YBM 박준언 중2 영어 2학기 기말고사 기출 유형 예상문제 100 (7~8과) 문제 풀기

G: Look! There’s a smartphone course for seniors.
B: Oh, how much is it?
G: They don’t have to pay for it. The city pays for it.
B: That’s great! My grandma can’t use her phone well.
G: Oh, then this course would be perfect for her.

G: I can’t believe I’m going to Nicky’s concert!
B: The city gives us free concerts. It’s so cool.
G: Yeah, but we need to hurry. We might be late.
B: What time is it now?
G: It’s 6:20. We only have 10 minutes until the concert starts.
B: There’s no crosswalk here. We have to go all the way around!
G: We really need one here.
B: I totally agree with you.

B: Look, Nicole! This is a magic pen! It can read colors.
G: Wow! How does it work?
B: Just touch the end to an object, and it changes to that color.
G: How amazing! We can get the exact colors we want.
B: Yes! We don’t have to mix colors.
G: I’m sure it’ll be perfect for our art projects.
B: I agree. I’d like to try it on different things!

Suho: Look! I made a pencil case out of a water bottle.
Liam: Oh! It’s as good as a new one.
Suho: It’s so useful that I can hold all my pens.
Liam: I made something, too!
Suho: What is it?
Liam: It’s an umbrella stand. It’s made of water bottles, too.
Suho: Wow. It’s so creative that I want to make one too!
Liam: Ha-ha.
Suho: You’re as smart as I am, Liam!
Liam: Let’s make more things together!

People pay different kinds of taxes. Here are the main ones.
• Income tax: People who earn money from their jobs pay income tax.
• Sales tax: All people pay sales tax on the things that they buy. For example, when you buy bread, you pay sales tax.
• Property tax: People who own houses or land have to pay property tax.

Taxes do a lot of good things for us! Thanks to taxes, we get free education at middle school. Taxes are used for our environment. They pay for the clean air and water which we need. Taxes also pay for our safety, like streetlights by roads. So, you can ask the country to put more streetlights in dark places.

Taxes have a long history. Even in the old days, countries collected them to keep their people safe and manage their land. In 1696, after a long war with France, England needed a lot of money. England wanted rich people to pay more taxes. So, it made a window tax. Rich people usually lived in large houses with many windows. More windows meant more taxes.

In 1963, as a high school student, Dick Fosbury took part in the national high school high jump competition. He jumped high but his body touched the bar, and the bar fell to the ground. He lost the competition. (…)
Everyone was shocked by his jumping style and laughed at it. Fosbury went over the bar on his back! He set a new high jump record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. How did he do that and win a gold medal in just five years?

After Fosbury failed in the national competition, he was sad. His records were not improving although he did his best. However, he did not give up and began to think about his jumping style.
‘When I jump forward, my toes, stomach, or chest touch the bar. It’s important for these parts not to touch the bar. How should I jump?’ After much thought, he came up with an idea.
‘How about jumping backward instead of jumping forward? My back doesn’t have toes or a chest, so nothing will touch the bar!’ Fosbury started jumping over the bar on his back.

Before Fosbury, high jumpers only tried to jump forward. But Fosbury showed a new style of clearing the bar on his back. This new jumping style was named the “Fosbury Flop” after him. Other jumpers who jumped forward could not jump as high as Fosbury. They started using the Fosbury Flop and could jump about 10 centimeters higher than before. (…) Fosbury’s creative thinking made him a hero of the high jump.