1 . Sean looked at his father, who was standing confidently at the helm(舵). Sean couldn’t _________ all of the sailing terms father taught him. He hated to ask, but pushed himself anyway. “Which way are we turning?”, anticipating father’s _________. “ We’ re coming about,” his father said _________.

Suddenly, the sky turned grey and the wind began blowing wildly. “Sean, take the helm.” father called Sean _________ He didn’t want to, but he also didn’t want to see father’s _________ look. “Uh…sure,” Sean replied.

“Just keep her going straight. I’ ll check something.” Sean _________ the helm from time to time. Now the _________ wind changed its direction, catching him off guard. The boat _________ , leaving ropes and nets slipping to the opposite side. “Dad!” Sean cried, but the wind swallowed(吞没) his _________ . Sean didn’t see his father as the sail blocked his __________.

Then he saw his father in the water! Sean __________ the rope that his father had used to teach him sailing knots(结) now to save his father.

As he __________ the trick father taught him, he formed the knot and pulled it tight. He quickly tied the other __________ onto the boat, and then threw the rope to his father. After climbing back, his father said, “You __________ my life, son.” Sean felt a rush of __________ and pride, smiling.

2 . Angela Hernandez was driving to her sister’s home near Los Angeles, on July 6 when a small animal ran onto the road. Hernandez didn’t want to hit the animal, so she turned quickly, causing her to_________her car and fall over the cliff (悬崖).

“I don’t really remember much of the_________,” Hernandez said. “I just remember waking up in my car with water coming up over my knees. My head hurt and when I_________it , I found blood on my hands.”

By_________one of her windows, she was able to get out of her car and get to shore (岸边), where she fell asleep. When Hernandez_________, she began to understand her_________. She had been badly hurt. And she was stuck on a tiny beach.

Hernandez spent each day walking on the beach, searching for help, but was_________to make her way back up to the highway. She climbed as high as she could to_________people on the highway. She_________someone would hear or see her. But everyday, she would have to climb back down. No one had__________her.

Hernandez didn’t know it, but people were out looking for her. But foggy (有雾的) weather made the search__________.

On July 13, two travelers, Chelsea and Chad Moore, were looking for a place to fish. __________they heard a cry for help. Then they saw Hernandez. They called for__________, and Hernandez was rushed to hospital.

Hernandez is__________in the hospital. Her head is hurt and she has many broken bones. But Hernandez doesn’t seem__________these problems. “None of that matters,” she says. “I’ve met some of the most beautiful human beings that I think I’ll ever meet in my life. They saved my life.”