I’ve never been an athlete. At school, my main goal was to _________ PE at all costs. In my twenties, I went for yoga class occasionally, but that was really the summary of my athletic accomplishments.

That was until the end of 2016, when I was unexpectedly laid off. I was feeling quite depressed but pushed myself to _________ for the TCS NYC Marathon runners.

However, while being there, I got phenomenal _________ from all the runners, smiling, applauding and high-fiving constantly. I thought maybe I could give running a _________ , just to try, to see where it _________ me. So I tried. I got on a treadmill (跑步机) in my local gym the next morning. I was out of breath by minute five, but I slowed down, walked for a little bit and then restarted. I came back to the gym the next day, hoping to _________ a few minutes longer. By the end of two weeks, I could run for 30 minutes.

While my body started to look more toned, I also noticed my negative thoughts didn’t occur that _________ . And it sparked a thought — what if I could set a running goal and sign up for my first-ever race? I did and races became a new hobby.

Also, when I was going for interviews, I started to feel _________ in my abilities. I got my full-time job _________ at my dream company just weeks before the half-marathon. Although I got injured right before the race, I still went for it.

I still have a long running journey ahead of me. Running gives me __________ that I can do anything I set my mind to.

During the Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father’s car. He was going to a New Year’s Eve_____to be held in Vermont. The father was_____about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year’s Eve. However, a(n)_____reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.

So he drove to Vermont, got completely______, and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to_____the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the sobriety (not drunk)_____. However, the policeman_____him out. He was____ standing off to the side while the others were_____the police officer how well they could walk a_____line, etc.

At 7:00 am the next morning, his father got up to answer the_____. There were_____policemen there. They asked him if he was the_____of that red FIAT. He replied, “Yes, I am.” One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.

When the young man_____himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of_____. Upon questioning, he_____that he was driving the car. But when asked if he had been_____, he said, “NO!” When the policemen asked if they could see his car, he was unable to remember the_____. He said that it was in the garage.

And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the_____before, they saw a_____car parked there.