18.주어진 글 다음에 이어질 글의 순서로 가장 적절한 것은? The idea that society should allocate economic rewards and positions of responsibility according to merit is appealing for several reasons. (A) An economic system that rewards effort, initiative, and talent is likely to be more productive than one that pays everyone the same, regardless of contribution, or that hands out desirable social positions based on favoritism. (B) Rewarding people strictly on their merits also has the virtue of fairness; it does not discriminate on any basis other than achievement. (C) Two of these reasons are generalized versions of the case for merit in hiring─efficiency and fairness.

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• allocate나누어 주다·배분하다중

  The idea that society should allocate economic rewards according to merit is appealing.사회가 경제적 보상을 능력에 따라 나눠야 한다는 생각은 끌린다.

• merit능력·공로중

  다른 뜻 · (동사) ~을 받을 만하다 · (복수) 장점

  society should allocate economic rewards and positions of responsibility according to merit사회는 경제적 보상과 책임 있는 자리를 능력에 따라 나눠야 한다

• appealing끌리는·매력적인중

  다른 뜻 · appeal = 호소하다 · 항소하다

  The idea is appealing for several reasons.그 생각은 몇 가지 이유에서 끌린다.

• initiative진취성·주도력중

  다른 뜻 · 새로운 정책·계획 · take the initiative = 앞장서다

  An economic system that rewards effort, initiative, and talent is likely to be more productive.노력과 진취성과 재능에 보상하는 경제 체제가 더 생산적일 것이다.

• favoritism편애·정실상

  a system that hands out desirable social positions based on favoritism편애로 좋은 자리를 나눠 주는 체제

• discriminate차별하다·구별하다중

  it does not discriminate on any basis other than achievement그것은 성취 말고 다른 어떤 것으로도 차별하지 않는다

• virtue미덕·장점중

  다른 뜻 · by virtue of = ~ 덕분에

  Rewarding people strictly on their merits also has the virtue of fairness.오로지 능력에 따라 보상하는 것은 공정하다는 미덕도 지닌다.

• hand out나눠 주다하

  a system that hands out desirable social positions based on favoritism편애로 좋은 자리를 나눠 주는 체제