1 . Nicholas Rilling is a bright-eyed, active 5-year-old boy, normal in every way. What is _______ is that he’s that way today after three days’ _______ that happened because of his being underwater without _______ for some 8 minutes.

It was Oct, 17. The Maryland family were enjoying a vacation at a beach resort (旅游胜地) in Puerto Rico. The shallow (浅的) water suggested no _______ . But after a while when Kent Rilling _______ , he couldn’t find his son Nick!

The sunlight dancing on the water made it difficult for Kent to see where his son was. After an anxious and hurried _______ up and down, he suddenly found his son _______ face-up on the bottom, his eyes open, his body _______ .

“He just looked gray and his _______ black,” Kent said. “We picked him up, ran him up to the ________ and just started CPR (心肺复苏) at once.”

For three days in hospital, Nick ________ unconscious (无意识的), his breathing assisted by a breathing machine. The whole time, from the beginning when her husband brought Nick to the beach to give first aid (急救) as a crowd of other ________ gathered around, Cynthia Rilling kept taking pictures and videos of what was going on.

“ ________ as I was, I knew in my heart he was going to ________ . There was no way God was going to take our son from us. And I just said, ‘I am going to take pictures so he can see the ________ he went through when he grows older.’”

The family kept praying at his bedside, talking to him, hoping for a ________ . Finally, on the fourth day, when his parents asked him what ________ he liked, “Sponge Bob Square Pants,” he answered.

After five days, Nick was well enough to be discharged from hospital, showing no ill ________ from his ________ experience. The doctors and nurses organized a “________ party” for him, and Nick was happy to watch his Sponge Bob Square Pants on TV.