1 . On a Monday morning, a bus full of bright-eyed kids was on the way to school along with Connor and his brother Seamus. The bus was being driven by a 60-year-old driver, McDougal. _______, both the brothers heard McDougal fall to the floor of the bus.

“I didn’t see him fall. I heard him _______ the ground, and then the bus started veering (转弯) all over the road,” Connor recalled the moments before _______ set in.

After the bus driver fell down, Connor and Seamus _______ the emergency situation. They realized that they must jump into action. Otherwise, the students on the bus would be in danger of getting _______. Connor knew that no matter what happened, he needed to get the bus to stop moving. So he _______ and pressed on the brake (刹车) and told Seamus to call 911.

Meanwhile, Seamus tried to keep his fellow classmates _______ and in their seats. He told everyone it was going to be okay and the police were on their way. Seamus even gave one crying frightened student a _______.

The bus didn’t veer off the road because of the _______ thinking and actions of these two brothers. The bus could have hit another vehicle or perhaps something worse could have happened. Thanks to the ________ efforts of these two young men, they managed to save the lives of everyone on the bus.