1 . It was America’s deadliest wildfire in at least 100 years. The fire was caused by_______ electricity transmission (传送) lines in the town named Paradise. It burned for 17 days and _______ 153, 336 acres north of Sacramento. _______, the fire destroyed nearly 19, 000 buildings. The glory of this_______ named place was gone.

Shane Grammer, who grew up 15 miles away in Chico, _______ the news of the deadly fire’s path from Los Angeles, where he _______ as a creative director for Disney’s theme parks to support his family. When seeing his childhood buddy Shane Edwards post pictures of his white chimney (烟囱)— the only part of his house to_______, Grammer said to himself, “I’ve got to_______ that chimney.”

Then amid the rubble (瓦砾), Grammer spent three hours creating a black-and-white image of a woman on the chimney — a _______, perhaps, of the beauty of life, or even just of life itself. The victims of the fire, especially, couldn’t ________ themselves. “Beautiful and unforgettable,” they said.

Grammer realized that what he had thought was a purely artistic________ had transformed into something deeper. “There is hope and beauty in the ________,” he believed. Grammer’s work in the town has now become a(n)________ — he has traveled the world, painting in________ places that extremely need some light. “I want to do something ________ ,” he said.

2 . 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.

3 . Rene Compean was no stranger to Angeles National Forest. But when _______ a new path last April, the hiker was lost.

As the day _______ into dusk, following hours of aimless wandering, his concern turned to _______ . With no flashlight, only a liter of water, and less than ten percent _______ remaining on his cellphone, Compean was _______ for anything more than the two-hour walk he'd planned.

Compean climbed to a spot, where he found one bar of _______ . "SOS. My phone is going to _______ . I'm lost," he tweeted (推特), _______ a photo showing where he was. All Compean could do then was _______ and hope. The ________ was dropping fast, and the winds were increasingly violent. Dressed thinly and numb with cold, he ________ himself into a tight ball, using his backpack to ________ his bare legs. And two mountain lions kept him on ________ the entire night.

Sixty miles away, Ben Kuo was working in the company when he read a tweet from the Los Angeles Police Department, whose search-and-rescue teams had spent the previous night ________ looking for Compean, so they ________ the photo to the public, hoping someone might know the location.

Kuo has an unusual hobby. He frequently tries to ________ where movie scenes or television shows were filmed. When he saw the photo, he naturally pulled up a satellite map on his laptop. From the tweet he learned Compean's car was parked near Buckhorn Campsite, so he ________ his searching range. After comparing the photo with the satellite map in detail, Kuo realized he was on the south side. The final step was cross-referencing the photo with 3-D images of the area from Google Earth. The locations ________ ! Soon, a rescue team was in action. After 27 hours alone in the wilderness, Compean remained safe!

Compean's story probably would have ended differently had a total stranger with strong satellite skills and a sharp eye for ________ not taken action. In fact, when Compean was finally pulled safely into the helicopter, one of his rescuers, commented, "You are so ________ ."