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My grandmother keeps a wooden cabinet filled with tiny furniture, each piece no larger than a fingernail, that she ①has been building for over a decade as a miniature hobby. When I first saw the cabinet, I ②assuming the appeal was simply how impressively small and precise the pieces looked. Talking with her while she worked, though, I learned that the real challenge lies in ③imagining an entire, believable world at a scale the eye can barely process. She once spent three weekends ④carving a single tiny bookshelf, only to leave two of its shelves deliberately empty, explaining that a completely full room would look staged rather than lived-in. That small decision taught me that miniature craft is not primarily about precision, but about convincingly imagining an ordinary life small enough ⑤to fit inside a shoebox.

The Hopeful Start Workshop will be held on January 10th at the Green Hill Community Center. This event ①helps students set clear and realistic goals for the new year. Participants will learn simple methods for ②writing goals that are specific and easy to measure. Each participant will receive a goal-planning notebook ③to use throughout the year. The workshop is open to all middle and high school students, and no experience ④are required. Students can register online through the center's website or by ⑤calling the front desk before January 8th.

①Choosing the right club can shape how a student feels about school life. Many first-graders join a club simply because their friends ②are joining it. However, experts suggest that personal interest should always come before friendship. A club that ③match your interest keeps you motivated during a busy exam period. It also helps to think about how much time each club actually requires. Some clubs meet only once a week, while others ④practice almost every day. Skill level matters too, since a few clubs accept only experienced students. For this reason, most schools ⑤allow a short trial period before a final decision. During this period, new members can attend meetings without officially signing up. In the end, a good club should feel like a comfortable break from academic pressure.

Every Wednesday evening, a small group meets in the corner of a quiet cafe, coffee cups in hand, ready to talk about a book they have all just ①finished. This is a book club, and its members insist that reading the same novel together changes the experience ②completely. Alone, a reader usually forms one interpretation and ③frequently questions it again. In a group, however, one member's small comment about a minor character can suddenly change how everyone else understood the whole story. Members also say that having a discussion planned in advance pushes them to finish books they might otherwise put down halfway through. What began as a simple reading habit has slowly grown into one of the most meaningful ④friendships of their week, according to ⑤many members.

This goal-tracking app helps you set New Year goals and build healthy habits step by step. First, open the app and create an account using your email address. Next, tap the plus button to add a new goal, and choose how often you want to ①practice it. The app will then send a ②rare reminder at the time you select each day. Every time you complete a task, tap the checkmark, and the app will ③record your streak automatically. You can also view a simple chart that shows your ④progress over the past month. Finally, share your progress with a friend inside the app for extra ⑤motivation and support.

During exam season last year, our school counselor introduced a weekly drop-in session where students could paint freely for thirty minutes without any instructions or grading. I attended mostly out of curiosity, expecting a relaxing but ultimately pointless activity, since I have never considered myself artistically talented. To my surprise, filling a blank page with color, without worrying whether the result looked good, left me noticeably calmer than scrolling through my phone during the same amount of free time. The counselor explained that _______________. Several classmates who initially came only to avoid studying kept returning on their own afterward. None of us left with a masterpiece, but many of us left the room feeling noticeably lighter than when we had walked in.

There are a few simple strategies that make writing a personal statement easier. (A) Second, use specific examples instead of vague statements, since details make a story more convincing. (B) First, explain what each experience taught you rather than simply listing your achievements. (C) Finally, always proofread carefully, since small errors can distract readers from an otherwise strong statement.

주어진 문장: These habits include the way we use light, water, and electronic devices every day. Every day, we leave behind marks of the gases that warm our planet, much like footprints left in wet sand. ① These marks, often called our carbon footprint, come from small choices such as driving, eating, and using electricity. ② Many students think that only large factories create these marks, but ordinary habits at home also matter greatly. ③ For example, turning off lights when leaving a room reduces the energy that power plants must produce. ④ Walking or biking to school instead of riding in a car also lowers the amount of gas released into the air. In contrast, leaving devices plugged in all night quietly increases our footprint without our notice. ⑤ Therefore, students who practice these simple habits regularly can shrink their footprint significantly. Small daily choices, repeated over time, become powerful tools for protecting the environment we all share.

주어진 문장: This is often because their goals are too vague or unrealistic to follow. Many people make new year's resolutions, but few actually achieve them. ( ① ) One helpful method for solving this problem is called SMART goal setting. ( ② ) First, a goal should be specific, describing exactly what you want to do instead of using vague words. ( ③ ) Second, it should be measurable, so you can check your progress with clear numbers. ( ④ ) Third, it should be achievable, fitting your situation without being too difficult to reach. ( ⑤ ) Finally, it should be relevant to your life and time-bound with a clear deadline.

This new emphasis on space, however, has not pleased everyone who cares deeply about libraries. For most of the twentieth century, a library was simply a quiet room full of books, and visitors were expected to stay silent while they searched the shelves. ( ① ) Today, many public libraries look completely different. ( ② ) Alongside the usual shelves, you might find group study rooms, comfortable sofas for reading, computer labs, and even small recording studios for podcasts. ( ③ ) Librarians say this change did not happen by accident. As more information moved online, fewer people needed a library simply to find facts, so librarians began asking what their communities actually needed instead. ( ④ ) The answer, in many neighborhoods, turned out to be space itself: a warm, free place where students could study together, job seekers could print a resume, and children could attend a story hour. ( ⑤ ) Some critics worry that libraries are drifting away from their original mission of preserving books. Librarians respond that reading and gathering have always belonged together, and that a library survives only by changing with its readers.