【推荐1】Nolan Barry, 8, and Thomas MacKeen, 9, were on their way home from school in Atkinson, N.H., with three other students Tuesday when their ride took a ______ turn.   The driver _____a medical emergency and ______, but the bus was still moving.

Nolan usually sits at the front of the bus, where he can see the driver. Because of Nolan’s ____, he was somewhat familiar with the bus ______. Although he forgot which button to ____, he figured it out in time. Fortunately, Nolan ______ the emergency braking (刹车) system which also turns on the flashing red lights, putting the ______ sign and safety bar out.

But they weren’t out of the woods yet; and they couldn’t ______ how to open the doors. Thomas was the oldest student on the bus (in the fourth grade) and he was able to ______ the other students down and get them back into their seats.

Another student, 8-year-old David Silva, was also on the bus. Luckily, David’s father, Jesse Silva, was just down the road ______ for the school bus to deliver his child, and he noticed the kids ______ the windshield (挡风玻璃) and saying ‘help!’

The father ran over to the bus and ______ to get in. He saw the driver on the floor and the students were all ______ up. He tried unsuccessfully to ______ the driver — her eyes opened but she wasn’t communicating.

But that’s ______ the paramedics (护理人员) arrived. The bus driver was ______, but the cause of the collapse is still unclear. What is clear is that she was very ______ to have Nolan and Thomas on board when this all happened.

And they do feel like ______, “kind of,” Nolan said when interviewed. But they’re not letting it get to their ______. “Not like Superman. Not like that.”

【推荐2】Surviving Mount Rainier

Bad luck and poor timing left Krasnitskiy and three climbers stuck on Mount Rainier for several long days. They faced mountain climbing’s___________tests. One man suffered___________sickness; ice and rockfall___________down at night; cold nights in a___________that got torn left them hypothermic(体温过低的). Calm confidence, skill and the courage to continue up the___________route, despite illness and injury, likely saved their lives.

The climbers___________on a Friday, camping low on the route the first night because they were___________about rockfall after a climber had recently died in an accident at the route’s typical___________camp.

On Saturday, at about 10,500 feet, one of the climbers became sick from the altitude, which began to slow them down.

By Sunday evening, the ill climber was___________, and they had to make an unplanned camp on steep snow. A____________wind, unexpected and strong, began to break their tent. It was a cold night.

On Monday, they called 911. For several____________, they watched as high winds____________rangers’(护林员) attempts at a helicopter rescue. Their food was____________and they shared a single bottle of snowmelt(融雪水) each day.

Then the icefall____________their tent platform and squeezed them together. It was impossible to climb down. On Wednesday, they decided to____________their climb---____________, carefully, resting when they were weak.

Krasnitskiy thought of all the people who loved him, and it really____________him they must be worried. As he climbed, he just kept yelling out to his____________, “We have to get there.”

However, on Thursday morning, their spirits began to____________. They started to____________they could continue. But then the helicopter arrived. They were rescued.

【推荐3】At approximately 10:15pm, Janice Esposito began the 20-minute drive to her family from the train station in Port Bell, New York. She has traveled the_________so many times and was familiar with it. She first drove to the station road,_________to Montauk highway, and then-wham! Out of_________a car pushed her backward onto a railroad track. Though suffering from injury, she was more stunned(打昏)by the impact and vehicle_________.

As it happened, Pete Di Pinto was about to go to bed. As soon as he_________the book, he heard a loud sound of metal and shattering(破碎)glass not far away. Di Pinto, 64, a retired firefighter, has_________stopped thinking. He grabbed the_________, still in his nightwear, and rushed out of the door. He told My NBC5: "Any firefighter will do what I do. We never_________."

The first car he met was_________2,000 feet from his front yard, the one that__________Esposito. Di Pinto__________that the driver was not injured, and then looked around to find Esposito's car straddling(横跨)the rails. Then he heard a harsh sound: a bell,__________ an oncoming train.

Di Pinto__________to Esposito's car and banged(猛敲)on the driver's side__________. She looked at him and said: "I don't know where I am." She__________unhurt, "Honey, you are on the__________." Di Pinto shouted. "We must get you__________right away!" He pulled the handle hard, but the door was smashed(撞毁)and jammed shut. The train was dashing toward them. Di Pinto ran to the passenger side and opened the door. He__________the open airbag, grabbed Esposito's arm, pulled her towards him, passed through the passenger seat, and quickly led her to__________He__________that within six seconds, the train ran into the car. "It's like a Hollywood movie," the firefighter told reporters the next day.

【推荐2】Last weekend, I had an opportunity to serve as a volunteer at a nursing home in another city. I don’t have a car and even the _____ train station is far away from my house.______, I wasn’t sure how to get there.

I posted a(n)____ for a ride on the ride share board. Soon an individual I’d never met ___________ that he’d be able to pick me up and drop me off at the station. He said he’d wait until my train arrived ____ he drove away. My heart _____ and the stress I’d been feeling disappeared _____ and thus our friendship began.

I ended up arriving at the nursing home in ______. The tiny team of servers there were ______ for the additional help. We all worked together as a team. I was glad to be a part of this and be of _____ to the elderly.

That evening when my new ______ dropped me off at the station, he ______ that it was in a deserted area. So he parked his car and said, “We will wait for the ______ to come together.” I couldn’t believe his _______.

With five minutes left before the train arrived, he ______ with me stories of his childhood. As a young boy, he ______ to sit near the edge of the train tracks, waiting ______ for the trains to rush by with all their force. That night he waited with me as my train______. It didn’t rush by with full force but I left that station _______ the full force of his kindness and generosity. People like him would always ______ me how to love and how to give.