4 . They had to get as many people out of the burning building as quickly as they could. So they told them to jump out of the window.

The first one out of the window was a man, who was followed by his two children. Next, a baby and then the baby’s mother _______the third-story window. All of them did this in _______. At that moment the smoke was billowing (涌出) from the apartment in Columbus, Ohio, Brian Smith and Corey Boykin tried their best to _______them.

It happened last November at around 4 am, when a _______ started on the second floor. “I got my family out, ”said Smith. “Then I started knocking on doors on the first floor but no one answered. I tried _______ the second floor, _______ the smoke was too black. I couldn’t _______; nor could I breathe. So I _______ and came outside. That’s when I saw people outside the _______.”

Boykin was at his ________ Melanie Nunemaker’s house, across the street from the apartment. He knew something was ________, saying, “I saw a baby drop out of the window, and Smith was ________ the child below.”

Boykin ran to a nearby house to get a ladder and ________ to help. He found Smith outstretched (伸开) his arms, shouting, “________! I’ll get you.” He caught several people.

Boykin ________ the ladder to ask those on the third floor to turn around and go toward him ________ they couldn’t see through the smoke.

“I ________ walking out through the front door, but a big cloud hit me. The smoke was getting to me so ________ that I couldn’t breathe,” a man called Chase Ray told 10TV. “He ________ my life, for sure.”

And it didn’t ________. When Boykin saw his burned-out neighbors, he took 20 or so of them back to his friend Nunemaker’s house. “We gave them clothes, shoes, whatever we had,” Boykin said.

5 . It was late, about 10: 15 p. m., when Janice Esposito arrived at the Bellport train station; she jumped into her Honda Odyssey and began the 20-minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. She’d just returned from visiting her mother and had traveled the route many times before. She practically ________ on autopilot: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then— wham! Out of nowhere a car T-boned Esposito’s minivan, ________ her to move backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She ________ in the minivan, bruised (撞伤) but mostly just knocked out by the ________ and the airbags.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for ________. He’d just closed his book and was getting under the covers when he heard the sound of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer ________ and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never ________ to think. He grabbed a flashlight and, still dressed in his pajamas (睡衣), ran out the door. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he told Nevosday. “We’re always on duty.”

The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had ________ Esposito. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and ________ Esposito’s minivan positioned on the railroad tracks. And then he heard a terrible sound: the bells signaling an oncoming train.

“The gates were starting to come down,” he told Nezvsday. “I see the headlight of the train.” DiPinto ran quickly to Esposito’s minivan and knocked on the driver’s side window. She ________ looked at him, her eyes unfocused. “I don’t know where I am,” she said. She seemed unhurt. “Honey, you’re on the railroad ________,” DiPinto shouted. “We have to get you off right now!” He pulled hard on the handle, but the door was crashed in and ________. The heavy diesel train, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was moving fast toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the door. “Please, don’t let her be ________,” he thought. He pushed aside the deflating (瘪了的) airbags, grabbed Esposito’s arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and quickly get her to ________ behind a signal box a few feet away. Within six seconds, he estimated, the train crashed into the minivan. “It was like a Hollywood movie” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

But this one had a twist. “Last night,” South Country Ambulance chief Greg Miglino told CBS New York, “the ________ arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”

6 . A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers, Inc. One morning in 2009, Larry was _____ along 165 north after delivering to one of his customers. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. _____ he got closer, he found _____ vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed flames shooting out from under the _____ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and got hold of the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on _____ and told Larry he had _____ an emergency call. They _____ heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. _____ the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay still until the emergency personnel arrived, _____ she thought the car was going to   ______ . Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move ______ she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man ______ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the   ______ if he was needed or ______ to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is for certain — Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ______ most likely saved the woman’s life.

8 . “Fire! Fire! ” What terrible words to hear when I _______ in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, _______ house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of _______.

I began to _______, but as I was still only half awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to _______. The floor became _______ under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the window for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something _______ and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my _______ from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor broke under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of _______ wood all around me.

__________, there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I __________. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a __________. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running __________.

“My baby! My baby! ”she cried. Those people cheered loudly __________ she took the smoke­blackened package out of my arms. I almost failed to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had __________ her baby, and I became a hero!

9 . When two ninth-grade students found smoke coming out of the back of their school bus early Tuesday morning，their bus driver knew just what to do. Thanks to her _______ thinking，more than 50 students’ lives were _______.

While _______ a group of 56 students to their middle school in Duncan，South Carolina，on Tuesday，Teresa Stroble noticed the heavy _______ rising from the back of her bus. She _______ pulled the bus over，evacuated(疏散) the students，and radioed the transportation office to ask _______ to call 911. Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after the fire began and quickly _______ the fire，which CBS News reported was so _______ that people driving by were able to feel its heat inside their cars. Parents of the children on the bus were _______ the fire，but thanks to Stroble，the news they received was all ____________ not a single child had been hurt.

Since then，Stroble，who has been a bus driver for seven years ____________ also works as a teacher’s assistant(助教)，has been ____________ for her brave actions. “We are so ____________ of our bus driver，” headmaster Scott Turner told local CBS News. “She was ____________ .She also kept the students calm. She made sure they were safe. She didn’t leave the bus ____________ they all left. She is our ____________ today.”

The local fire department is still unsure what ____________ the fire，but some say that this 1995 ____________ has been known to have wiring and electrical problems. ____________ ，we’re so happy that Stroble was able to ____________ on her feet and keep everyone safe and sound.