1 . It was a long weekend and my partner, Gabe and I were taking a road trip. We are both _________, and we couldn’t wait to go hiking and exploring.

At around 5:30 pm, we were _________ on a steep mountain road. I was _________ updates to my family and enjoying the view. We weren’t aware there had recently been flooding in the area. When I _________ from my phone, I saw a wave of _________ and an enormous tree rolling down the mountain, right in front of Gabe’s car. He _________ to stop the car, but it was too late.

The mudslide sent our car falling nearly 300 metres down a rocky cliff. It _________ on its side among some trees. I don’t know how long we were _________, but I woke up to the sound of Gabe moaning (呻吟). Every time I moved, I was hit with extreme chest pain and my right _________ was smashed. Parts of Gabe’s skull were crushed and his vision was damaged. But the body is a(n) __________ thing, and somehow we were both able to crawl out of the car.

We had no phone signal, so all we could think to do was __________ for help. But my chest hurt too much to even breathe. So Gabe __________ yelling as loud as he could. We were shocked when, after just a few __________, we heard someone call back.

When the emergency medical technicians __________ got to us, they loaded us into ambulances. I was in the hospital for a week and a half, but Gabe for six weeks. Even after __________, I’ll walk with difficulty for the rest of my life, and Gabe permanently lost the __________ in his left eye.

Before this all happened, we were happy-go-lucky people. We’re even more __________ now. Despite the __________, we’re grateful that we’re still living a pretty __________ life. The experience also __________ us as a couple. We still go on road trips.

2 . It was 3 am, a cold and wet night, on August 21, 2010. I had just left a local club to travel ten kilometers home when I lost________of my car on Grand Junction Road in Hope Valley.

I ______into a still car that was_______in front of a house, and then hit a tree. I was badly injured!______still, I had no idea that a fire had started______the bonnet(引擎盖)of my car.

___ in the car behind me was a young man, who I later found out was called Jared. He saw the accident occur and ______to help me out of the car. He put his own life in ______when he got into the back seat trying to undo my seat belt.

With my seat belt ______, Jared then broke the driver’s window to drag me out. He_______did this while my car was burning._______by the crash, the homeowners came out to investigate(调查). Jared told them to ring emergency services_______he continued to help me out of the car.

I ______my life to Jared and I consider him a good friend due to the_______bond created on the night he dragged me to safety. I was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a _______condition, five bones broken.

I spent a few weeks in hospital, during which time Jared visited me to see how I was _____ .He also continued to contact me after I returned home. He says he doesn’t believe that he did anything special. On that, I ______disagree with him and am very glad that he didn’t get hurt in the _____.

Today, nearly seven years later, Jared and I still ______and often talk about the events of that night. Jared is my   ____ and my friend.