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Water looks endless when it flows from the tap every morning. However, clean water is actually a limited resource ①that we must protect carefully. Many families waste water without even noticing it in their daily routine. For example, leaving the tap ②running while brushing your teeth can waste several liters of water. In contrast, turning off the tap during that time saves a surprising amount of water each day. ③Taking a shorter shower are another easy habit that reduces water use significantly. Fixing a leaking faucet, ④which many people ignore, can also save hundreds of liters every month. Saving water is like keeping money in a savings account for the future. Therefore, small changes in our daily habits, practiced by every family, can protect this precious resource. Everyone ⑤who cares about the environment should start saving water today.

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.

Whenever someone learns that I spend hours drawing comics that almost nobody else ever sees, they usually ask why I bother, since the work will never be published or praised by a large audience. For a long time, I struggled to answer that question ①honestly, assuming that art only counted as worthwhile once other people ②ignored it. Watching my younger brother build enormous, pointless block towers purely for the joy of knocking them down, though, helped me understand something I had been missing. He never once asked whether his tower was good; he simply needed to build the version of it that existed in his head before he could feel ③satisfied. Creating something, I now believe, often serves the creator ④first, giving shape to a feeling or idea that would otherwise stay vague and unexpressed. Whether or not anyone else ever sees the result, that private act of shaping an idea into something real still seems to matter ⑤enormously.

Whenever people discuss the future of reading, one debate never seems to end: e-books or paper books? Supporters of e-books point out that a single device can hold ①thousands of titles, which makes traveling with a full library incredibly ②light. Readers can also change the font size, look up a word instantly, and carry their entire collection in one bag. Fans of paper books, however, argue that something important is ③lost on a screen. Many readers say they remember a paper book's plot more clearly, perhaps because they ④recall where a scene appeared on the page. Screens also invite distraction, since a single notification can pull a reader ⑤closer to the story in seconds. Interestingly, several recent surveys suggest that most young readers do not choose one format forever. Instead, they switch between paper and digital depending on the situation, treating the debate less as a contest and more as a matter of convenience.

When temperatures drop below freezing overnight, an ①invisible layer of black ice can form on sidewalks that look perfectly dry, catching even careful walkers off guard. Orthopedic doctors report a sharp ②rise in wrist and hip injuries every winter, most of them caused not by dramatic slips on icy hills but by a single unexpected step near a bus stop or a doorway. Walking with shorter, flatter steps and keeping the hands free rather than in pockets can help a person ③regain balance quickly if a foot suddenly slides. Choosing shoes with textured rubber soles rather than smooth ones also makes a difference, since even a small ④decrease in grip can prevent a fall before it begins. Treating every winter sidewalk as potentially icy, rather than trusting appearances, remains the ⑤simplest way to avoid injury.

Every Wednesday evening, a small group meets in a quiet cafe to talk about a book they have all just finished. Members insist that reading the same novel together changes the experience completely. Alone, a reader usually forms one interpretation and rarely questions it again. In a group, however, _______________. Members also say that having a discussion planned in advance pushes them to finish books they might otherwise put down halfway through.

Good afternoon, everyone! Our town invites students to join a special tree-planting volunteer day next month. This event aims to restore a small forest damaged by last year's fire near the river. Volunteers will meet at the community center at nine in the morning and travel together by bus. Please wear old clothes and shoes that you do not mind getting dirty during the activity. _______________. For example, rangers will show volunteers how to dig proper holes without harming the tree roots. In contrast, planting too shallowly often causes young trees to die within a few months. Therefore, careful instructions must be followed closely by every volunteer. Water and snacks, prepared by the town office, will be provided for free. Students interested in joining should register online before next Wednesday.

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. (A) Librarians say this change did not happen by accident, since fewer people needed a library simply to find facts as more information moved online. (B) The answer, in many neighborhoods, turned out to be space itself: a warm, free place where students could study together and children could attend a story hour. (C) Today, many public libraries look completely different, offering group study rooms, comfortable sofas, computer labs, and even small recording studios for podcasts alongside the usual shelves.

This is especially true because surprising or emotional claims get shared more quickly than careful, balanced reporting. A shocking headline can spread across social media within minutes, long before anyone checks whether it is actually true. ( ① ) Studies show that false stories often travel faster than accurate ones. ( ② ) To handle this flood of information, students today need a skill that previous generations rarely had to practice: checking a source before believing it. ( ③ ) Simple habits can make a real difference, such as looking for the original source of a claim, checking the date an article was published, and searching to see whether other trustworthy outlets are reporting the same story. ( ④ ) Media literacy classes now teach students to pause before they share anything, asking who wrote it and why. ( ⑤ ) This small pause, teachers say, is often the only thing standing between a curious reader and a piece of convincing misinformation.

None of it looked like anything worth keeping, let alone displaying in an art show. For our club's spring project, we were told to create a sculpture using only materials collected from the school's recycling bins, and my first reaction was disappointment at not being allowed to buy proper art supplies. ( ① ) Sorting through flattened cardboard, broken umbrella frames, and plastic bottle caps, I initially saw nothing but trash. ( ② ) My perspective shifted once a senior member showed me a piece she had built the previous year, a bird made entirely of bent bicycle spokes and bottle caps, each cap functioning as a single feather. ( ③ ) She explained that upcycling art forces a creator to notice a material's natural shape and texture rather than simply painting over it, which often produces more original results than starting with a blank, expensive canvas. ( ④ ) By the end of the project, our team had built a small forest of figures using nothing that anyone had paid for, and the exhibit visitors seemed more curious about our materials than about any technique we had used. ( ⑤ )