【推荐1】One Tuesday afternoon, Ma Li returned home from school. She called out for her mother ______ there was no reply. Thinking that her mother had gone out, Ma Li went into the kitchen to see ______.

However, Ma Li came across a strong smell of smoke. ______! The towel beside the stove (火炉) had caught fire. Thinking that her parents were not at home, Ma Li ______ that she had to put out the fire alone. She ran to the living room ______ the fire extinguisher (灭火器) before returning to the kitchen to put out the fire.

When the fire was put out, Ma Li ran back to ______ living room, picked up the telephone and tried to call her mother. At that moment, her mother came out of the bedroom with a(n) ______ expression on her face. After Ma Li told her what had happened, she said sorry to Ma Li ______ falling asleep with the stove still on.

Ma Li ______ for putting out the fire. She was glad that her father had taught ______ to use the fire extinguisher. It helped to prevent a fire from breaking out at home.

【推荐2】Cindy got up early last Saturday morning. She wanted to play badminton in Green Park _______ some of her classmates. Her favorite sport is playing badminton, so she was very happy about it.

As soon as she was ready, she got on her bike and left for the park—it was on _______ other side of the town. Suddenly, while she _______ fast, she heard sirens （警笛）. The sound of the sirens was getting closer and closer, so Cindy looked behind her _______ what was happening. As a result, she fell off _______ bike and lay in the middle of the road. _______, Cindy wasn’t hurt, but a car hit her bike. After the car stopped, two men got out and started running. Just then, a police car stopped next to the same car and three _______ got out and started running after the two men. One of the policemen shouted, “_______ the two thieves!”

A moment later, after the thieves _______, a policeman came to see Cindy. He thanked her ________ she had helped them catch the thieves in a way.