Please fill in the blanks in the following passage about HIV/AIDS prevention:

Here are the completed blanks for the cloze test:

1. discern
2. better
3. remnant
4. refraining
5. responsibility
6. influence
7. should
8. be
9. watching
10. requires

Here is the full passage with the correct words:

As we stand, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is on the rampage, ravaging the young and old alike. It is time for people to (1) discern for themselves what is good and what is not. And the youth, for instance, can rise up earlier they do this the (2) better the message of hope and assure everybody that it is possible for a (3) remnant to remain by just (4) refraining from premarital sex. And how will they refrain if everywhere they look images of sex stare at them, beckoning alluringly? The thing to remember is that it is their (5) responsibility to censor the stuff that gets into their minds because this will definitely (6) influence the kind of decisions and lifestyles they adopt. Before reading a pornographic book or magazine, they (7) should pause and ask themselves, "Do I hope to (8) be better after reading this?" The same consideration should be made before (9) watching certain movies and listening to offensive music. Guarding one's mind (10) requires discipline is imperative.