2 . On July 20, Yu Yifei, a medical student, made his way home in a subway train after his first day’s training. When a downpour struck the city, he _________ about a dozen people trapped in a flooded subway train as the rainfall reached 201.9 millimeters between 4 pm and 5 pm, a totally new _________ in the history of Zhengzhou.

Flood _________ through a barrier and entered the underground area. The train came to a sudden stop before the water began _________ in the carriages, trapping passengers inside. Thus, Yu, _________ to leave and fearful of his life, made a _________ call to his father.

As water continued to flow into the carriages, passengers’ _________ rose. When subway workers arrived to rescue them, Yu _________ to get out. However, as he made his way to safety, he heard a cry for help. He quickly _________ the white coat given to him at the hospital __________ and returned to the platform to save other passengers. On seeing him, a number of frightened people were greatly encouraged and their spirits __________.

As more passengers were pulled from the __________, Yu instructed others in the key steps to save a victim from drowning. He __________ CPR (心肺复苏) on those unconscious and near death from drowning. One of the passengers, a female doctor, nearly died. After __________ consciousness, she joined Yu in treating others. Yu was very __________ yet he gathered up his strength and tried to provide help to those in need. In the end, Yu and the other rescuers managed to save many lives from the flooded subway train. Yu’s actions proved that even in the darkest of moments, there is always hope for humanity.

3 . A 9-year-old boy is called a hero after he rescued his dad when a car fell on him. Brave J.T. Parker’s ________ thinking saved his father’s life.

________ dad Stephen Parker said that last July, he and his sons J.T., 9 and Mason, 17, were in the backyard working in a Toyota car when the ________ happened.

“ We were ________ the engines out of the car and, after we got it jacked (用千斤顶顶起) up, I climbed under there to take the parts off,” he said. “The one part came off pretty ________ but the other side was not coming off.”

At that moment, Mason had gone inside the house ________ he cut himself, but the dad ________ working. Suddenly, the car fell on top of him.

He said he _______ at J.T. to jack the car up but he didn’t think his young son would ________ it.

“ I couldn’t move at all,” Parker said. “I was totally ________ , and then I passed out. It was all in his hands.”

J.T., who weighs about 50 pounds, said he, too, didn’t think he would be able to   ________ the car off his father, but he started jumping up and down on the jack right away.

It took him   ________, but J.T. was able to save his father   ________. He then ran to get his brother out of the house. They called the   ________ immediately.

Parker was then sent to the nearest hospital with 13 broken ribs (肋骨). He was   ________ two months later thanks to the timely rescue from his young hero.

4 . Fifteen years ago, apps were new and few truly understood their potentials. Retailers (零售商) barely knew that consumers could browse in stores while comparing _________ from other providers through apps before _________ making the purchase online. Ten years ago brick-mortar-and (实体店) retailers were threatened as Amazon released an “evil” promotion that encouraged consumers to use Price Check app while visiting _________ stores. Any purchase completed through the app was given rewarding _________, which significantly stimulated sales and _________ many shop owners to bankruptcy (破产).

“Media have reported these apps as a threat to physical stores,” says a retailer. “However, less _________ is the fact that it is also an opportunity for us.” Retailers need to accept any sensible buyer tends to _________ prices. You’d better offer in-store Internet access to _________ these consumers. With caring services combined with acceptable prices, the store might persuade consumers to make the deal _________.

A study indicates it’s ____________ to limit the item price to at most 5 dollars higher than what online stores charge. After all, for some consumers, getting the absolute lowest price is not their ____________. Many of them, instead, are willing to pay ____________ in exchange for favorable shopping experiences, such as the pleasant store atmosphere with a reasonable price ____________.

Besides, adopting a strategy of ____________ channels is also essential. With many sale channels under control, retailers surely have access to the lowest price. Therefore, when a customer pulls out a mobile device in store, retailers can be spared the ____________ that was unavoidable for them ten years ago.

5 . On July 20, Yu Yifei, a 26-year-old medical intern (实习医生) at People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou, made his way home in a subway train on Line 5 after his first day’s training. When downpours struck the city, he _________ about a dozen people trapped in a flooded subway train as the rainfall in Zhengzhou reached a _________ 201.9 millimeters between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Floodwaters _________ a barrier and entered the underground area. The train came to a sudden stop before the water began _________ in the carriages, trapping passengers inside. Thus Yu, _________ to leave and fearing for his life, made a _________ call to his father.

As water continued to flow into the carriages, passengers’ _________ rose. When subway workers arrived to withdraw them, Yu _________ to get out. As he made his way to safety, he heard a cry for help from someone needing a doctor. He quickly _________ the white medical coat given to him at the hospital __________ and returned to the platform to save people. On seeing him, a number of frightened people were greatly encouraged and their spirits __________. Some even applauded him.

As more passengers were pulled from the __________, Yu instructed others in the key steps to save a victim from drowning. He __________ CPR, or first aid, to those in low-temperature shock from the cold water and near death from drowning. One of the passengers, a female doctor nearly died. After __________ consciousness and strength, she joined Yu in treating others. Yu was __________ and needed all his concentration to perform another CPR procedure.

That night on a subway station platform, he __________ an exhausting six hours giving CPR to passengers who __________ survived drowning. He also treated the injured. He__________the subway station at about midnight, with the white coat spotted with blood and __________. Three hours later, he met his father. With tears in eyes, his father and people __________ smiled and gave him the thumbs-up.

8 . When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of lonely self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again. It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a（n） ________ at all. This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close ________ relationships at work. So much research has explored the way in which collegial（同事的）ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues ________ productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining, anger, and more.

Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a ________ of the last time I was in that kind of office environment. Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without ________ to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.

In an academic analysis just published in the profoundly-respected Journal of Management, researchers have looked at the concept of “indifferent relationships", a simple term that summarizes the fact that relationships at work can ________ be non-interpersonal, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

Indifferent relationships are neither positive nor negative. The limited research conducted thus far indicates they're especially ________ among those who value independence over cooperation, and harmony over confrontation. Indifference is also the ________ option among those who are socially lazy. Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort, which, for some of us, is much too________.

As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most ________ approach in resolving some of the issues that pop up at work. But there are nevertheless several apparently proven benefits. One of those is ________ . Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning（产出）.

The other is ________ . As human beings, we're programmed to compare ourselves to each other in what is an anxiety-causing phenomenon. Apparently, we look down on acquaintances（泛泛之交）more so than friends. Since the former is most common among those ________ to indifferent relationships, their predominance can promote individuals' sense of self-worth.

Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional ________of indifferent relationships has been found to enhance critical evaluation, to strengthen one's focus on task resolution, and to gain greater access to valuable information. None of that might be as ________ as after-work socializing but, hey, I'll take it anyway.

10 . Last summer, my fiancé Eugeniu and I decided to drive to Provence for a holiday. The weather was beautiful, but then, about 700km into the journey, it suddenly______. I’d never seen the sky go so dark; the rain was heavy. We__a tunnel and when we came out onto a ______, the visibility was so bad that we could hardly see a meter in front of us.

______, we had the odd sensation that the car was lifting at the front. The next second, we were__into nothing. On the way down, I could hear rock pieces hitting the car and my heart pounding to my chest. After that, there was__.

Our car ended up landing on a road below the bridge. We were still_____, but I was in shock. I hadn’t______what was happening and was still thinking about my holiday. I had no idea the bridge had _________-thought it might have been an earthquake.

At first we shouted, but then stopped because we didn’t want to lose_______and pass out. We tried calling an ambulance, but there was no ________under the rock pieces. My leg was bleeding and I was too tense-because of the_____   I didn’t feel pain. My fiancé had broken his neck. Rescue workers eventually found us while saving a man whose van was__________from another section of the bridge above us. We’d been down there for four hours by the time we were pulled out.

It was only afterwards in the hospital that I realized the_______of the tragedy-43 people had died. Before, we had focused on earning money. When we went on this holiday, I had lovely clothes and shoes in my suitcase, and they were all buried under the ruin. Maybe that was a sign that these things don’t really _________