TOPIK Practice – TOPIK I 어휘 [어휘] 1–5 (12/3/2025) – chet holmgren

정답: A. 선수

How to solve: The sentence is 'Chet Holmgren is a basketball ______.'. We need to choose the word for his profession. '선수' means 'player' or 'athlete', which fits the context of basketball. The other options are 'singer', 'doctor', and 'student', which are incorrect.

A — Correct. '선수' means player/athlete, which is Chet Holmgren's profession.

B — Incorrect. '가수' means singer.

C — Incorrect. '의사' means doctor.

D — Incorrect. '학생' means student.

정답: B. 커요

How to solve: The sentence is 'Chet Holmgren is very ______.'. The word '키가' means 'height'. Chet Holmgren is famous for being very tall. '커요' means 'is big' or 'is tall' and is the correct adjective to describe height.

A — Incorrect. '작아요' means 'is small' or 'is short', which is the opposite of Chet Holmgren.

B — Correct. '커요' means 'is tall' or 'is big'. When used with '키' (height), it means 'is tall'.

C — Incorrect. '예뻐요' means 'is pretty', which is not used to describe height.

D — Incorrect. '맛있어요' means 'is delicious', which is completely unrelated.

정답: C. 넣어요

How to solve: The sentence is 'Chet Holmgren ______ the basketball into the hoop.'. We need a verb that means to put something in. '넣어요' means 'puts in' or 'inserts', and it is used when talking about scoring a basket in basketball.

A — Incorrect. '읽어요' means 'reads'.

B — Incorrect. '마셔요' means 'drinks'.

C — Correct. '넣어요' means 'puts in'. In this context, it means he scores by putting the ball in the hoop.

D — Incorrect. '자요' means 'sleeps'.

정답: D. 해요

How to solve: The sentence is 'Chet Holmgren ______ basketball for the Oklahoma City Thunder team.'. The phrase '농구를 하다' means 'to play basketball'. The conjugated form of '하다' is '해요'.

A — Incorrect. '들어요' means 'listens' or 'hears'.

B — Incorrect. '공부해요' means 'studies'.

C — Incorrect. '만들어요' means 'makes'.

D — Correct. '해요' is from the verb '하다' (to do), and when combined with '농구를', it means 'plays basketball'.

정답: A. 말랐어요

How to solve: The sentence is 'Chet Holmgren is tall and his body is very ______.'. He is known for his slender build. The word '말랐어요' means 'is thin' or 'is skinny', which correctly describes his body type.

A — Correct. '말랐어요' means 'is thin/skinny'.

B — Incorrect. '뚱뚱해요' means 'is fat', which is the opposite.

C — Incorrect. '시끄러워요' means 'is loud', which does not describe a body.

D — Incorrect. '깨끗해요' means 'is clean', which is not the primary physical descriptor used for him in this context.