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Minjun used to leave half of his lunch tray full of ①untouching rice and vegetables every day. Last spring, his class started a campaign ②called "Clean Plate Day" to reduce food waste. However, his teacher explained that leftover food thrown away every day ③adds up to a huge amount of waste. She compared uneaten food to money ④dropped carelessly on the street, which nobody bothers to pick up. He decided to take only what he could finish and ⑤to try new vegetables slowly.

Picture books are usually written for young children, but a growing number of adults are picking them up for themselves. At first glance, a picture book seems too ①simple for someone who has already learned to read long novels. However, many picture books deal with ②serious themes, such as loss, fear, and change, using only a few carefully chosen words. Because the text is short, every sentence carries extra weight, and readers naturally ③slow down to notice small details in the pictures. This slower pace can feel ④stressful for adults who are used to rushing through long articles and constant notifications. A picture book can also be finished in a single sitting, which makes it easy to return to the same story again and again. For these reasons, therapists and teachers sometimes recommend picture books not only to children but also to ⑤stressed adults who need a quiet moment.

Many students imagine a librarian simply sitting behind a desk and stamping books. Ms. Han, who has worked at a school library for over ten years, says that image is far from ①accurate. A large part of her job involves choosing which new books to buy, based on both student requests and current trends in youth literature. She also spends hours ②training students to search databases and judge whether an online source is trustworthy, a skill she considers just as important as reading itself. According to Ms. Han, the most rewarding moment is not organizing shelves but watching a student who once avoided reading ③refuse to ask for a second book in the same series. She admits that budgets are often ④tight and that new technology keeps changing how libraries operate. Still, she insists that the core purpose of her job has never changed: connecting each reader with the right book at the right ⑤time.

Choosing a college major is one of the biggest ①decisions many students face after high school. Some students assume that their major will completely determine their future career, but this is not always true. What matters more than the major itself is the set of skills a student develops, such as critical thinking, writing, and problem solving. These abilities can be applied to ②a single career only. However, choosing a major that genuinely interests a student still matters, because motivation makes learning ③easier and more effective. Therefore, students should choose a major based on ④curiosity and personal growth, not only on which job it seems to ⑤guarantee.

Attention all club leaders: applications for the club budget are now open. If your club wants support for materials, events, or competitions, please follow the steps below. First, download the budget request form from the school website and fill in your club's name, purpose, and requested amount. Second, attach a short plan explaining how the money will be used, since forms without a clear plan will not be reviewed. Third, submit the completed form to the teacher in charge of student activities by August 14th. _______________________. Once submitted, each request will be reviewed by the budget committee, which meets every Friday. Approved clubs will receive their funds within two weeks, and results will be posted on the club bulletin board. Please contact Mr. Han in the activities office if you have any questions.

For many years, comic books and graphic novels were seen as a lazy alternative to real reading. Parents and teachers often worried that pictures did the work that words should do, leaving young readers with weaker vocabulary and imagination. Recent research, however, tells a more complicated story. _______________. This combination can build a different but equally valuable set of reading skills. Teachers who once banned comics from their classrooms are now using them to reach students who struggled with traditional novels. Rather than replacing traditional reading, graphic novels appear to work best as a bridge that leads students toward it.

Many students who reach their goals share one habit: they picture the goal clearly before they even start working. This process, called visualization, means imagining a goal in detail, often by drawing pictures or writing specific descriptions. For example, a student who dreams of studying abroad might make a board filled with photos of a foreign campus and a list of steps to get there. Seeing these images every day keeps the goal fresh in mind, and researchers have found that this simple habit works because ___________.

My cousin, who has never taken a single music lesson, recently used a composing app on her phone to write a short song for her friend's birthday video. (A) What the app could not do, however, was decide which four notes actually felt right for the opening line, or when a pause said more than another note would have. (B) Watching her work, I realized the app handled much of the technical difficulty that used to stop beginners from composing at all, automatically keeping her melody in key and suggesting chords that matched the mood she selected. (C) She spent nearly an hour adjusting a single short phrase until it matched the feeling she wanted to capture, and watching her patient trial and error, I understood that these tools lower the technical barrier but do not remove the human task of deciding what music is trying to say.

This is because a person's interests and strengths can change over the years. Many students take a career aptitude test at some point in high school. ( ① ) This test is designed to measure a person's interests, strengths, and personality traits. ( ② ) It does not simply tell students which job to choose; instead, it helps them understand themselves better. ( ③ ) For example, a student who enjoys solving problems might discover a hidden interest in engineering. ( ④ ) However, the results should be used only as a guide, not as a final answer. ( ⑤ ) Therefore, students should treat the test as a useful starting point, not a fixed decision.

주어진 문장: This encouraging change made me want to improve my other habits as well. On January 1st, I decided to become a healthier person and wrote down three goals: exercising three times a week, reading one book every month, and sleeping before midnight. ( ① ) During the first week, I followed my plan without any trouble. ( ② ) However, by the second week, I began skipping my morning jogs because I felt too tired after school. ( ③ ) My friend Mina noticed that I looked discouraged, so she offered to exercise with me after class. ( ④ ) We started jogging around the park every Tuesday and Thursday, and having a partner made the habit much easier to keep. ( ⑤ ) I also moved my book onto my desk instead of my phone, which helped me read a few pages every night.