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밑줄 친 부분에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것을 고르시오.
It is easy to devise numerous possible scenarios of future developments, each one, on the face of it, equally likely. The difficult task is to know which will actually take place. In hindsight, it usually seems obvious. When we look back in time, each event seems clearly and logically to follow from previous events. Before the event occurs, however, the number of possibilities seems endless. There are no methods for successful prediction, especially in areas involving complex social and technological changes, where many of the determining factors are not known and, in any event, are certainly not under any single group's control. Nonetheless, it is essential to __________. We do know that new technologies will bring both dividends and problems, especially human, social problems. The more we try to anticipate these problems, the better we can control them.

work out reasonable scenarios for the future

legitimize possible dividends from future changes

leave out various aspects of technological problems

consider what it would be like to focus on the present

빈칸에는 "work out reasonable scenarios for the future"(미래에 대한 합리적인 시나리오를 세우다)가 가장 적절하다.
예측 방법이 없다고 한 뒤 "Nonetheless"(그럼에도)로 전환하고, 이어서 "The more we try to anticipate these problems, the better we can control them."(문제를 예상하려 할수록 더 잘 통제할 수 있다)고 하므로 미래를 대비해 예측을 시도해야 한다는 내용이 와야 한다.
"legitimize possible dividends from future changes"(미래 변화의 이익을 정당화하다)는 문제 예상이라는 뒷문장과 연결되지 않는다.
"leave out various aspects of technological problems"(기술적 문제의 여러 측면을 배제하다)는 문제를 예상하라는 결론과 반대다.
"consider what it would be like to focus on the present"(현재에 집중하는 것을 고려하다)는 미래 예측의 필요성이라는 흐름에서 벗어난다.