1 . In the late afternoon, Brandon finished his farm work and went home. As they often did, his two sons, Louie, 6, and Everett, 3, _________ him.

As they headed for the house, the two boys ran ahead of him, who stopped to close the gate. Louie _________ at an old well. The _________ covering the well was brittle (脆弱的) over time. When Louie stepped on it, it was _________ and the boy fell in the well. Brandon quickly _________ what had happened.

He ran to the well and heard Louie _________ the water and screaming. Without _________ , he jumped in. As he _________ the well, he grabbed a thin pipe, which slowed his _________ and kept him from hurting his son.

Brandon hit the __________ water at the bottom of the well. He grabbed Louie, who was __________. Knowing they could not __________ in the freezing water too long, Brandon carried his son onto his chest as he __________ his own legs and back against the narrow walls for __________. Then he asked Everett to go back out to the road and get help.

About 15 minutes later, Christi and Mark, nearby farmer, noticed Everett stood __________ by the side of the road, waving. They asked if he was OK. He told them the __________ accident. The couple put Everett into their car and drove onto the farm, and the boy __________ to the well. Mark called the police while Christi called another __________, Dan, who sped to Brandon’s farm with his son and a __________ rope.

With the neighbors’ help, Brandon and Louie were rescued __________ at last.

3 . A couple weeks ago, I tried to buy my teen a new bike. One local bike store told me their shipment was_______; I could return weeks later. A sporting goods chain said they had nothing proper, and I should try calling every week to_______their latest goods—and rush there if they _______to have it. Eventually I did_______a bike.

The next thing I should buy is a_______helmet—the helmet my son had was old and some big, so he_______wore it. But that was still a_______task. Given that most of teens I saw riding around were helmet-less, I guessed we were not_______in the careless helmet use, and this thing was_______. But Jon’s story alarmed me. Jon is a common middle school student fond of riding. His life was changed by a bicycle-related________.

A week before that, his parents bought him a new________that he actually liked wearing________it had Bluetooth. Before then, he didn’t have the________of riding with a helmet just like other kids. Sadly, Jon had________his helmet at a friend’s home so he was riding without it when hit by a motorcycle. Jon was rushed to a hospital, with severe________injuries.

Statistics show over 240,000 teens were given________for bicycle-related injuries and suitable helmets can________the situation greatly. Jon’s parents are________up with the hospital to spread the importance of bike helmets. When asked if there’s any________she would share, Jon’s mom says, “No helmet, no riding, no________.” And I knew I should get one immediately.