[청랑 킬러문항] 2025 수능 영어 빈칸 문제 #49

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지문)

A promise emerges: if a single office could allocate prices, wages, and output "rationally," scarcity would recede and fairness would prevail. Yet the arithmetic of real life resists such compression. Plans that must hit aggregate targets cannot honor the plurality of individual ends; they must override some projects so that others proceed. As exceptions multiply, administrators claim wider discretion to "fine-tune" the blueprint; over time, general rules give way to case-by-case rulings, and legal equality is displaced by negotiated favors. The paradox deepens: each patch that cures one distortion creates another, inviting further intervention. What began as technocracy hardens into control. A rival approach assumes that the knowledge relevant to coordination—local costs, shifting preferences, specialized skills—is dispersed across society. Under impersonal, predictable rules of property, contract, and liability, prices convey this knowledge without any bureau needing to collect it. Competition then aligns private gain with service to others, not because people are virtuous, but because departures from value are penalized by the market. In this view, emergency "one-off" controls are less a solution than a ratchet. precedents that normalize discretion and erode trust in stable rules. The lesson is clear: a free order is not self-executing. it requires law that binds rulers as well as the ruled. Thus, durable prosperity depends less on benevolent planners than on institutions that ensure ________________.

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Vocabulary

aggregate	ˈæɡrɪɡət	총계의, 집합적인
override	ˌoʊvərˈraɪd	무시하고 우선하다
discretion	dɪˈskrɛʃən	재량(권)
technocracy	tɛkˈnɒkrəsi	기술 관료 체제
impersonal	ɪmˈpɜːrsənəl	비인칭의, 비개인적인
liability	ˌlaɪəˈbɪləti	법적 책임
ratchet	ˈrætʃɪt	점진적 확대(되돌리기 어려운 누적)
erode	ɪˈroʊd	침식하다, 약화시키다

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문제) What best completes the blank?

① centralized planning is shielded from public scrutiny to maintain efficiency
② predictable, general rules keep private interests aligned with social cooperation 
③ distributive goals are achieved primarily through flexible administrative decrees
④ emergency price controls remain permanent to guarantee economic stability
⑤ officials retain discretion to override contracts when outcomes appear unjust

 

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