1 . I was driving on a mountain road in heavy rain. The higher up I ________, the harder the rain came down, making visibility (能见度) ________. Suddenly, I found myself sliding on the ________ road. Before I knew it, I had lost all control of the car. One second, I was driving ________, and the next horrible second, I was heading south facing oncoming traffic. Then the car, without any _________from me, completed its 360-degree spin (快速旋转) and ________ went north again.

But Mother Nature wasn’t through with me yet. I found I was moving toward the dangerous edge of the road. Then I saw a ________ in the lane (车道) on my right. Since my brakes were ________, I heard the sound of metal against metal as I hit it. The ________ made me across the road to the left where my car fortunately ________.

In great fear, I got out of the car on ________ legs and approached the truck owner to check on him and ________ for crashing into him. Then something that was totally ________ happened. He smiled at me and said. “I’m ________ I was there for you to hit, or you would have gone right over the edge of the road.”

Today I still remember the kind-hearted driver’s ________ and words, which have been inspiring me to show pity on others ever since.

2 . Despite their lack of long-time attention, children do hear the words and watch the actions of the adults around them. In other words, adults are major _________ on children. For one elderly woman, thankfully, this is the case.

It was a mid-January afternoon and school was over. As usual, 70-year-old Patricia _________ her grandchild, 7-year-old Mariah, from school.

However, when they arrived at Mariah’s home, things took a terrible _________. Once the car was in the driveway, Patricia _________ it. Patricia thought the car was in park but it was actually in reverse (倒挡). The car then continued to roll _________. Patricia attempted _________ to stop it. However, she fell and her leg got _________ under the front tire (轮胎) on the driver’s side.

Mariah, who was still in the car at the time, sprang into _________. She quickly _________ the key out after watching her mother and other adults often do so. What Mariah did successfully stopped the car from moving further.

The next moment, Mariah __________ up to her house and rang the doorbell __________. Mariah’s mother, Porchia, was shocked at the __________ and called 911 immediately. It was Mariah’s __________ move that allowed her grandma to free her leg from under the car. Fortunately, Patricia was not seriously __________. Days after the __________ incident (事件), Patricia recovered and left the hospital.

3 . Every Christmas, the firm I worked for raised money for disadvantaged kids. I’d dress up as Santa and ______ out with some colleagues to deliver gifts. Some years ago, we were returning and ______ right in front of the lights as they turned red.

I became aware of a car coming up behind us at speed. It ran ______ another vehicle and then they both came to a stop. I asked my workmates to ______ the police and fire department. In order not to put others at risk, I turned my truck sideways(向旁边) to block the traffic. Then I jumped out and ran to the cars. There was a loud bang and flames shooting from one car’s front. As a volunteer ______ , I knew the car’s battery had ______ and that there was no time to lose. Still wearing my costume, I ______ to tear the door open and walked the driver over to the safety of my truck.

Other than some cuts, he was fine. I left him with my workmates and went to check on the driver of the other car. ______ , he was also unhurt. Then I headed back to direct traffic around the ______ vehicle until the emergency services arrived. The first two police officers on the ______ laughed as they jumped out of their car. “What’s happened here, Santa? OK, you probably have ______ to make,” one of them said. “We will ______ from here.”

Weeks after the accident, I agreed to meet the guy I’d ______ from the car in a local park, where he was sitting with a girl, his daughter, Amber. It ______ out that she had been estranged(疏远的) from her mum and dad, but ______ home after the accident. What’s more, she was the girlfriend of Jordan, my son.

4 . 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.

5 . Two students were eager to get off their bus at the end of the school day when their driver saved them from a_________tragic(悲惨的) accident in East Syracuse,New York,on February 3.

Jay Leo, who has been driving a school bus for 28 years, told Newsweek that he saw a_________car behind the bus as he was stopping at the children’s house with his red lights_________.

The car_________the open bus door and kept going. Leo stopped the children from going down the stairs by holding out his arm to stop them, saying, “Woah, woah.”

Afterward, the two students Lily and her younger brother Lincoln—_________walked off the bus when Leo saw the road was_________“That’s why you check your step when you get off the bus,” Leo said as they got off. “Check your steps, kids. Have a good_________.”

The children’s mom, Jennifer Blowey, saw the_________from her window. She thanked Leo for his quick_________, posting on the Internet: “__________, my children were not hurt but this could have ended so terribly ! Pay attention while driving and STOP for buses!”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the school bus is the safest means of__________on the road. However, Leo said that after nearly thirty years of driving a school bus, he knew that close calls happen “more than everybody thinks.” Students are often__________to get home and see their parents, he said, and no matter__________often he reminds them of safetysteps, they are__________to forget those steps in their rush from the bus to the house. “People need to pay more attention to the most valuable treasure we transport,” he said. “That’s a__________.”