4 . On Dec.26, Gelinne was at home. Suddenly, his daughter cried “Look!” Gelinne looked up just in time to see a small ________ a few hundred yards away, losing ________.

As the plane disappeared behind the trees, Gelinne, a former ________, realized it would land in the creek. ________, he ran down to the waterfront. The plane had slid to a stop on the broad, frozen creek, far from shore, sinking. The pilot was standing on the ________. Gelinne knew from his previous training that even a few minutes in the ________ water could kill the pilot.

Gelinne ________ the ice with his foot and decided not to take any chances walking on it. So he and his son, John, pulled two kayaks (皮划艇)out. “If it can float on the water, it can ________ on the ice,” Gelinne said.

The kayaks’ paddles (桨)proved too weak, so the ________ tried using sticks to push the boats along. When Gelinne reached the plane, the pilot was standing on a tail wing, surrounded by open water. Gelinne pushed his kayak off the ice and into the water, thinking, “What if he panics? What if I fall over?”

With his son nearby, Gelinne focused on keeping the pilot ________, joking, “Just ________ the kayak as if you were hugging your wife.” The pilot grabbed the kayak’s bow. Gelinne knew he had to get the pilot onto the shelf of ________ ice. But each time Gelinne tried, the kayak ________ the ice. He needed help.

Soon a police officer arrived and radioed for help. A boat appeared and ________ the pilot, Steve 71, and rushed him to safety, who would be treated for minor injuries.

The boat had arrived just in time, Gelinne recalled. “I’m 60 years old,” he says. “There was no way I could get him to shore.” Still, he was ________.

About three years ago, something terrible happened to me. One day, my two brothers and I were coming back from the islands when we     1     (trap) by a terrible storm. A huge wave covered our boat and my younger brother     2     (fall) into the sea.With the wind and waves, we were going in the     3     (direct) of the whirlpool. However, when we were on the edge of the whirlpool, I felt     4     (calm) than when we were moving towards it. Suddenly, we went over the edge. I thought my life was over.     5     I was still safe. The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles     6     great speed. I noticed that the heavier objects in the whirlpool went down more quickly than the lighter ones. I tried to make my brother     7     (understand), but he was too frightened     8     stayed in the heavy boat. Without     9     (wait), I jumped into the sea to try and escape. Some time after I left the boat, with my brother in it, it     10     (pull) into the bottom of the whirlpool. Then the sky was clear, the wind calmer and the moon was shining. In the end, a boat picked me up. I got safe.

8 . A woman in her 20s from Aztec, New Mexico, went on a hiking trip in the Deer Park area along the Colorado Trail. She _______ off-path and didn’t follow the pathway. _______, she headed south along the Animas riverbank.

That’s when her worst _______ happened. She fell off along the mountain’s side while taking photos. She also broke her leg and was forced to spend two nights in the cold _______ without knowing how she could get out. Slowly but surely, she found a place where she could easily be _______ and started calling for help.

The Silverton Narrow Gauge Train was carrying people to appreciate the beautiful _______ of Silverton. One train _______   noticed a woman who was crying for help. She told the train conductor, who _______ asked for an emergency response team to _______ them in their rescue. The two train conductors, Nick and Kylah stopped the tour train and asked the passengers to wait as they ________ to rescue the woman. Nick got supplies and materials on the train to ________ the hiker’s broken leg. Kylah stayed with her and kept her ________ until the Silverton Medical Rescue Team arrived.

The woman was rescued and sent to ________. Luckily, aside from the broken leg, she ________ just fine. She thanked all the people involved, especially the train conductors. The ________ could have happened but for the train passenger who noticed her asking for help.

9 . 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.