2 . It seemed like any other day when fitness instructor Chantelle Lister set off to work at 7 am. It was the school holidays, so her daughters Loren and Mollie, 17 and 6, and 11-year-old son Charlie were still ______ in bed.

But within an hour, the family home in Kettering, England, went up in flames. The fire started downstairs, and deadly smoke started ______ the second floor, where the children were sleeping.

______, the family’s beloved dog, Bailey, rushed to their ______. Although the thick smoke ______ to climb the staircase, the 4-year-old dog made his way ______   and kept barking outside Loren’s door until she woke up.

Loren opened the ______ to thick black smoke covering the stairs and the sound of smashing glass. Struggling to ______, the teenager ran into the other bedroom and managed to get the ______ children out through a window and onto the roof.

After successfully raising the ______, Bailey ran back downstairs to try to get out. Unfortunately, he was trapped in the ______ house.

“The firemen pulled Bailey out and tried to save him, but he was dead,” Chantelle said. “They put a blanket over him and I kept ______, ‘That could have been one of my children. ’Bailey was such a character and so ______. The children wouldn’t be here ______ him. He’s my hero and I’ll be ______ to him forever.”

3 . 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.

5 . Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I’m ______lots of children of your age will say “yes”. Not only do the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States are also   ______of heavy school bags.

Doctors are starting to worry that more and more _______students are having back and neck problems ______ heavy school bags. “It’s ______for me to go upstairs with my bag because it’s so heavy,” ______Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old boy in the US. Rick is among the students whose school bags have two straps (带子) to ______them, but many other students ______ rolling backpacks(拉杆书包). The ______ is that even with rolling backpacks, getting up stairs and buses is______ a problem for children.

Well, how much is too much? Doctors ______that students carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight. Scott Butch, a doctor for ______pain, said children under 4th grade should stay with 10%, but it is also ______that older children don’t go beyond 15%______their bones are still growing. “ There are other injuries caused by ______,”Butch explained.“ And it is______ for children to fall down with these large heavy bags,” he added.

Parents and teachers have come up with some new ______. They have started to tell children to only take home library books they will be ______that night. Some teachers are also using pieces of paper or ______ workbooks for students to take home. One of the best answers though(然而), as some ______themselves have suggested, is to have no homework at all!

8 . I once stopped behind several cars, waiting at the red light. The wind blew fiercely. Ahead of me stood a young woman alongside the street rubbing her bare hands together and dancing to keep ______. Beside her rested a sign that read, “I have a baby and no food.”

Homeless and unemployed people are a ______ sight in many of our large cities, and most people drive by without ______ assistance. No doubt they have been taught that giving them money develops a dependent ______, or that the cash may be used to buy alcohol ______ the food it was intended for. Like me, they may have been taught that one should give money to a local charity, as these organizations can ______ those in need far more effectively

As I waited for the light to turn green, I felt ______ about that woman. She was obviously in need. And whether or not she actually had a baby really didn’t ______. What should I do?

Should I give her money?As I ______, the window of the car in front of me was ______ down and a hand reached out holding a pair of warm gloves. The driver ______ her own gloves and gave them to the woman. I saw the young woman ______ the words “Thank you” and a broad smile lit up her face.

As I was wondering, somebody else ______. As I tried to decide the best way to help, somebody else just did what she could. I made myself a(n) ______ that day to always do something. Whether it is big or small, just do something.

Something is almost always better than nothing!Too often we underestimate(低估)the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the ______ to turn a life around.

9 . One student took a box of chicken to class. Another carried on a cell phone _________ , and still another whistled loudly every time the _________ turned his back. Reform school? No. College.

More and more, professors say, they are coming across _________ students in their classrooms. Many of today’s young scholars(学者) arrive late, leave_________, talk loud or take care of personal _________ such as paying bills during class.

Why are the students behaving badly?

“Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas. “A lot of the time, the professors let them get _________ with it. ”

Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even _________ taking some of the blame for bad behavior. They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire _________.

People are _________ when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in __________ education, says Dr. Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco. They __________ some high school students to misbehave but think those who get to __________ will behave more politely.

Dr. Amanda believes that society in __________ has become more tolerant(容忍的) of rude behavior and __________ people in power, including professors, no longer __________ standards for __________. That leads to a growing imprudence(轻率行为) __________ some college students. “There’s a great __________ of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and __________ disrespect,” said Dr. Amanda, __________ that sometimes students have no idea that they are being rude.

10 . Tom was crossing the road the other day when he saw a red car coming in the distance. He thought the car would _______, as the lights had turned red. _______, the car was going too _______ and Tom soon realized that it couldn’t stop in time. He_______ to move out of its way but it was too late. Tom was _______ down by the red car and lay almost dead on the road. Passers-by _______ went to him and an ambulance was _______ for. The driver of the red car didn’t stop, _______ one of the men had written down the _______ of the car, which he ________ to the police who arrived at the site (现场).

At the same time, Tom was taken to the ________ and his parents were called for. They were very ________ to hear of the accident and quickly rushed to his side. For three days Tom was not able to feel or think and his parents were worried that he might die. But on the fourth day Tom ________ and spoke softly. His parents were ________ . The police by then had ________ the owner of the car and caught hold of him at last.