2015년 서울시9급 영어독해 빈칸채우기 문제2

2015년 서울시9급 영어독해 빈칸채우기 문제2

※ 문맥상 밑줄에 들어가기 가장 적절한 것은? (14~16)

14. 

The source of this economic paralysis are somewhat different in the two countries. In Japan, a combination of highly constraining social patterns, consensus-based decision making and an ossified political process have suppressed new ideas and made the country resistant to change. In the U.S., there is no shortage of fresh thinking, debate and

outrage-the paralysis is caused by of ______ consensus on how problems should be tackled. In a rich nation like the U.S., it s easy to be fooled into thinking there s always more time for problems to get solved. So it has been in Japan. The Japanese are wealthy enough that they don t suffer too much from the prolonged period of stunted growth.

① a number     ② a variety

③ a lack         ④ a ground