1 . Survival in the Andes

On October 13, 1972, a small plane flying to Chile accidentally crashed into a mountain in the Andes. How some of the passengers __ to live is one of the greatest survival stories ever told.

The survivors   ___ inside the remains(残骸)of the plane, using seat covers for blankets, and waited for a ___   that never came. Days turned into weeks. It was urgent to find a way to __ . Three of the passengers— Canessa, Parrado, and Vizintin—volunteered to ____ through the mountains to search for help. When they left, each man wore similar clothes: three pairs of socks, a plastic bag around each foot to ___ the water out, boots, four pairs of trousers, and four sweaters. The three men ____that they would survive and bring back help.

For part of the first day, they were glad to make some __   . But as the land and weather changed, climbing became ___ . After several days, they reached what they thought was the top. They had ___ this moment for days. On the other side of the top, they hoped, would be a __ leading down and out of the mountains. However, they saw the same snow–covered tops. All hope wasn’t ___. Although they were still in the middle of the mountains, Parrado ___two low tops far away that didn’t have snow. If they could get there, they would be out of the Andes.

Within the following days they walked toward the two low tops. Snow___ completely , and flowers were everywhere . “This is the valley,” Canessa said.     “This is the way___ .” Then things of humanity started to appear—a few cans on the ground, and some farm animals in a field. By December 21, the extremely __ men made it to the town of   Los Maitenes, and a rescue team was sent immediately to __ for the survivors who were still high in the Andes.

Finally all of the remaining survivors were __. Their terrible __ was over. They had made it out— ___.

2 . I left early to avoid the traffic, driving north from London. The motorway was nearly ____. The sun was coming up when I saw ____ up ahead.

My first thought was that it was something ____ — burning straws, perhaps. As I got nearer, I saw that it was a car that had ____ a tree and was on fire; the driver was still at the wheel. Flames were ____ of the broken front of the car. The inside was so full of smoke that it was almost impossible to see ____. But I could make out the driver. I stopped as quickly as I could and tried to open the door but ____. I took out the extinguisher on my car and ____ to open it, but its parts came away (脱落), and it was ____.

By now, another driver had also stopped. We knocked at the door ____, but couldn’t open it. Then, from a tiny 　　____ in the window, some fingers ____ towards us. The other driver used the extinguisher to ____ the glass around the “gap”. We ran into the smoke, pulled the driver out through the window and led him to ____. His clothes were on fire and smoking, but he was ____.

A police officer on his way to work stopped a few minutes after us and ____ the emergency services by phone. I felt reassured that the situation was under ____. After it seemed there was ____ more I could do, I went back to my car and drove to the next service — Though I felt ____ that the driver was rescued finally, I was still shaking, so I needed a cup of tea to help make myself ____.

3 . The back door of the ambulance (救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the _______ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had ________ food stuck in her throat(喉咙) and could hardly breathe.

The driver, Mr. White, _____ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against ________. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the ________. From the back of the ________ the parents were shouting at him to _____, since Ally had almost _________ breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to _________, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking _________ his left and right as he did so.

Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows ______, since the car was air-conditioned(空调开放的), and he was playing his radio. He did not _______the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight ________ into the path of the ambulance.   Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see _________Ally was. He was astonished to see relief (宽慰) instead of _______on the faces of the parents.

“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is ______ again.”

“It must have been the _______.” said her husband. “It ______ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to normal(正常的), and she was crying in a loud but healthy ____ . They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of _______ all around them.

4 . In my second year of high school, I met the anthropology (人类学) teacher, Mr. Croft. I didn’t know anything about anthropology, so I never signed up for Mr. Croft’s class. _____, this didn’t stop him from positively _____ my life.

Mr. Croft was a _____ twenty-four hours a day — after school, before school, and in and out of his _____. Mr. Croft inspired and taught every student at East High, _____ me. He often _____ me to become all I could possibly be.

How could I possibly _____ Mr. Croft?

After I graduated from high school, I had an opportunity to _____ football for thirteen-year-olds. To get a feel for the boys’ _____, I had each of them run out for a _____. I wanted to see who could run, catch and throw so I could ____ a team in my mind.

Two days into practice, a tall kid appeared on the field. He got in _____, and when he ran out for a pass, I threw the ball. It hit him square in the _____. He picked up the _____ and ran it back to me. It came time for his second pass and I _____ him in the head again. With his nose bleeding and his lip swelling, he _____ the ball, raced it back to me, and got back in line.

Later I got to know that he was the son of my anthropology teacher, Tommy Croft. I was _____. He said, “I’m here because I want to play football. And I promise _____ you’ll help me, I know I can do it!”

“Get back in line,” I told him. Here, at last, was my _____ to be a Mr. Croft to a Croft. Here was my chance to give something back. For the first time in my life, I _____  the meaning of “an educational system”. What goes around really does come around!