Nearly a decade ago, Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog hit theaters and touched people's hearts. The plot was centered _(1)_ Quill, a very cute Labrador puppy that went to school to be a guide dog. After being _(2)_ trained, he was sent to live with a middle-aged blind man who was unhappy about having to be led around by a dog. Of course, the man finally came around and a strong _(3)_ developed between them. Historians believe that guide dogs have been around since ancient Roman times because a wall painting depicting one was found when Pompeii wasexcavated. Writings and artwork about guide dogs kept _(4)_ afterwards, but it wasn't until the end of World War I that they really became widely used. Dr. Gerhard Stalling got the idea to train dogs en masse when many soldiers returned from battle blinded by poison gas. In 1916, Dr. Stalling opened up the first school to train guide dogs in Germany and ended up training up _(5)_ 600 per year. Over the next 14 years, guide dog schools _(6)_ around the world, and thousands ofvisually impaired individuals had their lives transformed because they didn't need sighted people to take care of them at all times. For the first 18 months of guide dogs' lives, they are taught _(7)_ obedience. Then, they are sent to schools to be trained in advanced techniques like guiding _(8)_, where they learn to help their owners go right, left, backward, and forward. The most important thing the dogs are taught is avoiding _(9)_ because this can save a person's life. Finally, guide dogs are placed with _(10)_ owners, and they train together for a while to make sure they will be compatible for the rest of their lives.
(A) bond (B) spread (C) around (D) potential (E) to (F) properly (G) obstacles (H) basic (I) appearing (J) directions
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