Benedict made history this week when he became the first blind person to complete the Paris Half Marathon with guide dogs and no human assistance.

A crowd of blind people ______ their Half Marathon at 9:00 this Wednesday with about two thousand people ______ the game, ______ it was still a little cold as it was raining ______, the people without their sight ran fast with the help of their ______.Falling down sometimes, they ______ up and went on running, which was very attractive, ______ and encouraging.

Of course, some few dogs didn’t ______ their hosts in the right way.As a result, those ______

With the ______ of his three dogs named Waffle, Westley, and Gus, which ______ leading him throughout the 13.1-mile race, Benedic ______ the finishing line in just over 2 hours 20 minutes.

The game ______ at about 12:00, and many people were so ______ by the sport spirit of the blind people that they were not ______ to leave the spot.When asked about his feeling of the game, “No matter what your ______ is,” said Benedic, 48, who is CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, “don’t let ______ tell you that you can’t.”

I came across an image of a distance runner with a caption (说明文字) that told readers to keep going at all costs. It _________ me of the sunk cost fallacy (谬论), a concept I researched in grad school after realizing I’d been so likely to suffer from it.

In high school, I had _________ five universities. Soon I heard from four, and Southern Utah University was going to give me the best _________. I paid them my $100 commitment fee. Two weeks later, the last school _________ an even better scholarship with full fees. And what did 17-year-old me do? I was still _________ to Southern Utah University due to the _________ $100 investment. It seems obvious to me now that _________ schools, even if it meant admitting I’d “wasted” $100, was a better _________ decision.

I’m not the only _________. People will wear clothes they don’t like because they have paid money for them and stay in unhealthy ____________ because they’ve been together for so long.

That you’ve sunk time, effort, or money into something doesn’t mean you should ____________ more. Our society loves to emphasize ____________ to keep trying. But only you know the right path for you. Sometimes ____________ is the hardest choice of all after all the hard work. You might ____________ a path you’re on is no longer the right one or never was. That’s a ____________ realization.

Being able to travel the world is truly an accomplishment of the modern society. _________, many people take it for granted and miss out on it. I _________ that travel is an efficient way to experience life and _________ the mind.

Many people think that travel is a(n) _________ hobby. But that's not the _________. Travel is, in fact, what you _________ it. If you're planning to fly around the world and live in a 5-star hotel, then sure, it is. However, travel can be cheap, too. This means that _______ you're on a tight budget, there's no problem. The _________ is to know what you're looking for before the trip and plan everything _________. In some situations, travelling can be __________, such as with hitchhiking (搭顺风车).

When travelling to another country, we __________ get out of our comfort zone and __________ new experiences. Talking to strangers, sleeping in new places, or even eating food you are not __________ all can be the source of __________ for some shy people. However, such experiences can make a big __________, taking a person onto a whole new level of being and bringing great changes to the mind.

Moreover, travelling is also a process of ________ .The best history class is the one that you can experience for yourself. Of course you can't ________ to go back in time, but to be there where "big things" happened is truly breathtaking. When I went to Berlin and saw all the areas where battles __________, I was completely shocked. It's as if the __________ of the event crawls (爬) inside of me and __________ me to experience a piece of it the way it was back then.