Part 5
Questions 21-26
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Walking to Work
I had a simple system of getting to work – and it was to 21 the bus. The journey was twenty minutes long, and I spent most of it mindlessly flicking through pictures on my phone or staring out of a dirty window. Then one morning the bus did not arrive. I was already late, so I there was no choice but to walk. It took forty minutes, and I arrived tired and slightly sweaty. But something felt different.
The next day, I chose to walk again. During the first week, my legs ached every evening and I was about to give up. But by the second week, the aches had disappeared. I started to 22 the benefit. I arrived at work more awake. I left in the evening less stressed.
After a month, I noticed other changes. I had the route more or less memorised. I knew 23 gardens had flowers and even whether they had been watered. I said good morning to the same old man on the bench every day. 24 before long, he started waving first.
Walking did not change my life overnight. But it did change my mornings. I stopped 25 at my phone during the walk. Instead, I listened to birds or just let my mind wander. By the end of the year, I could not imagine going back to the bus. I had 26 into a habit that cost nothing and gave me everything.
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