【推荐1】John Utsey went hiking with his two children one Saturday in August. While strolling along a trail (小路) in New Mexico’s Santa Fe National Forest, they heard someone calling out. About 600 yards away, they found a man ______ on the ground. He had spent 14 days waiting for ______ to arrive.

Two weeks earlier, the man ______ his back in the forest. Unable to stand or walk, he had to wait and hope ______ hikers would find him. As more days passed, he ______ by filling a water bottle from a stream by his side. When John found him, it was ______ that he wouldn’t be able to ______ for much longer.

After giving him all their food and water, John and his kids ______ back to the trailhead. The moment they had reception, John called 911. When the rescuers arrived, he ______ them straight to the ______ .

Because the man was in such bad ______ they built a fire to raise his body temperature before they tried to ______ him. The rescue team carried the man back down the trail. After nine long hours, he was ______ out of the woods!

Now, he’s getting the best ______ possible at a local hospital, where he can rest ______ and hopefully make a full recovery.

【推荐3】Four children in Colombia survived a plane crash. They were _______ in the jungle (丛林) for 40 days before they were finally _______ . How did the miracle of life come about?

Lesly, 13, was travelling with her family in a light aircraft when the engine was _______ and the aircraft crashed. All except Lesly and her three younger brothers died.

After the accident, Lesly took care of her younger brothers. She _______ through the wreckage (残骸) of the plane for food with her brothers. Once having _______ it, they sought wild fruits that they _______ to be eatable. They even used hair ribbons (丝带) to help build a _______ .

The rescuers’ discovery of a child’s drink bottle and a simple shelter gave searchers _______ that the children were still alive. To help the children, rescue packages were dropped to the jungle floor by the helicopter for them to get _______ , along with 10,000 brochures telling ________ on how to survive. Speakers from a helicopter broadcast a(n) ________ message from the children’s grandmother telling them to stay ________ and wait for help.

________ , a dog led the rescuers to the children, who seemed extremely weak from thirst, hunger and insect bites. Their aunt believed it was the wildness survival skills they learned at an early age that helped them ________ the difficult time. Lesly was highly spoken of for her courage and ________ .

【推荐1】A French couple in Brittany was saved from a house fire by their pet parrot after the bird made coughing sounds and cried, “It’s hot!” The parrot, aged six and named Baby, was the first to _________something was wrong in the home. He began _________ in the small hours of Sunday. This _________ his sleeping owners, and they quickly discovered that the dishwasher had caught fire.

The couple, Virginie and Gilles, said, “At night, Baby normally doesn’t talk and we don’t ever hear him.” So when Baby began _________ coughing sounds and saying, “Ouh c’est chaud! (Oh, It’s hot!)”, the couple _________ knew something was wrong and got up to _________.

Firefighters told the couple they couldn’t have _________ if they had not heard Baby’s words. The couple was so ___________ that they called Baby their _________. After the event, Virginie sent a __________to France Bleu, a social medium, with Baby sitting on her shoulder.

Baby was not the only parrot saving his owners. In 2020,__________ things happened in the US. A pet parrot saved a family in Tennessee by waking them after a fire started in their kitchen. The Tennessee parrot cried, “Fire!”__________, it had never used the word before.

Scientists say sometimes parrots __________ words in a way that is more than just copying the sounds, and are ____________ to knowing how to use the words. Some can even speak local __________ and several languages.

【推荐2】Six years ago, Libby and Joseph Lombardo gave birth to their first daughter Isabella. To the new parents, Isabella was surely perfect and they went home _______ to start their new life. Over time, however, the couple started to notice that Isabella seemed to have trouble _______ certain muscles easily. As the months passed by, the situation became more and more serious. Therefore, the couple decided to bring Isabella to the hospital as they _______ something was wrong with their baby girl. Unfortunately, the doctors were _______ at the baby girl’ s condition. Then the couple searched for answers in the hope that they could find out a(n) _______. Two years later, doctors finally _______ what was causing Isabella to struggle with her movement. But Isabella’s doctors told her parents that, _______, there was nothing they could do to help the little girl. Doctors _______ that Isabella would never _______ on her own in the future. There was a(n) ________ that she needed to get around by wheel-chair for the rest of her life. At that time, the couple was greatly shocked. However, they didn’t choose to give up. Instead, they began a long search to find a treatment that could give their daughter ________. After reading many medical papers, Joseph found out a surgery(手术)called SDR. The couple went straight to their doctors to ________ Isabella’s case and the surgery but every doctor they spoke to was not positive about the surgery. They ________ that the surgery could cause more harm to Isabella. Libby and Joseph thought hard about their choice. Finally, they decided to go to the hospital for the risky but ________ surgery. Isabella spent three months recovering from the surgery but they noticed ________ almost immediately. After three months, Isabella was able to walk and even run with a walker (助行架).

【推荐3】A car with three teenage girls ran into the Pascagoula River accidentally. The car floated 25 yards into the river and then began to ________. The girls ________ to the vehicle’s top where they screamed for help.

A strong and confident swimmer since childhood, Corion Evans, 16, heard their calls. He ________ threw down his phone, ________ his shirt and shoes and jumped into the river. With the vehicle nearly out of sight, he ________ the situation called for quick action. He ________ task of pulling the girls to safety as quickly as possible. Corion helped calm the ________ girls when he reached the vehicle. Finally, he guided the three girls safely back to the shore.

The girls were all treated at a nearby ________ and are expected to make a full ________. One of the ________   survivors became emotional as she reflected on the scary ________. She thought it might be the end of her ________ as she hopelessly tried to stay afloat.

“Mr. Evans is a true ________. He displayed incredible bravery and selflessness by ________ his own safety to help people in danger,” she added. “If Mr. Evans had not assisted, it could have possibly ________ a tragedy（悲剧）instead of all of us rescued safely.”