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

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

Every spring, the art club at Sejong High School ①create one large mural together instead of individual paintings. The process begins with a session where members suggest themes and vote on their favorite idea. Once a theme is chosen, the club divides into small teams, each ②responsible for one section of the wall. One team sketches the outline while another ③mixes colors to match the design. Communication becomes essential at this stage, since each section must connect smoothly with the ones beside it. If one team paints too dark a shade, the whole picture can look unbalanced. Therefore, members regularly step back ④to compare their section with the rest of the mural. After several weekends, the teams combine their sections into a single image. The finished mural is displayed near the entrance, ⑤reminding everyone what cooperation can achieve.

Many students set a New Year goal to build a new habit. However, most people give up within two weeks because the habit still feels ①easy. Researchers found that, on average, a new habit takes about sixty-six days to feel automatic. During the first few weeks, your brain still treats the activity as something ②new, so you must rely on willpower. Around the middle of this period, the behavior becomes ③easier because your brain starts to expect it at a certain time each day. By the end, you no longer need to force yourself, since the action feels ④natural and comfortable. This is why experts suggest repeating a small action every day, rather than aiming for a perfect performance ⑤right away.

Strong summer sunlight can ①seriously damage your skin if you are not careful. To protect your skin, apply sunscreen with a high SPF before going outside, and ②reapply it every two hours. Try to stay in the shade between eleven in the morning and three in the afternoon, when UV rays are ③weakest. After spending time outdoors, cool your skin with a damp towel and apply a moisturizer to prevent ④dryness. These simple habits will help keep your skin ⑤healthy throughout the summer.

Riding a bicycle is one of the most ① popular ways for teenagers to get around, yet many students still skip the one piece of equipment that could save their life: the helmet. Some argue that a short trip to a nearby store does not require any special protection, since the risk of a serious accident feels ② distant and unlikely. However, most bicycle accidents happen close to home, on familiar streets where riders feel too comfortable to expect danger. A sudden pothole, a car door opening without warning, or a patch of gravel can throw even an experienced cyclist off balance in an ③ instant. Wearing a helmet does not prevent a fall, but it dramatically ④ increases the chance of a serious head injury when one occurs. For this reason, safety experts insist that a helmet should be treated not as an optional accessory, but as a ⑤ basic requirement every time wheels touch the pavement.

Walking down a crowded street while staring at a phone screen has become such a common sight that it barely draws attention anymore, even though the habit turns a pedestrian into one of the ① most alert people on the sidewalk. Researchers who study attention describe this as a kind of tunnel vision: a person absorbed in a text message or a video processes only a ② narrow slice of the surrounding environment, filtering out approaching cars, uneven pavement, and other pedestrians almost entirely. What makes this danger especially difficult to address is that pedestrians ③ rarely recognize the risk in the moment; unlike distracted driving, which is widely ④ condemned, glancing at a phone while crossing the street still feels like a ⑤ harmless habit to most people who do it every day.

Air conditioners keep us cool in summer, but setting the temperature too low can be harmful. (A) For example, a large gap between indoor and outdoor temperatures can lead to headaches, fatigue, and a stuffy nose. (B) This is because a big difference between indoor and outdoor temperatures forces your body to adjust constantly. (C) To prevent this, set a moderate temperature and open a window for a few minutes every hour.

In fact, choosing the right books for the right students takes far more thought than most people realize. Many students imagine a librarian simply sitting behind a desk and stamping books. ( ① ) Ms. Han, who has worked at a school library for over ten years, says that image is far from accurate. ( ② ) A large part of her job involves choosing which new books to buy, based on both student requests and current trends in youth literature. ( ③ ) She also spends hours training students to search databases and judge whether an online source is trustworthy, a skill she considers just as important as reading itself. ( ④ ) According to Ms. Han, the most rewarding moment is not organizing shelves but watching a student who once avoided reading finally ask for a second book in the same series. ( ⑤ ) She admits that budgets are often tight 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 time.

In other words, the most important part of photography happens before the camera is even raised. Our photography club meets every Thursday, and our advisor always repeats the same instruction before we leave campus: put the camera down for the first ten minutes and simply look around. ( ① ) At first this rule frustrated me, since I had joined the club specifically to take pictures, not to stand around empty-handed. ( ② ) Over time, though, I noticed that the members who followed her advice most closely tended to bring back the most interesting photographs. ( ③ ) Instead of snapping dozens of rushed shots of the first flower or building they saw, they waited for a specific moment, a shadow falling at the right angle or a stranger's unplanned gesture, and captured only that. ( ④ ) A camera, our advisor explained, cannot teach a person what is worth noticing; it can only record what the photographer has already decided matters. ( ⑤ )