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STRATEGY APPLICATION

Jericho is a city located in the West Bank near the Jordan River. What
makes this place extraordinary is that it may be the world’s oldest
inhabited city, with evidence of settlement dating back as far as 9,000
B.C.E. CHAPTER 01

The word extraordinary in the paragraph is closest in meaning to
A famous
B lavish
C special
D typical

Point 01 Find the Meaning of the Sentence with a Target Word
“What makes this place extraordinary ...”
⇢ “... it may be the world’s oldest inhabited city ...”

Point 02 Find Clues from Supportive Sentences

“... with evidence of settlement dating back as far as 9,000 B.C.E.”
⇢ the world’s oldest inhabited city ⇢ not ordinary

Point 03 Word Analysis- Roots, Prefix, Suffix

extra + ordinary ⇢ extra- (outside, beyond) + ordinary (normal, usual, typical)
⇢ very unusual, remarkable, unusually great, special

Point 04 Conclusion – Eliminate Wrong Answers
extraordinary = not normal or ordinary
⇢ This word means greater or better than normal as being the oldest occupied
city in the world. The most suitable answer is C , which is a synonym for
extraordinary.

정답 C
어휘  extraordinary 특별한, 비상한, 보기 드문  famous 유명한  lavish 호화로운
 special 특별한, 독특한  typical 전형적인

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