2 . As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they ________ an crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their car into a nearby yard, coming to a ________only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke ________ in a large mass from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to ________ ! Get out!” Norwood struggled out through the window, running for her ________ along with two of her friends, who also managed to free themselves.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the car and saw Simmons in the back seat, unconscious. She ________ open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the ________ glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to ________ and laid her on the ground. She checked her pulse and her chest. No sign of life.

Had the accident happened a few weeks ________, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in ________, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. She knew she had precious 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 hopes of filling her ________ with the kiss of life. After the 30th compression (压缩), Simmons began coughing and breathing for air. The CPR had ________ !

Soon, the ________ arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital. And then she heard ________ her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t shocked,” Simmons told CNN. “She will always help any way she can.”

3 . Emma Jones’ three-year-old son, Eric, was sharing a hot dog on the deck overlooking her friend Sarah Roth’s swimming pool. One moment Jones was watching Eric play around with the other children at this _________ of moms and kids last July. The next moment he disappeared without a _________. She turned to her friend Machel Rawlings and asked, “Have you seen Eric?”

Rawlings stood, _________ the pool and suddenly screamed. Eric was found _________ face down in the deep end. What happened next was a _________ textbook response: As Rawlings dived in the pool, grasped the boy, _________ him over and swam him to the end. Meanwhile, their host, Sarah Roth, dialed 911. At the pool’s _________, Rawlings handed Eric up to his mother. His skin was blue and wasn’t breathing.

Rawlings who’d taken a CPR course just four months earlier, immediately began rescue breathing. Hanging up the phone, Roth, a former flight attendant who’d accumulated _________ experience before, _________ CPR from Rawlings. Three long minutes went by with Roth breathing into Eric’s mouth and __________ chest compressions (按压) while Rawlings and Jones __________ his condition. Gradually his color __________, and as the ambulance was arriving on the __________, Rawlings looked at Roth. “He’s breathing,” she said.

The __________ with which the women acted saved Eric’s life. Emma Jones found any words seemed powerless. She said __________, “They did everything right.”

4 . As Norwood drove through the street, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they _________ a crossing, another car T-boned them, sending theirs _________ into a tree.

As _________ rose from the car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to explode!” Shaken, but OK, she _________ herself through the window and ran for her life with two of her friends.

But halfway down the street, she _________ that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t together. Norwood ran back and found Simmons in the back seat and not _________. She threw open the back door and _________ her friend, avoiding the broken glass. She dragged Simmons a few feet and laid her on the _________. “I checked her pulse and put my head _________ her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

Kneeling on the grass and looking down at her __________ friend, Norwood knew she had little time.

She __________ Simmons’s chest with her fingers and breathed into her friend’s mouth to fill her __________ with the kiss of life. And after the 30th compression (胸部按压), Simmons began coughing for __________. The CPR worked!

Soon, doctors arrived and __________ Simmons to the hospital. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t __________,” Simmons said. “She will always help any way she can.”