1 . I’d gone snowboarding with excitement in France with my little brother. That day, fresh snow had been falling, and we were in a good _______. We stopped near the top of an off-path section that went through _______. I let my brother disappear into the trees ahead, _______ I would soon catch up.

I began to _______ speed when I was suddenly thrown off balance. Just as I was regaining control, I ran into the trunk (树干) of a large tree. It was like _______ a solid wall. The pain was more than I could stand. I knew immediately that my _______ was broken and quickly realized the situation could get very _______. Nobody would be coming past. There was no phone signal. It was snowing and cold. If I waited, I would _______ be rescued eventually. But the chance of _______ to death before that happened was too high for me.

I tried to stand but fell down and almost ________ out with pain. I managed to get the board off from my feet and moved it under my stomach so I was lying on it. I used the board to slowly drag (拖) and ________ my body down the tree-lined slope (斜坡).

It took about two hours ________ a skier found me and I got help. The mountain rescue team came, with my brother arriving ________ afterwards. I couldn’t feel my hands or my toes from the cold, but I was ________ to know I was safe. I had broken one of my backbones, so I had an operation. The constant pain was huge, but it wasn’t as bad as seeing the pain and worry I put my family ________.

The recovery road was tough, but I was lucky.

3 . It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham was wandering outside his home. His 90-pound dog, Buddy, was _________ nearby, doing what dogs do: getting into _________. Only this time, Buddy was getting into a real trouble.

The unmistakable _________ that no one wants to hear alone in the woods caught Benham’s _________. It was the deep roar of a bear. Benham _________ around to see the beast, which weighed around 350 pounds, 100 feet away. _________ the bear seized Buddy’s head and started dragging him away.

Benham, aged 24, chased after them. “_________,” he told CBS 13, “the only thing I could think of was ‘save Buddy.’” With extraordinary _________, he dashed and struck the bear. But it even _________ its grip (掌握) on Buddy. Benham tried prying open its mouth, but the jaw was ____________ tight. Finally, Benham turned to street fighting. It ____________. The bear dropped the dog and ran off into the woods.

Buddy was badly ____________. “My first thought was that I was going to lose him,” Benham said. He ____________ him to a nearby vet (兽医). Buddy’s ____________ took nearly four hours. Benham was ____________ to watch the process through a window as Buddy was operated on.

This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13.