1 . It was January 2016, and Jeremy and his girlfriend, Molei, were leaving Denver for a weekend of fun with friends on the slopes in Colorado.

The snow came earlier than they’d ________, but Jeremy wasn’t worried. He’d driven this ________ a thousand times, and he knew ________ what to do. “Take it easy. You’ll get there, and when you do, it’s going to be ________.” As the car began the twisting climb toward the resort town, Jeremy felt an overwhelming wave of excitement.

“Life was really great,” he says. Then, within a blink of an eye, everything ________.

A truck that came out of nowhere hit them. One minute, Jeremy’s Ford SUV was ________ quickly through the falling snow; the next, he was sitting in his crushed SUV by the side of the road, ________ his seat by the wheel, his body screaming with ________. To his right, he saw Molei. He could think only one thing to say: “Don’t die. I love you.”

Statistically, Molei should have died. Inside her neck, the vertebrae (脊椎) had basically been crushed. Her head was attached to her shoulders by ________ but skin and muscle.

Henry Rodriquez, an officer on holiday, was driving on the same road not far behind the Ford and ________ instantly when he saw the accident.

________ his wife calmed the trapped and terrified Jeremy, Rodriquez worked swiftly. One wrong move could have ________ Molei dead or paralyzed. Protecting her head and neck, he carefully removed her from the twisted car and ________ her on the road by the side of the car, covering her with coats to keep her warm.

For 45 minutes, Rodriquez ________ her chest to bring her heart back to life. Thanks to Rodriquez’s timely ________, Molei made it to Anthony Hospital and recovered gradually.

2 . Helen was sitting in the garden one evening when she heard a loud crash. As she walked to the front of the house, she could see a small crowd ________ on the road outside. A 19-year-old boy was ________ in a pool of blood near a crashed motorbike. His leg was bleeding ________.

Helen had ________ a British Red Cross first aid course. She used her training to make a quick judgement of the situation. And then she ________ back inside her home to get lots of thick towels to stop the bleeding.

Helen raced back to the scene, ________ in hand. Someone had called an ________, but the other people were afraid to come forward and ________ her. She used the towel as best as she could to apply pressure to the wounded ________ until help arrived.

Helen successfully managed to ________ the bleeding while waiting for help to arrive. Before long the ambulance crew were at the scene.

________, doctors weren’t able to save the boy’s leg. But they did save his life — and Helen’s ________ played an important role. Without the simple but ________ first aid skills Helen used, the result of this crash could have been far ________.

“I take comfort in the fact that knowing first aid helped me to ________ a stranger’s life,” said Helen proudly.

3 . Three men were _________ from a small, uninhabited Pacific island after writing a big SOS _________ in the sand.

The men had been _________ in the Micronesia archipelago (群岛) for nearly three days before their distress (遇险) signal was _________ on the Pikelot Island by searchers. SOS is an internationally recognized signal originally established for ships at sea to request _________.

Located in the western Pacific Ocean, the Federated States of Micronesia is _________ of more than 600 islands. Officials said that _________ the men aboard a seven-meter boat started off from Puluwat Atoll (环焦), _________ to travel about 43 kilometers to Pulp Atoll when they sailed off course and _________ fuel. They were reported missing after __________ to arrive at their destination.

__________, the men were found in good condition about 190 kilometers from where they originally __________. Helicopter landed on the beach and gave the men food and water before they were __________ and taken home by a Micronesian ship.

“I’m __________ of the response and professionalism of all on board as we perform our duty to __________ to the safety of life at sea wherever we are in the world,” said the commanding officer of one of the search ships.

4 . A 71-year-old Swedish man “can’t put into words” how thankful he is for the new technology that saved him from sudden cardiac arrest (心脏骤停).

The _________ occurred while he was clearing snow in his _________. In such situations people _________ have about ten minutes to _________ help, but ambulance response times are often too long to save a patient’s life.

Luckily, an _________ call for emergency service was made, and the man lived in a region that had partnered with an innovative _________ program called EMADE.

EMADE drones (无人机) swiftly delivered an automated external defibrillator (AED), a device to save a person’s life during a sudden cardiac arrest, to the _________ —and the time from the alarm to the safe _________ of the AED was just over three minutes.

_________, a doctor drove by. “I was on my way to work at the local hospital when I noticed a man __________ in his driveway and I immediately rushed to help.” says Dr. Mustafa Ali. “The man had no pulse (脉搏), so I started __________ CPR while asking another bystander to call the ambulance. Just minutes later. I __________ something flying above me — it was a drone carrying an AED!”

After receiving on-site treatment, the patient was __________ to the hospital upon the arrival of the ambulance.

“This is a truly __________ technology that needs to be established everywhere.” said the patient who now has made a full __________ and returned home. “If it weren’t for the drone. I probably wouldn’t be here.”

5 . Bella arrived at the parking lot at about 12:00 p.m. She ________ into her car, and began the 40-minute ________ home. She’s just worked so much and felt quite ________. She almost drove on auto-pilot (自动驾驶仪). A few minutes later—wham! Out of nowhere a truck ________ her backward 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She sat in the car, injured by the hit.

As it happened, Peter was going to bed ________ he heard the loud noise of metal on metal and ________ glass coming from not far. As a volunteer firefighter, without ________ Peter grabbed a flashlight and ran out. He came to the truck that had ________ Bella’s. Once Peter concluded the driver was OK, he ________ himself and spotted Bella’s car trapped on the railroad tracks. Just then he heard an urgent bell sound: a ________ was coming!

Peter ________ to Bella and knocked at the window. She just looked at him, her eyes ________. Peter thought he had to get her off right now. He pulled the handle ________, but the door was damaged and jammed shut. Peter ran to the passenger’s side and threw open the door. He grabbled Bella’s arms, and pulled her until he could ________ her out and bring her to ________ behind a signal box a few feet away. Within six seconds, the train crashed into Bella’s car!