1 . Achilles was looking out of the windows while his grandchildren were playing around the house. “Look!” One child ______ all of a sudden. Achilles looked up only to see a small plane a few hundred yards away, losing ______. As a former Navy commander, he realized it was going to land in the icy river.

Achilles didn’t ______. He ran down to the waterfront. The plane had slid to a river far from shore and was now ______. The pilot was standing on the wing. Achilles knew from his Navy training that even a few ______ in the icy water could kill the pilot. Achilles tested the ice with his foot and decided not to ______ walking on it. So he and his son, Janson pulled two canoes out from their back deck. The two men ______ , pushing their boats across the ice. It was ______ work. When Achilles reached the plane, it had broken through the ice and sunk, with only its tail ______. With his son nearby, Achilles focused on keeping the pilot calm, ______ , “Just hang on to the boat as if you were hugging your wife.” The pilot ______ grabbed the paddle and the two men were floating together, but Achilles knew he had to get the pilot onto the shelf of unbroken ice ______ the man lost too much body heat.

Just at that time a police officer appeared and ______ for help. After a while, a rescue boat arrived, breaking through ice. It picked up the pilot and ______ him to safety. Achilles recalled. “I’m 60 years old,” he says. “There was no way I could get him to shore.” ______, he was satisfied he’d gone the right way that day.

5 . Emily had been bleeding all day! She was my closest professional colleague and good friend at the time when we worked in an IT company. It was her first day back at work after an operation and I thought she_________have taken a few more days to_________.

Realizing that we couldn't stop the bleeding, we_________to the emergency room and spent hours there waiting to be seen. After the treatment, I drove her to my apartment. Once I got her_________, I had to leave her in my apartment_________I dashed off to take a final exam for a very important evening course I was taking. Upon my_________, we decided Emily was in good enough_________to sustain a trip back from my Northern Virginia apartment to her home in Maryland.

Although it was nearly midnight and we were both_________, we still decided to set off. Unfortunately, once on a highway, in a not particularly safe part of town, we heard my car make a_________noise, and then it was shaking__________as we drove along. Instantly, I pulled off to the shoulder and determined a__________had blown out. Never having changed a tire and feeling scared, I was trying to__________what to do next.

Emily, definitely__________from losing all that blood all day and weighing only about eighty pounds,came out and tried to help me. I had to__________to her to get back in the car and relax.

Within seconds, a taxi__________behind us. A huge man seemingly somewhat aggressive emerged and began walking toward us. I felt that the blood drained (流光) out of my face and I nearly fainted in__________. “Got a flat tire, girls?” he asked. “Yes,” I answered in a trembling voice. In no time at all, the man__________the tire for us and rushed off back to his taxi. He refused any__________and did not even tell me his name. He would never know how__________we needed his services that particular evening,__________that I, with a grateful heart, will never forget his kindness.

6 . At approximately 10:15pm, Janice Esposito began the 20-minute drive to her family from the train station in Port Bell, New York. She has traveled the_________so many times and was familiar with it. She first drove to the station road,_________to Montauk highway, and then-wham! Out of_________a car pushed her backward onto a railroad track. Though suffering from injury, she was more stunned(打昏)by the impact and vehicle_________.

As it happened, Pete Di Pinto was about to go to bed. As soon as he_________the book, he heard a loud sound of metal and shattering(破碎)glass not far away. Di Pinto, 64, a retired firefighter, has_________stopped thinking. He grabbed the_________, still in his nightwear, and rushed out of the door. He told My NBC5: "Any firefighter will do what I do. We never_________."

The first car he met was_________2,000 feet from his front yard, the one that__________Esposito. Di Pinto__________that the driver was not injured, and then looked around to find Esposito's car straddling(横跨)the rails. Then he heard a harsh sound: a bell,__________ an oncoming train.

Di Pinto__________to Esposito's car and banged(猛敲)on the driver's side__________. She looked at him and said: "I don't know where I am." She__________unhurt, "Honey, you are on the__________." Di Pinto shouted. "We must get you__________right away!" He pulled the handle hard, but the door was smashed(撞毁)and jammed shut. The train was dashing toward them. Di Pinto ran to the passenger side and opened the door. He__________the open airbag, grabbed Esposito's arm, pulled her towards him, passed through the passenger seat, and quickly led her to__________He__________that within six seconds, the train ran into the car. "It's like a Hollywood movie," the firefighter told reporters the next day.