1 . Bus driver Sondra Artis had just picked up the last student on her route. As she headed towards Surry County Schools, the driver _______ a burning smell in the air. When a student asked her what was wrong, she did her best to _______ her growing worry.

“I wiped the window and I said, ‘Is that steam or smoke?’ I said calmly,” Sondra recalled. “As I pressed on the gas, more came out. I just had to get them off that _______ . ” Sondra pulled into a church parking lot and turned to _______ the 20 students on board. She reminded them of the evacuation drills (疏散演习) they _______ at the beginning of the year and directed older _______ to leave by the backdoor and younger students through the _______ .

“I told the kids that,” You know, we _______ in the beginning of the year, but this is going to be _______ , so I need you to be calm,” said Sondra.

The students hurried to the ________ as smoke began to fill the bus. They were ________ , but Sondra remained calm throughout the evacuation. When they were out, she went back onto the bus to make sure everyone escaped ________ .

Seconds after they all disembarked (下车) , the bus ________ fire. Another bus came to the ________ to take the children to school, and Sondra was happy that everything ________ okay.

2 . Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they’re ________ work. Every day, 240 are killed on the job. The ________ job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage and ________ airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian.

The government inspects (检查) most factories and offices. Employers have to ________ fines if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is killed because a factory didn’t ________ safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors ________ 15 percent. Many people say working is less safe ________.

For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty-two percent of all ________ who die at work were killed. Many of them work as clerks in stores ________ they are by themselves at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full ________ of the street.

The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don’t take into consideration people who become sick from ________ that they are exposed to at work. Doctors don’t know ________ some chemicals cause illness.

There are no government rules for many new chemicals.

Inspectors say employers ________ their backs on safety problems because they don’t want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don’t want to complain about dangers because they may ________ their jobs.

The government should force business to improve safety. There’s no excuse for workers dying or ________ in an accident that could have been prevented.

3 . Recently a Russian friend came to visit me. It was one of her lifelong dreams to visit London. She arrive at lunchtime and we _______ a tiring afternoon going round the Tower of London. However, by 5 o'clock I couldn't help _______ that she didn't seem as enthusiastic as she had been earlier. I asked if _______was wrong and she said, “This is all very interesting but where is the _______ and where are the men in bowler hats (圆顶礼帽)? Why did everyone _______ to get on the bus at the bus stop instead of making a queue? It's very _______ from the books I've read about England.”

Her _______ made me think. It's true that people don't _______ much any more: nowadays you often find that everyone just jumps on the bus. Or maybe this is only in London. Also the idea of a man standing up and offering his _______ to a woman on a train or bus is ________ these days, although my father still does it!

Speaking of the pollution: well, we all know that a hundred years ago there used to be fog all year round in London, but we ________ have much fog; nowadays we have pollution from all the cars! Over the last few years in ________ London had been one of the hottest places in Europe, although we still get more than enough rain in the season.

What about the city men in their working “uniform”? Well, you can still see some city gentlemen in their smart ________, but men hardly ever ________ bowler hats. A few things don't ________, though. If you try to start a conversation with an English person on the underground in London, she or he will probably look at you as if you were mad!

4 . The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren't many stars in the sky. As I took a glance (一瞥) at my neighbour's house, I saw a flame (火焰) in his_________. I thought he was having a midnight fast food so I went back to my _________.

Soon, there was a burning smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. _________, I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to _________. I saw fire coming out of my neighbour's kitchen. Right away, I _________ "Fire! Fire!" But there was no one nearby to hear my shouts for help.

I _________ into my house, called the fire department and went back to my neighbour's house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and called out my neighbour's name but there was no _________. I managed to _________ the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.

I tried to throw water through the kitchen window _________ it was no use; the fire was too strong. __________, a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just in time as the fire was going to __________ to the other rooms in the house.

When my neighbour came back, he was__________ because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the fire department and for saving his __________. He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not accept it.

Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He __________ me to see his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had __________ ordered from a factory. It made me feel very happy.

7 . On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to __________ in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she __________ a big bald(秃顶的) man running through the parking lot. Before she came to __________ what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”

Neilson __________.

Pulling open her door, the man seized her __________ the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, __________ her purse and the keys.

Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a __________, heard the screams and began running.

When they __________ Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was __________ searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker __________ back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no __________ for the two athletic men.

Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to __________ the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes—used to tie up newspapers.

With his arms __________ tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said __________, “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They __________ him and waited for the police.

Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the   __________   carjacker (劫车者) and suspected murderer, whose __________ —but with a full head of hair—had been recently printed in their own newspaper.

Neilson considers herself lucky __________ she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a __________ ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would _________ have done what they did, and that’s the real truth.”

8 . Hansen and his 10-year-old son Chase search the streets of Salt Lake City every weekend for the homeless to take to lunch. They started Project Empathy(共情) four years ago to_________ a meal, listen to their stories and figured out how they could_________ help.

“Just start with a smile, a hello. It really just starts with that. If you do it, you can make a connection. A small gesture can have a _________   impact on others less fortunate,” Hansen _________ in an interview.

Some of these shared meals have turned into stronger _________. Ward, a homeless, was _________ in a flat. He credited the Hansens with helping him _________ the difficult process of moving off the streets. “It is great to have friends who make us feel_________ and I’m impressed with the pair,” Ward said.

Father and son’s_________ have developed into a passion project that__________ faith and community, which emphasizes the__________ community members can have in uplifting the homeless. They know they can’t settle the homeless __________   alone. They’re hoping empathy will__________

“My hope for the future is to   __________more connection across our country. We could and we will succeed   __________   we have other people join in and help the homeless,” Chase said.

9 . Not long ago, someone asked the dad of a young pop star what his son would have done if he hadn’t become a singer. The father said he had______considered anything else. This was his Plan A. There had been no Plan B. I______this to my son Marty, who was studying musical theater at college, when he was thinking about a second ______in business or teaching.

“Just study what you’re interested in ,” I said.

“But what if I can’t ______   it?” he asked.

“It’ll still be worth it.” I answered.

My friends think I’m _______. They’ve advised their own children to ______ something they think will bring them financial rewards, _____ they don’t love it. “Times are hard: get your son into something that can ______ a good job.” A friend told me.

Of course I understand their ______, and want to protect my son. But why should he ____his “best years” studying things that hardly hold his ______? Is that really a wise use of his______?   I think fear leads nowhere, while enthusiasm can lead anywhere.

The wisest parents are the ones who ______ their children toward the things that already interest them. It’s ______that sometimes such parents will feel afraid. When Marty stepped into the extraordinarily ______ field of performance, I was worried about his future. Yet I have watched him grow. I have witnessed the ______he has made to run after his dream, and how much he has enjoyed the ______.

It may be that my son will ______ because of dreaming big. But I believe that seeking one’s own dream is one’s only real chance of happiness. I’d rather he______ than hung back.

As he ______ his choices, my best advice to him is: Risk everything. Plan B, C, D and E will always be there. Grasp Plan A.

10 . “Fire! Fire! ” What terrible words to hear when I _______ in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, _______ house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of _______.

I began to _______, but as I was still only half awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to _______. The floor became _______ under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the window for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something _______ and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my _______ from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor broke under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of _______ wood all around me.

__________, there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I __________. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a __________. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running __________.

“My baby! My baby! ”she cried. Those people cheered loudly __________ she took the smoke­blackened package out of my arms. I almost failed to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had __________ her baby, and I became a hero!