2 . For the past 17 years, Raquel Radford Baker has been a school bus driver for the Dallas Independent School District. Last month, Baker saved the life of a 7-year-old boy who had a _________ moment on his way to school when he accidentally swallowed (吞咽) a coin and began to choke.

The _________, which was caught on tape, took place on September 29. Preston, a first grader, was sitting in his seat on the bus, when he suddenly sat up, _________ that the coin he had been holding above his open mouth had _________ his throat. He got up and walked to Baker at the front of the bus and tapped her for _________.

Initially, Baker thought Preston was sick, but _________, she heard him say something about a coin and she sprang into _________. She grabbed him from behind and carried him off the bus. When she got to a bench in front of the school, she told a nearby parent to call 911 as she started _________ first aid, which she’d _________ during the company’s training sessions. ____________ that moment, Baker, getting teary, said the only ____________ running through her mind was, “I have to save this boy. I have to save him.”

Thanks to her ____________, the coin was removed from Preston’s throat. Before that, however, Preston had gone ____________ and his face was turning blue. Baker continued first aid. That was when Preston said, “Miss Raquel, I’m okay. I can ____________ ” Baker said that moment brought great ____________. She immediately hugged him tight. Preston promised to never put coins in his mouth again.

3 . Seven years ago, Kevin Stephan, was a bat boy for his younger brother’s Little League baseball team. A player who was _______ up accidentally hit him in the chest with a bat. Kevin’s heart _______ beating.

“All I remember is that I dropped the bat off, and all of a sudden just got hit in the chest with something, and I turned around and passed out,” Stephan said. _______, a nurse whose son played on that _______ was able to revive (使苏醒) him and save his life. Stephan’s mother said he was very fortunate. Penny Brown, the nurse, was _______ to be at work that night, but was given the day off at the last _______.

Now comes the really interesting part. Last week that same nurse was eating at the Hillview Restaurant _______ she began to choke on her food. Witnesses say people were _______ for someone to help her. “The food wasn’t going anywhere and I totally couldn’t breathe,” Penny said. “It was very frightening.”

Restaurant employees yelled for Stephan to come out and _______. “They knew I was a volunteer firefighter and they ________ me over and I did the Heimlich, and I guess you ________ say I saved Mrs Brown,” Stephan said. At the restaurant, they ________ what had happened before. Seven years ago, Brown had ________ Stephan’s life. Now at age 17, he had returned the ________.

On Saturday, the two met again at the Fire Hall of Bowmansville, N. Y., where Stephan is a junior firefighter. He ________ her with a bouquet of flowers, and his parents were also there to greet Mrs Brown.

4 . Thru hiking (徒步旅行) for long distances with your equipment on your back ________ placing yourself at the mercy of other people’s kindness. I thought it would be ________ to share some of the amazing experiences I’ve had regarding kindness of ________. Experiencing people’s kindness has left me inspired.

The first kindness is the Trail Angels who ________ their doors to hikers for support. They ________ rides to town for food or equipment and then provide essentials like showers, laundry and ship packages. They are people who ________ care for those who are away from home and need help.

Trail Magic can ________ at any time or place. The day I was climbing Mt. Baden Powell, there were two Japanese ladies sitting on the hillside resting. As I ________, they began clapping, stopped me, asked me about the trip, shared me some fruit and one woman bowed low and said, “I respect you.” Wow! What ________ words to hear!

One Saturday morning in the San Gabriel mountains, as we crossed a highway, trail runners in their vehicle pulled over to ________ us fruit. An hour down the trail, day hikers stopped and asked about our trip, opened their packs of ________ and asked, “What would you like to eat.” A few miles further we ________ Glennwood Cabin (格伦伍德小屋) and were fed pizza and drinks. At 9: 00 a. m. we were all pumped up and talking about this ________ day of kindness.

Now I am preparing for the next section hike to the Mojave desert. Thank you God for those who show a ________ heart and express the spirit of ________.

5 . Last week my four-year-old son Basti and I went for a walk in a park. _________ a beautiful tree off the road, he _________ a lovely toy dugong (儒艮) on the ground. Basti was so excited by this _________ discovery that he held it all day, and even took it to the _________ with him that night.

That evening, I came across a community post from a (n) _________ mum trying to find a _________ dugong, her son’s favourite toy. Although _________ about my son’s sadness, I immediately _________ her and told her we had found it!

The next morning, I had to break the _________ to Basti, who was still __________ the lovely toy. I told him it was another little boy’s. Tears ran down his face. However, he gave me the dugong and cried, “I’m just so sad. I __________ the dugong, Mum. But it’s the right thing to __________ it”.

The lovely toy was returned. Feeling unhappy, yet I thought we had made a good __________ . A week later, on my door hung a card and a new dugong as a big thank-you from that mum. It’s __________ a wonderful surprise! It was the kindest of kind things, which not only __________ my son but also made our week!

8 . I was cooking dinner when my cell phone rang. My friend Anna called because her car_________ and her two kids were hungry and tired. She asked if I could go and_________the kids while she was waiting for the car service.

I asked my husband to_________cooking dinner and then started my car. As I was driving to my_________, fog formed and thickened. After picking up the kids, I had to_________in thick fog.

The children were my responsibility and I couldn’t help but be_________. I tried to put on a brave front as I drove in almost zero_________. Soon the fog thickened to the point where I could hardly see and my anxiety began to_________. I knew I had to pull over, but I couldn’t even see the lines on the road. I drove as_________as possible, going to the right where I thought the__________might be. I stopped and reached for my phone, only to realize I had left it at home. While I was__________what to do, flashing lights in my rearview mirror (后视镜) caught my attention. It was a huge relief to see a police car getting__________. The police officer asked for my address, __________ me to follow him and guided us home. Before I found time to __________him, he had disappeared into the darkness.

All I could do was be__________in my heart.

9 . Joseph Salmon, 17, was practising ice fishing with his mom on a lake in Iowa. Suddenly, Salmon saw a jeep, driven by an old man, Thomas Lee, ________ off the ice and into the water. As soon as Salmon saw it a short distance away, he called 911 and ran over to help. For a(n) ________, he was right standing on the ________.

Then another young man waved at Lee and tried to ________ to him to get out of the jeep. However, it seemed that Lee, ________, didn’t really know what to do next, just sitting on the seat. ________, he couldn’t move at all.

Things looked extremely ________. As Salmon and the young man became ________ in face of the emergency, more people came. Then someone found there was an animal in the jeep. Salmon immediately jumped into the ________, got to the jeep and tried opening the back door. It was locked, and he had to ________ the back window and ________ to get Lee out, whose foot was ________ because of being caught between the center console (控制台) and the seat. So Salmon gently pushed Lee back towards the front. Just then, four more passers-by ________ over to help pull Lee and his dog to safety.

Finally, the rescue workers arrived. Lee was transported to a nearby hospital. Neither he nor his dog was injured while Salmon was only treated for a minor ________ from the broken glass. How ________ they were!

10 . Once there was a small boy named Bob. He came from a ____ family, struggling with life every day. One day, he was crossing the forest carrying some _____. He saw an old man who was very ______. Bob wanted to give the old man some food, but he did not have any. So he ____ walking. A few minutes later, he saw a deer who was very thirsty. He was eager to ____ him, but he did not have water. So he went on his way ahead.

Then he saw a man who wanted to make a ____ to keep warm, but he did not have wood. Bob ____ some wood to him. In return, he gave Bob some food and water. Then Bob went back to help the old man and the deer, who were very ____ .

One day Bob fell down from the ____ . He couldn’t move because he was ____, but no one was there to help him. ____ , the old man whom he had helped before saw him. He quickly came and pulled him up the hill. Bob had many ____ on his legs. The deer whom Bob had helped saw them and ____ to the forest and brought some herbs(草药). Soon Bob _____. All of them were very ____ that they could help each other.