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For a class project, I ①interviewed a local architect who has worked in the field for over fifteen years. She said she had always loved ②drawing buildings as a child. She explained that architects must balance creativity with practical concerns like safety and cost. When I asked about challenges, she mentioned that clients sometimes ③changes their minds after a design is finished. She also advised students ④to visit construction sites whenever possible, since seeing a real building take shape teaches lessons no classroom can offer. At the end of the interview, she smiled and said that choosing architecture ⑤was the best decision she had ever made.

The job market has changed dramatically over the past few decades, and it continues ①to shift every year. Many tasks once done entirely by humans are now ②shared with machines and computer programs. As a result, some traditional jobs have slowly disappeared, while entirely new positions ③have emerged to replace them. Workers who once relied on a single skill for their whole career now often need to learn new tools, ④which did not exist twenty years ago. Experts note that workers who stay flexible and keep learning ⑤tends to succeed regardless of which industry they choose.

Building a career portfolio is a great way ①to track your growth throughout high school. A portfolio is simply a collection of your achievements, activities, and reflections. Start by ②choose a format, such as a folder, a notebook, or a digital file. Next, include items ③that show your interests and skills, such as club activities and volunteer work. For each item, write a short reflection explaining what you learned. A well-organized portfolio not only ④helps you apply for programs or scholarships, but it also ⑤helps you understand your own growth over time.

As private companies develop the technology to mine asteroids for rare metals and water, a legal question once confined to science fiction has suddenly become ① urgent: who, if anyone, owns the resources of outer space? Existing international treaties state that no nation may claim sovereignty over celestial bodies, but they say remarkably ② little about whether a private company may extract and sell what it finds there. Some governments have already passed domestic laws granting their own companies rights to material mined in space, a move that other nations view as a ③ collective attempt to settle a question that should be decided collectively. Supporters of space mining argue that new resources could ④ ease shortages on Earth and fund further exploration, while critics ⑤ warn that treating space as an open frontier for extraction risks repeating the same mistakes that colonization caused on Earth.

More and more teenagers today dream of starting their own business someday. This growing interest is partly due to the internet, which makes it ①easy to reach customers without a physical store. Starting a small business also teaches skills that traditional classes rarely offer, such as ②managing money, marketing a product, and handling customer complaints. However, young entrepreneurs face real ③challenges too. Many lack enough money or experience to make their business grow quickly, and mistakes can feel ④encouraging at first. Still, most teen entrepreneurs say that failure taught them more than any success did, and schools now offer entrepreneurship clubs to support these ⑤beginners.

The discovery of CRISPR gene-editing technology gave scientists a tool precise enough to correct a single mistaken letter in the human genome. Yet editing a gene in a sperm, egg, or early embryo does not simply change one patient; it alters the genetic code passed down to every future generation. Scientific organizations around the world have therefore drawn a careful line, permitting gene editing to treat disease in existing patients while banning any edit that would be inherited by their descendants. Critics worry, however, that _______________.

Passion and talent each offer different advantages when choosing a career. (A) Talent, meanwhile, can lead to quick success, but without real interest, that success may feel empty over time. (B) Passion gives strong motivation, pushing a person to practice for long hours without feeling tired. (C) For this reason, many experts recommend looking for an overlap between the two rather than choosing only one.

Career counselors often use simple questions to help students understand themselves. (A) A student who answers "playing music" might be encouraged to explore careers related to sound or performance. (B) For instance, a counselor might ask what activity makes a student lose track of time. (C) In this way, ordinary daily habits can become useful clues for choosing a future career.

Facing a shortage of caregivers and a rapidly aging population, several countries have begun deploying robots designed to remind elderly residents to take medication and offer simple conversation. (A) Critics, however, worry that this framing quietly shifts the goal of care, so that a robot's companionship comes to be treated as an acceptable substitute for human connection. (B) Early trials show that many residents report reduced loneliness, particularly when a robot's presence allows a human staff member to spend more time with each patient. (C) Advocates for the elderly argue that robots should be evaluated strictly as tools that free up human time for human contact, never as a replacement for it.

주어진 문장: A color considered lucky and celebratory in one culture, for instance, might represent grief in another. Color plays a surprisingly powerful role in how consumers perceive brands, often shaping first impressions before a single word is read. ( ① ) Studies suggest that people form judgments about a product within seconds of seeing its packaging, and color accounts for a significant portion of that instant reaction. ( ② ) Blue, for instance, is frequently used by financial and technology companies because it tends to evoke feelings of trust and stability. ( ③ ) Red, in contrast, is associated with energy and urgency, which explains why it appears so often in logos for fast-food chains and clearance sales. ( ④ ) Despite these general patterns, cultural context matters significantly. ( ⑤ ) Marketers who ignore these cultural differences risk sending unintended messages to international audiences.