2) 파트 5 3문제 1. Customers who pay for costly items ------- are given discounts of as much as 30 percent by the department store. (A) consequently (B) furthermore (C) in advance (D) meanwhile 해석 -- 값비싼 품목들에 대해서 선불하는 고객들은 백화점에서 30퍼센트 정도의 할인을 받는다. 해설 -- 부사 어휘 문제 ‘선불하는 고객들은 백화점에서 30퍼센트 정도의 할인을 받는다’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 빈칸 앞의 pay와 함께 ‘선불하다’라는 의미의 표현 pay in advance를 완성하는 부사 (C) in advance가 정답이다. 참고로 (A) consequently는 ‘그 결과, 따라서’, (B) furthermore는 ‘뿐만 아니라,

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