1 . I was driving on a mountain road in heavy rain. The higher up I ________, the harder the rain came down, making visibility (能见度) ________. Suddenly, I found myself sliding on the ________ road. Before I knew it, I had lost all control of the car. One second, I was driving ________, and the next horrible second, I was heading south facing oncoming traffic. Then the car, without any _________from me, completed its 360-degree spin (快速旋转) and ________ went north again.

But Mother Nature wasn’t through with me yet. I found I was moving toward the dangerous edge of the road. Then I saw a ________ in the lane (车道) on my right. Since my brakes were ________, I heard the sound of metal against metal as I hit it. The ________ made me across the road to the left where my car fortunately ________.

In great fear, I got out of the car on ________ legs and approached the truck owner to check on him and ________ for crashing into him. Then something that was totally ________ happened. He smiled at me and said. “I’m ________ I was there for you to hit, or you would have gone right over the edge of the road.”

Today I still remember the kind-hearted driver’s ________ and words, which have been inspiring me to show pity on others ever since.

2 . A four-year-old dog named Kob became a hero in its neighborhood by discovering a possibly life-threatening gas leak (泄漏) in its owner’s front yard.

This dog’s actions not only _______ its surroundings, but also stressed the importance of the behavior of our furry friends.

The story began when Kob, _______ by 28-year-old Chanell Bell, started digging a large hole in the yard. At first, Bell thought this was typical dog _______, but as the hole grew larger, she became _______. Recognizing that Kob’s actions were unusual, she trusted the dog’s judgment, considering its normally well-behaved nature.

After _______ a recent gas leak in her home, Chanel _______ a gas detecting (探测) tool. She followed her sense and chose to use the tool to _______ the newly dug hole by Kob.

Finding gas coming out of the hole, Bell _______ contacted the authorities about the issue.

“If it wasn’t found, the _______ would have continued to escape into our homes,” Bell said. “We were told it could have caused ________ health effects like breathing issues, brain damage, and even ________. They told me that something as simple as ________ a light could have caused a burst!”

During the repairs, workers ________three main gas leaks in Bell’s neighborhood caused by aging ________. It took the workers over three days to repair the leaks and replace the old equipment.

Throughout the repairs, the workers________ Kob for saving the neighborhood.

4 . On a Sunny Saturday, Alyson Machigua, three, screamed with laughter as she and her mother, Marlen, played a game in the front yard of their home. Suddenly, tiny Alyson _______ the backyard of a neighbor. About half way across the yard, Alyson disappeared, seeming swallowed (吞没) by a hardly _______ opening in the ground, which meant the opening was not easy to find. Marlen cried loudly for help.

The neighbour Luz Jimenez, 26, was preparing dinner in her kitchen and _______ the cries were the sounds of children playing. However, when she ran outside anyway, she found Marlen _______ and dialing 911.

“Alyson fell into the hole!” Marlen cried to Luz. Then Luz heard Alyson’s cries from deep underground. Luz ran inside her own _______ and down to the basement for a gray rope to drop into the hole. Back in the yard, she used her hands to dig the hole, _______ the opening. When the policeman Aaron Perkins arrived a few minutes later, Luz was in the hole up to her _______.

“Get out of there,” Perkins told Luz, raising her up by the _______. “It’s dangerous for you.” “It’s more dangerous for the baby,” Luz said. “She’s going to _______.” After Perkins tied one end of the rope to a tree, Luz lowered ________, little by little, down the 15-foot-deep hole. Below, she saw water covering the floor of the hole. Alyson’s neck was covered. Luz dropped the remaining few feet into the water beside the baby. “Everything is going to be fine,” she told the little girl. “Don’t worry.”

As they waited for help in the two feet of dark water, Luz prayed that there were no snakes swimming at her feet. She ________ nothing more than snakes. Aboveground (在地面上), Perkins talked to Luz, keeping her ________.

Just minutes later, the Hacketts-town Fire Department and Hacketts-town Rescue Team arrived and lowered a ________ into the hole. Luz climbed up with Alyson in her arms, and then handed her over to her mother. Emergency workers rushed the baby to an ambulance, ________ her clothes to survey the injury. Alyson was scared and covered in dirt but ________, she was uninjured. Luz saved the baby’s life.

5 . Louie, a pet parrot, saved a whole family. He ______ the sleeping Klein family in the middle of the night as flames swept through their home.

“Louie is a true ______,” Barbara Klein recently told news agency South West News Service(SWNS). “If it hadn’t been for him, I probably wouldn’t have been ______ at that time. He started shouting ‘Fire’. He had never said that word before in my ______. When I woke up, the fire was starting to spread across the living room floor.” Unluckily for the family, Louie didn’t ______. Barbara said, “He was like our babies, so it’s ______.”

Barbara took her five-year-old granddaughter ______ and ran out of the house. Her husband Larry also made it out, but was severely wounded when escaping from the burning building. “He ran to the kitchen and tried to ______ the fire out with water,” Barbara told SWNS. “After we left, he ran back into the house and insisted on ______ the pet but with no ______.” The Kleins suffered great ______ in the fire. Their house was in ______ along with its contents and the parrot Louie passed away.

“People have ______ with clothing and someone donated an apartment for three months,” Barbara said. “The man who donated the apartment also ______ us with a baby parrot. We call him Louie Jr to _____   Louie.”

7 . My friend used to teach at a university with a master’s degree. In my country, for _______advancement, it is better to have a PhD. My friend went to the professor _______ scholarships, only to be told there was no _______ scholarship.

One day while driving along the road, my friend saw the professor was in a(n) _______where his car got hit from behind. My friend stopped his car and _______. He noticed the professor’s car was badly damaged. _______, both the professor and the guy were uninjured. The professor looked very _______. He attempted to _______ with the guy who insisted it was not his problem. They started arguing. My friend _______ to calm them down and offered ________. With his efforts, the guy agreed to take ________ and pay for the professor’s car damage. The professor was quite ________ with the result.

A week later, my friend received a call from the professor, and was ________ that, by chance, there was a scholarship opportunity. My friend ended up going to one of the best universities in Sweden.   

I love how my friend did this ________ and I am so grateful that the universe ________ him in a way that changed his life.

8 . On a hot afternoon Rhiannon was driving her old van down the highway. As she ________ her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (防晒板) and onto the floor inside. When leaning down to ________ it, she accidentally drifted into oncoming traffic. In panic, she over-corrected and pulled the ________ sharply in the other direction. ________, the van rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was thrown onto the road, lying in the middle of the road and bleeding, nearly ________.

A medical student witnessed the accident and came to her ________. He covered Rhiannon with his coat and gave her emergency first aid, including ________ the wound on her left arm before the ambulance arrived.

________, Rhiannon was rushed to a hospital where an emergency room doctor spent hours ________ all the pieces of windshield (挡风玻璃) from her arm, and gave her three dozen stitches (缝针).

Luckily, Rhiannon was saved. Not for the bandage, she would not have ________long enough for the emergency personnel to arrive. Though Rhiannon didn’t know him, she was grateful to the medical student who saved her life. So she ________ the words online, “It’s a pity that I don’t know your name. If you happen to see or hear this story and recognize yourself, thank you for your kind ________.”

Rhiannon also had a message for the other ________ heroes, “Please consider this a pay-it-forward letter of ________— a letter from the ________ you helped who, for whatever reason, couldn’t thank you themselves.”

10 . Curtis retired from the police force, but he never stopped being a true hero.

He was sitting in a car in the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru (汽车餐厅). Suddenly, he saw ________pouring out of the truck in front of him. Without thinking twice, Curtis leapt from the ________ and ran to help.

Inside the restaurant, employees saw Curtis pull out the terrified ________ John, mere seconds before the truck exploded.

When Chick-Fil-A owner David ________ the restaurant’s security footage (录像), he saw the full extent of Curtis’ ________ actions. Not only did Curtis pull John from the truck, but he also helped direct ________ customers and staff members once firefighters arrived. Hoping to thank Curtis in person, David________ a call for help on social media to ________ the hero.

After Curtis was found, David ________ invited him to come to Chick-Fil-A for a meal with the driver he ________ . They all celebrated Curtis being in the right________ at the right time to save at least one life! John and his family are incredibly grateful that Curtis was so ________ to help, and Curtis said he was just pleased no one was ________.

“As far as he is safe, that’s all that ________,” said Curtis.

Once a first responder, always a first responder! Curtis still has those cop instincts (本能), and we’re glad he happened to be there to put them to good ________.