1 . My friend used to teach at a university with a master’s degree. In my country, for _______advancement, it is better to have a PhD. My friend went to the professor _______ scholarships, only to be told there was no _______ scholarship.

One day while driving along the road, my friend saw the professor was in a(n) _______where his car got hit from behind. My friend stopped his car and _______. He noticed the professor’s car was badly damaged. _______, both the professor and the guy were uninjured. The professor looked very _______. He attempted to _______ with the guy who insisted it was not his problem. They started arguing. My friend _______ to calm them down and offered ________. With his efforts, the guy agreed to take ________ and pay for the professor’s car damage. The professor was quite ________ with the result.

A week later, my friend received a call from the professor, and was ________ that, by chance, there was a scholarship opportunity. My friend ended up going to one of the best universities in Sweden.   

I love how my friend did this ________ and I am so grateful that the universe ________ him in a way that changed his life.

3 . Apartment owners cash in on upcoming holiday trips

The National Day holiday is around the corner, and those making last-minute plans to travel at that time are busy booking _______ hotel rooms in popular tourist destinations.

In a bid to cash in on this rush for rooms, social media users are _______ platforms with offers of apartments for _______ just for the holiday week, at prices that are a part of what is being _______ by hotels, many of which are sold out.

Unlike hotels, those renting out their homes are not charging anything _______ for cleaning the apartment while it is _______, no contract or deal needs to be signed and the ID information of the renters is not _______ required.

Meanwhile, some netizens have expressed _______ over this trend of renting out personal apartments.

“It is so unsafe. What if the people install a camera in your home or make it a complete mess,” one asked while _______ on a post seeking tenants(房客). Another said, “Won’t you be afraid of people opening your computer and checking what’s inside?”

Experts said this novel way of sharing one’s home not only means extra earnings for the homeowners, but also improves the ________ of the cities. However, they also warned that there are risks involved.

Fu Jian, a lawyer at Henan Zejin Law Firm, said that as there is no written ________ being signed between homeowners and renters, and the ID information is not ________, it would be very difficult for the owner to safeguard his or her rights should an argument ________.

Moreover, if there is a theft or an accident involving the guests during their stay in the apartment, the owner will more or less be held ________, he said.

He advised owners to be aware of the rules and regulations before renting out their apartments, and added that renters should also choose ________ to avoid unnecessary risks.

5 . Leigh Ann Sondrup, a devoted nurse at Valleywise, earned the title of a hero after a remarkable off-duty rescue.

The extraordinary chain of events unfolded as Sondrup was heading home from _________ one morning. Having just completed her fourth straight night shift, she was _________. Driving on State Route 143 near Sky Harbor, Sondrup suddenly noticed a horrible situation in the distance. As she _________, she found a concrete truck had overturned, with a man _________ inside.

Emergency first responders had not yet made it to the _________. Despite her tiredness, Sondrup didn’t _________ to make a decision to intervene.

She _________ her car. No other cars were moving on the road, _________ her to safely walk across the usually busy highway. She got closer to the truck and then quickly _________ the situation. She discovered the driver was still conscious, but severely injured and losing __________ at an alarming rate. Every second counted. She __________ crawled (爬) underneath the overturned truck. In a display of resourcefulness, she __________ the man’s belt to stop the bleeding.

Months later, the man who had suffered a life-threatening injury reached out to Sondrup to express his gratitude for a second __________ at life. The Phoenix Fire Department recognized Sondrup for her __________ actions. When interviewed, Sondrup said she maintained a strong __________ that everyone serves a purpose in life and that she was glad to have done her part when duty called.

6 . One hot afternoon decades ago, Thea Rhiannon was driving her old Volkswagen bus down the highway. When she _______ down her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (遮阳板) and onto the ________.

She leaned down to get it, and as she did so she ________ pulled the steering wheel (方向盘) to the left. When she ________ back up again, she realized she had got into oncoming ________. In a hurry, she over corrected and pulled the wheel sharply in the other ________. The truck rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was ________ onto the road and was bleeding from a train of injuries.

A passer-by ________ her and stopped to help. Rhiannon remembers him as a man in his late twenties, with a ________ manner and a calming voice.

“He stayed with me until the ambulance got there,” she said. “He ________ me with a blanket and gave me emergency first aid, including apparently putting a tourniquet (止血带) on my left arm, above where I’d hurt it so ________ .”

At a hospital in California, an emergency room doctor spent hours ________ all the pieces of window from her _______ , and gave her necessary treatment. The next day, one of the doctors told Rhiannon that, ________ the tourniquet, she would have probably bled to death before the nurses arrived.

“Thank you for your ________ and concern,” she said to the passer by in tears.

8 . White dressed up as Captain America for the annual Anti-Bullying (反霸凌) Superhero Day. But when spotting ________ one afternoon, he couldn’t ________ any superpowers.

It was rush hour. White was ________ home when he noticed a pickup on the opposite side of the two-way street. It was hard to ________, for it was crashing into the curb (马路牙子) before course-correcting, only to hit it again. As the car drew closer, White got a good look at the ________: The driver appeared to be asleep. He had to ________ that vehicle.

________, White made a U-turn, facing in the same direction as the pickup, but there were four cars ________ them. White pressed his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t. Trapped, White pulled his car over. He ________ up the sidewalk, cut into the road and ran around to the driver’s side. White ________ the frame (框) of the open window, his legs moving in step with the pickup, and with a mighty ________, jumped in.

DeAngelis, the man behind the ________, had unexpectedly faced dangerously low blood sugar, and just come to. He was ________ by the odd sight of a stranger lying across his stomach. White immediately brought the pickup to a stop. DeAngelis was rushed to a hospital, where it was determined that had his blood sugar gone lower, his life could have been endangered.

White ________ a superhero, but his quick thinking and daring ________ made him a real-life hero.

9 . It was rush hour in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this September. Timothy White was ________ home when he noticed a gray four-door ________ on the opposite side of the street. It moved on ________. As the pickup drew closer, White spotted the ________ appeared to be asleep.

Pretty soon, this guy’s going to ________ into a house and kill himself or kill somebody else. White ________ to stop that vehicle. White made his car a U-turn and was now facing in the same ________ as the pickup, but there were four cars ________ them. White honked his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t.

Trapped, White ________, jumped out and dashed up the sidewalk. The truck was going slowly. He ran around to the driver’s side. The window was down on this temperate ________ day. White grabbed the frame of the window and with a ________ strength, leaped in. White was now inside the truck.

The driver, Todd DeAngelis, was just a bit ________, unexpectedly facing dangerously low blood sugar. White worked quickly. He ________ the pickup into park and called the police.

An ambulance soon arrived and took DeAngelis to hospital. “You kept me ________ a much worse accident than it could have been,” DeAngelis said after his ________. “I’m always trying to help, where I can, when I can,” White smiled.