[청랑 킬러문항] 2025 수능 영어 빈칸 문제 #43

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When scientists first began studying human decision-making, they assumed that people naturally seek to maximize their individual benefits. This rational actor model seemed to explain much economic behavior: buyers hunt for bargains, workers demand fair wages, investors chase profitable returns. However, decades of research have revealed a more puzzling reality. Humans routinely make choices that appear to undermine their own interests—sharing resources with strangers, sacrificing personal gain for group welfare, or adhering to moral principles even when no one is watching. These behaviors initially seemed like anomalies that required special explanation, deviations from an otherwise sensible pattern.Yet a broader evolutionary perspective suggests these seemingly irrational choices may actually serve a deeper logic. In small groups where reputation matters and future interactions are likely, generosity and trustworthiness become valuable currencies. Those who consistently defect from cooperative norms find themselves isolated and disadvantaged. Over thousands of generations, humans developed psychological mechanisms that predispose them to care about fairness, reciprocity, and group success—not because these traits always benefit the individual in isolation, but because they create stable coalitions that outcompete purely selfish alternatives. The paradox of human nature, therefore, is that _____________________.

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Vocabulary

deviation	diviˈeɪʃən	일탈, 벗어남
trustworthiness	trʌstˌwɜrðinəs	신뢰성
defect	dɪˈfekt	(협력에서) 이탈하다
predispose	pridɪˈspoʊz	성향을 갖게 하다
stable coalition	steɪbəl koʊəˈlɪʃən	안정적인 연합

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문제) What best completes the blank?

① rational decision-making requires complete information about all possible outcomes
② apparent selflessness often serves long-term self-interest through group dynamics
③ economic models fail to account for cultural differences in value systems
④ individual intelligence determines the success of cooperative strategies
⑤ modern societies have eliminated the evolutionary basis for altruistic behavior

 

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