melting progressively, it has become possible to begin mining long-inaccessible gold, diamonds, coal, and zinc. Seismological analyses calculate oil reserves of more than 110 billion tons. The revenue from these newly available resources will enable its 58,000 residents to reduce, and eventually eliminate their reliance on a subsidy from Denmark of $550 million a year. Other post-colonial conflict zones have had no such windfalls. But many of them could nevertheless learn something from the pacific way that Greenlanders pursued self- determination and the reasonable way that Denmark relinquished its hold over another people. The Greenlandic government now gets to call itself by its Inuit name, Naalakkersuisutthe first time in history that the word has been used in a Danish government document. With only two traffic lights in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is now securing its place in the world. ☞ Choose the best answer based on the article.

3. 3 2 8 Places In The News ☞ Write True(T) or False(F). ▶ Composition ☞ Write the sentences in English following the guideline. 33. 나는 나의 팀이 챔피언 리그에서 자리를 확보하는 것을 돕고 싶다. ( team, place, its, the Champions League ) I hope to help .

4. 3 2 8 Places In The News * 총 33문항, 각 문제당 3점씩 배점 ▶Word Check ☞ Write the meanings of the words. ▶Phrase Check ☞ Choose the correct word or phrase for each blank. no such, securing, self-rule, relinquished, eliminate

5. 3 2 8 Places In The News ▶Reading Comprehension Greenland Independence & ice melting Independence has usually accompanied conflicts between countries. However, a sound way to escape history’s nightmare could be glimpsed in Greenland’s peaceable accession to independence from Denmark, an event celebrated on June 21 on the world’s largest island in a ceremony attended by the Danish queen. Greenlanders, 90 percent of whom are indigenous Inuits, voted overwhelmingly in a referendum in November 2009 to exercise self-rule and eventually to be independent. Denmark, which had ruled that Arctic land since 1721, accepted the will of the people amiably. Ironically, the effects of global warming aided this rare version of decolonization. Some 80 percent of Greenland’s 2,180,000 square kilometers is covered with the mighty icecap. With the icecap over Greenland melting progressively, it has become possible to begin mining long-inaccessible gold, diamonds, coal, and zinc. Seismological analyses calculate oil reserves of more than 110 billion tons. The revenue from these newly available resources will enable its 58,000 residents to reduce, and eventually eliminate their reliance on a subsidy from Denmark of $550 million a year. Other post-colonial conflict zones have had no such windfalls. But many of them could nevertheless learn something from the pacific way that Greenlanders pursued self- determination and the reasonable way that Denmark relinquished its hold over another people. The Greenlandic government now gets to call itself by its Inuit name, Naalakkersuisutthe first time in history that the word has been used in a Danish government document. With only two traffic lights in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is now securing its place in the world. ☞ Choose the best answer based on the article.

6. 3 2 8 Places In The News ☞ Write True(T) or False(F). ▶ Composition ☞ Write the sentences in English following the guideline. 33. 나는 나의 팀이 챔피언 리그에서 자리를 확보하는 것을 돕고 싶다. ( team, place, its, the Champions League ) I hope to help my team secure its place in the Champions League.