2 . Compean, fond of hiking, had hiked the park near his home in Southern California numerous times. But after taking risks along a _______ path last April, he was lost.

With no flashlight, only a bottle of water and a power bar in his _______ , and less than ten percent batter _______ on his cell phone, Compean was unprepared for anything more than the two-hour hike. _______ increased.

Compean climbed to a spot, where he found at least one bar of _______ . "SOS. My phone is going to be out of _______ . I'm lost," he texted a friend, _______ a photo showing where he was.   The shot showed his legs hanging against some _______ .

Sixty miles away in Ventura County, Ben Kuo was working at home visiting the website when he _______ a tweet from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, showing an image of a man's ________ . The Sheriff's search-and-rescue teams had spent the ________ night unsuccessfully looking for Compean, so they released the photo to the public, hoping someone might know the ________ .

Ben is skilled at looking for where photos are taken and always ________ . When he saw the image of Compean's legs surrounded by an endless landscape of rocks and plants, he immediately ________ a satellite map beside his laptop. After comparing it to the satellite map, Ben soon ________ the location.

That finding tightened his search, leading him to an area that resembled the place in the ________ . The final step was cross-referencing the original photo with 3-D images of the area from Google Earth. The locations ________ ! He quickly called the Sheriff's department with the exact coordinates（坐标） ________ by Google Earth, Soon, a search-and-rescue team ________ was in the air, hovering（悬停）above Compean.

After spending 27 hours ________ in the wilderness, Compean cried, "I'm safe!"

3 . Survival in the Andes

On October 13, 1972, a small plane flying to Chile accidentally crashed into a mountain in the Andes. How some of the passengers __ to live is one of the greatest survival stories ever told.

The survivors   ___ inside the remains(残骸)of the plane, using seat covers for blankets, and waited for a ___   that never came. Days turned into weeks. It was urgent to find a way to __ . Three of the passengers— Canessa, Parrado, and Vizintin—volunteered to ____ through the mountains to search for help. When they left, each man wore similar clothes: three pairs of socks, a plastic bag around each foot to ___ the water out, boots, four pairs of trousers, and four sweaters. The three men ____that they would survive and bring back help.

For part of the first day, they were glad to make some __   . But as the land and weather changed, climbing became ___ . After several days, they reached what they thought was the top. They had ___ this moment for days. On the other side of the top, they hoped, would be a __ leading down and out of the mountains. However, they saw the same snow–covered tops. All hope wasn’t ___. Although they were still in the middle of the mountains, Parrado ___two low tops far away that didn’t have snow. If they could get there, they would be out of the Andes.

Within the following days they walked toward the two low tops. Snow___ completely , and flowers were everywhere . “This is the valley,” Canessa said.     “This is the way___ .” Then things of humanity started to appear—a few cans on the ground, and some farm animals in a field. By December 21, the extremely __ men made it to the town of   Los Maitenes, and a rescue team was sent immediately to __ for the survivors who were still high in the Andes.

Finally all of the remaining survivors were __. Their terrible __ was over. They had made it out— ___.

4 . One day when I was 13, my family was working in the fields to clear away old brush when somehow the electric fence sparked(冒火星) and______a fire. We didn’t see the fire______it had blocked the way to the only gate. I______to jump over the fence to safety but the fire was all around us. I could only watch in______as the flames continued to rise. Little did I know that my father had once been a(an)______and knew what to do.______with only a pump sprayer, buckets, and his boots, he______down to the nearby pond, filled the buckets and the sprayer, and began spraying the______while my older brother threw water with the buckets. Soon the wind______, however, and with the Fire Department too far away to arrive in time, my father began to stomp(踩灭) out the flames as he moved to the______, so that my family was able to move inch by inch toward the gate.______he arrived at the gate, he jumped into the truck, rolled up the windows, and drove______the fire. Then the fire was put out, and my mother was looking at my father with her______eyes.

After that, my father began telling us about his days as a firelighter, and my brother and I became______, asking him what other jobs he had done before he______. Well, it turned out that he had done just about______except brain surgery!

He had been in the military as a carpenter, carpet layer, and electrician, and had built B2 bombers before being poisoned in an accident that had______him to retire. My father has a blood disorder as a result of that______, but that hasn’t stopped him form being a full-time electrician.

To all those people whose fathers have worked in the military and in other dangerous jobs, be______of them, and remember that some day their______might save your life.