It had been raining for days and days, and a terrible flood (洪水) came over the land. The waters rose so high     1     one man was forced to climb onto the roof (屋顶) of his house. As the waters rose     2     (high), another man in a small boat appeared, and told him to get in.

“No,” replied the man on the roof. “Although I     3     (threaten) (威胁) by the flood now, I believe that God will save me.” So     4     man in the small boat went away. The man on the roof still prayed (祈祷) for God to save him even if he was     5     danger. He hoped God could provide him with     6    (protect). At that time, a helicopter (直升飞机) appeared and the pilot lowered a rope to the man on the roof. The man     7     (refuse) again. So the helicopter went away. The man on the roof still prayed for God to save him. The waters kept    8     (rise), and the man was washed away and died     9     (final).

When he went to heaven (天堂), the man asked God, “I prayed for you to save     10     (I) and yet you did nothing. Why?”

God replied, “I send you a boat and a helicopter. What more did you expect? (期盼；指望)”

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The example of a foreign teacher     1     volunteered to help fight the wildfires in Chongqing’s Beibei district with other local residents has touched many.

The local government issued     2     urgent call for volunteers with certain skills and experience, such as chain saw (链锯) operation,     3    (join) in the firefighting. Chain saws     4     (use) to create fire barriers.

“I was     5    (extreme) happy to help,” said Francis Stonier, 42, associate professor in the Education Department of Southwest University. He said he     6    (volunteer) many times in the US in the past years—for example, building houses for homeless people after big stom

“It was great to see such an outpouring of help in the extreme heat,” he said,     7    (note) that he was impressed     8     the number of locals who came to help. Motorcyclists gave up their jobs to carry materials and people up and down the mountains. Others gave their time to carry heavy     9    (supply), prepare and serve meals or help organize.

Looking back, Frank was glad enough to have made a significant     10    (contribute) and expressed his willingness to help anytime. “This was the first time in my life I got to race through town and up a mountain on the back of a motorcycle carrying a chainsaw, I wish I could have done more, but I did my best.”

White flowers of mourning and condolence gifts lie near the narrow alleyways of Itaewon, the popular nightlife district of Seoul, where scores of Halloween revelers died in a stampede on Saturday evening.

As of Tuesday morning, the     1    (die) toll from the disaster was at least 156, according to South Korea’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters. Most of the victims were     2     their 20s, with 12 of them as young as 10. A total of 151 people     3     (injure) in the stampede, 29 of them     4    (serious).

The tragedy was the deadliest such incident in South Korea’s history and the worst peacetime disaster the nation has seen since 2014, when 304 people died in a ferry accident.

Twenty-six foreigners from 14 countries were among the Itaewon victims, including five from Iran, four from China, four from Russia, two from the United States and two from Japan.

As many as 100,000 people dressed in     5    (costume) gathered in Itaewon to celebrate South Korea’s first public Halloween event since the government lifted COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing rules. The accident happened at around 10:30 pm,    6       people were trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a sloping alley less than 4 meters wide.

President Xi Jinping sent     7     message on Sunday to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol,     8    (express) deep condolences over the victims’ deaths and sincere sympathies to the injured and families of the bereaved.

Xi regretted that several Chinese nationals were killed or injured in the accident, and hoped that South Korea would spare no effort       9    (treat) the injured and deal with follow-up issues appropriately.

A week-long period of national mourning is being held in South Korea, with all state and government agencies flying flags at half-mast. The Chinese embassy in Seoul is among the diplomatic missions that have expressed condolences to victims of the disaster.

People across South Korea are paying       10    (they) respects to the victims at mourning altars laden with white chrysanthemums. Yoon and first lady Kim Keon-hee visited an altar in Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall.

Wu Jianxiong earned many nicknames throughout her years as a physicist, including “the First Lady of Physics” and “Chinese Marie Curie.” Born on May 31,1912,Wu Jianxiong and her father were very close     1     her father was the one encouraged her to pursue (追求) her education as far as she could, even though few women     2     (encourage) to pursue higher education in China at the time. Wu’s father opened a school     3     she attended until she went to a boarding school in Suzhou.

Wu was awarded many times for her professional     4     (achieve) she was a pioneer in a male-dominated (男性主导的) field     5     she turned her challenges in the sciences     6     opportunities at every turn.   Regarded as a true heroine and as the “    7     (great) female Chinese scientist in the twentieth century”, Wu has encouraged future generations of physicists with her work. After retirement, Wu focused on encouraging young girls to pursue careers through educational programs and     8     (speak) about her struggle to acquire recognition for her work, hoping     9     (influence) women across the U.S. and China. She passed away on February 16, 1997. She was buried in the courtyard of Mingde School in China,     10     school her father started and she attended as a young girl.

One of the challenges for any trip to Jiuzhaigou is the transportation in and out of northern Sichuan as, unlike most other     1     (destination) in China, the choice is quite limited (有限的).

Many people who visit Jiuzhaigou will fly in. There are daily flights from the most popular airports in the country. The three most popular cities that international travelers often choose when leaving for Jiuzhaigou     2     (be) Chengdu in Sichuan Province, Chongqing, and Xi’an in Shaanxi Province.

The airport that services the area     3     (call) the Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport. It is about a two-hour drive to Jiuzhaigou National Park. There are buses from the airport to the park, but they are limited. The other choice is to take a taxi,     4     will cost several hundred yuan.

Huanglong National Park, another nearby attraction, shares the airport     5     Jiuzhaigou and it’s     6     (close) to the airport — about an hour’s drive.

There is no train station in Jiuzhaigou, because of the terrain (地形). Besides the plane, some buses run from Chengdu each day. Also, you can hire (租用)     7     private car and driver.

On     8     (arrive) in Jiuzhaigou, there are taxis to help you tour around, along with some tourist buses. Many people choose     9     (book) a private tour so they can    10     (easy) visit some of the nearby attractions.