Korean high school seniors take the College Scholastic Ability Test 수학능력시험(CSAT) and gain admission to a university. Although it has been a long time since padyatri graduated from high school, he sometimes solves the CSAT English questions for fun. Among the subjects, the English section in particular surprises even native speakers from English-speaking countries such as the UK and the US because of its level of difficulty.
Out of a total of 45 questions, 17 are listening comprehension questions administered over 25 minutes, while the remaining 28 questions test reading comprehension over 45 minutes. This allows approximately one minute and forty seconds per reading question, which places significant psychological pressure on test-takers due to time constraints. This year’s Questions 24 and 34 require a particularly high level of inferential reasoning. Question 24 asks for the main idea of the passage. These questions are intended to distinguish top-tier students from those in the middle range.
The answer to Question 24 is (2), and the answer to Question 34 is (3).
