The sentences below have words that are missing. Choose the best option from those given below to complete the sentence. $$\newline$$ The beauty of _________________ is that it poses thought-provoking questions and inspires us to think deeply about _________________ and life in general. Further, _________________ about the ideas and perspectives outlined by different thinkers can help us to gain a better _________________ of the world we live in.

Although the proposal initially appeared ______, a closer review revealed several ______ assumptions that ultimately ______ its credibility, leaving the stakeholders increasingly ______ about its feasibility.

Long ago, in a forest, there lived a tortoise in a drying pond under the ….…… heat.

The tortoise was known for his ….…… habits.

Visually strong, _______ films of the 1920s are ______ preserved and suffer from censorship cuts, leading to the _______ that they were primitive and barely watchable.

While other animals rushed to ….…… distant places for food, he kept postponing his efforts. He was a lazy animal.

Achieving spaceflight enabled humans to begin to explore the solar system and the rest of the _______, to understand the many objects and _______ that are better observed from a space perspective, and to use for human benefit the resources and attributes of the space environment. All of these activities - discovery, scientific understanding, and the _______ of that understanding to serve human purposes — are elements of space _______.