1 . You never know how good your neighbors are until there’s an emergency.

It was after midnight when Clifford_________to the sound of a noise next door. Outside, he saw that the house next to his was_________, and there were three people_________. A mother with a teenager and a 5-year-old child were _________ for help inside the burning home. Unable to get down the stairs due to thick smoke and _________, the only way out of the big fire was through the window. Thinking fast, Clifford ran into his backyard and_________ an old mattress(床垫)out and placed it beneath the woman’s window.

“Come down, come down,” he called up to the family. He _________the panicked mother that he would_________ the child. In an act of_________and desperation, the mother handed her child out of the__________-into Clifford’s arms. Next, it was the mother and the teenager’ turns. Luckily, their landings were__________.

Nine people are homeless after the house was __________. The Red Cross is working to help the victims recover from losing their home and__________. The house suffered about $1 million in damages, and the fire was so hot that it even melted the siding(墙板)of the house next to it. Two __________from the Boston Fire Department suffered minor injuries.

After the big fire, Clifford was praised for his__________. Later he said he was happy he could help the family__________from the flames(火焰). He says the mother he saved was so__________ and she couldn’t stop thanking him for helping. It took a lot of courage for him to run towards that fire! __________, everyone made it out alive. Clifford didn’t think twice about running toward danger to help these __________. Everyone would all be __________to have a neighbor like him!