[43~45] 다음 글을 읽고, 물음에 답하시오.
(A)
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the famous composerpianist, was scheduled to perform at a great concert hall in
America. It was an evening to remember ― black tuxedos and long evening dresses, a highsociety event.
Present in the audience that evening was a mother with her nine-year -old son. Tired of waiting, (a) he squirmed constantly in his seat. His mother was in hopes that her son would be encouraged to practice the piano if he could just hear the great Paderewski at the keyboard. So, against his wishes, he had come.
* squirm: 꼼지락대다
(B)
The roar of the crowd became quiet as hundreds of frowning faces pointed in (b) his direction. Irritated and
embarrassed, they began to shout: “Get that boy away from there!” “Who’d bring a kid that young in here?”
“Where’s his mother?” “Stop (c) him!” Backstage, Paderewski overheard the sounds out front and quickly put together in his mind what was happening. Hurriedly, he grabbed his coat and rushed toward the stage.
(C)
As she turned to talk with friends, her son could stay seated no longer. (d) He slipped away from her side,
strangely drawn to the black concert grand piano and its leather stool on the huge stage flooded with blinding lights. Without much notice from the sophisticated audience, the boy sat down at the piano stool, staring wideeyed at the black and white keys. He placed his small, shaky fingers in the right location and began to play “Chopsticks.”
(D)
Without one word of announcement Paderewski bent over behind the boy, reached around both sides, began to improvise a countermelody to harmonize with and enhance “Chopsticks.”
As the two of them played together, (e) he kept whispering in the boy’s ear: “Keep going. Don’t quit.
Keep on playing... don’t stop... don’t quit.” Together, the old master and the little boy transformed an embarrassing situation into a wonderfully creative experience. The audience was mesmerized.
* improvise: 즉흥 연주하다 ** mesmerize: 매혹하다
43. 주어진 글 (A)에 이어질 내용을 순서에 맞게 배열한 것으로 가장 적절한 것은?
① (B) - (D) - (C) ② (C) - (B) - (D)
③ (C) - (D) - (B) ④ (D) - (B) - (C)
⑤ (D) - (C) - (B)
44. 밑줄 친 (a)~(e) 중에서 가리키는 대상이 나머지 넷과 다른 것은?
① (a) ② (b) ③ (c) ④ (d) ⑤ (e)
45. 윗글에 관한 내용으로 적절하지 않은 것은?
① 소년은 연주회에 오고 싶지 않았으나 오게 되었다.
② 짜증이 나고 당황한 관중은 크게 소리치기 시작했다.
③ Paderewski는 서둘러 무대로 달려갔다.
④ 소년은 무대 위 피아노 의자에 앉아 건반을 응시했다.
⑤ Paderewski는 짧은 공지 후 소년과 함께 연주했다.
