2 . On a wild July night, the storm was getting worse and worse. Kate Shelley, who lived between Honey Creek and Des Moines River, was _________ looking out of the window, wondering _________ it would wash away the bridges over them, when suddenly came the loud _________ of breaking wood, then followed by a great splash (飞溅的水花). She realized the bridge over the creek was _________. At that time, the midnight train was almost due. If no one told the engineer to _________ the train, it would fall into the creek with a hundred or more _________. The situation was so urgent that Kate _________ to go to Moingon Railway Station to get help. Immediately she _________ out into the storm with her father’s railway lantern.

Moingon lay on the far side of Des Moines River. The only way to get there was to cross a long wooden railroad bridge. Even in the daytime, it was _________ to walk on it because there was no foot walk or railing (栏杆) except only rails and ties. The ties were __________ enough apart for the girl to fall through.

Kate stopped when she came to the __________. She had never seen the river rising so high that she was shaking. What’s worse, she broke her lantern while __________ her way, exposing herself to the __________. She had to climb on her hands and knees.

It seemed like a long time. At last she reached the other side.

She stopped just long enough to catch her breath. Then she ran __________ to the railway station. When she finally got there, she was out of breath, wet all over, her hat blown away, her hands and knees still bleeding and her eyes looking __________. She told the station man what had happened to the Honey Creek Bridge before her fainting. Finally, the passengers were saved.

The girl’s heroic deed was rewarded. For her courageous act, Kate enjoyed a right of getting on or off the train at her door when she wanted.

5 . Sandra was driving her white Mazda down the main road with her daughter and son in the back. Suddenly, a green van ________ from the side road. Sandra turned the steering wheel ________ to the right, causing the car to run off the road and down an embankment (路堤) after sliding about 50 feet. If the car hadn’t stopped, it would have soared into the air and ________ on the road 20 feet below. Fortunately, as the car raced toward the embankment, its undercarriage got ________ on the road edge. The car came to a stop but actually on the edge of disaster. The people inside were far from ________. A sudden ________ by anyone inside could send the car over.

Patrick ________ the scene from the truck — parts company where he worked. Whispering prayers, he ran to the car along with four others. They jumped onto the trunk of the Mazda to balance the weight as the ________ kids in the back seat watched. Meanwhile, Alex, the owner of a shop nearby, rushed to the swinging car with a ________ belt. He tied the Mazda to a heavy truck that had been driven over by one of the other ________. With the car ________, the group carefully opened the back door and got the children out. But their ________ shifted the weight of the car, causing it to incline forward. The men, still on the trunk, asked Sandra to step into the back to ________ the weight. She did so and ________ out the back door. Finally, all the men carefully got off the car. Everyone was safe.

“If the car had run another ________,” Patrick told the local media, “this would have been a different story.”

7 . As 17-year-old Torri’ell Norwood drove through St, Petersburg. Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly ________ screams. As they approached a crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their black car sailing into the yard of a ________ home, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke billowed from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to ________. Get out!” she ________ out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to ________ themselves, she ran for her life.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, A’zarria Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the wreck and found Simmons slumped (蜷缩) in the back seat. “She wasn’t ________.” Norwood told Inside Edition. She threw open the back door and ________ her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and ________ her on the ground. “I checked her pulse.” Nothing. “I put my head against her chest.” No ________ of life. “That’s when I started CPR.”

Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. ________ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had ________ little time to practice what she’d learned.

She started ________ Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in the ________ of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. No response And then, after the 30th compression, Simmons began coughing and ________ for air. The CPR had worked!

Soon, paramedics arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital, where she received stitches for a gash (伤口) in her forehead. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t ________,” Simmons told CNN. “She will always help any way she can.”

8 . One day I was driving to the marsh (湿地) for bird-watching. The weather forecast called for the possibility of fog. As I _______ the destination, the fog began to _______. At a turning point, I lost _______ of the car and ran into the wet land.

I tried to open the door, but it was locked as the water had _______ the electrical system. I remembered I had a fire extinguisher (灭火器). I _______ it and gave the window a _______ hit. Itmerely bounced off. I hit it again, with the _______ result.

The water level had risen and soon I was swinging (挥动) the extinguisher underwater. I had to _______for air and down to take as many _______ as my breath would allow. I was nearly ________. A part of me just wanted to give up. But then another thought came to mind, “You have ________ more time. What will you do with it?” “I’m going to try ________,” I responded.

I ________ swinging the fire extinguisher as hard as I could and suddenly the impact felt different. I ________ my left hand and felt a hole in the ________. I knew I was going to live.

9 . Breath of Life

As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car ______gave way to screams. They were hit by another car and ______ into a tree.

Then smoke ______ from the car. A bystander shouted, “It's about to ______! Get out!” Norwood immediately crawled out. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to ______ themselves, she ran for her ______.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back ______. “She wasn't ______,” Norwood told Inside Edition. She ______open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ______. “I checked her pulse and put my ______ against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

______ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood started ______ Simmons's chest. She breathed into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the ______ of life. Fortunately, Simmons began coughing and breathing for air.

Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't ______,” Simmons said. “She always backs me up.”

10 . I was recently involved in a bad traffic accident. I was knocked unconscious by the impact so I don’t __ anything about the accident. My first memory is being given oxygen as the doctors and nurses tried to ____ me back to life.

As I lay in the emergency room, I found myself ____ my life and thanking God that I was still __. The good news is that nobody else was __.

Since that day, the physical recovery has been __ but not as tough as the emotional recovery. I've learned a lot about myself and about what really ____ in this world. Things that are really important are not“things”. I’m not invincible(无敌的)and I cannot ____ everything that happens in my life. I need to be better at ____ the things that come into my way that I didn’t plan for. As someone who was always in a ____，it taught me to slow down a little. I have learned to live each day honestly and ____.

___ I continue to heal physically and emotionally，I have a different opinion on ____ . When tragedy strikes，you can either let it ____ your spirit，or use it as an opportunity to grow. I have chosen to ____ from it.