A 30-year-old man was finally rescued from the Alaskan wilderness after his cabin burned down,     1     (leave) him trapped in the snow for almost three weeks.

Tyson Steele had been living alone     2     several months in a small house in Skwentna, a town     3     (locate) 70 miles northwest of Anchorage. He had been burning a fire in    4     (he) woodstove back in December when a piece of flaming cardboard     5     (fly) up his fireplace chimney and landed on his roof,     6     started a slow fire that eventually left the cabin in ruins. Since Skwentna only has a population of about 35 people, Steele’s     7     (near) neighbor lived about 20 miles away. With no means of     8     (communicate) to call for help, Steele endured sub-zero temperatures     9     severe weather conditions wearing long johns (秋裤), boots with no socks, and a heavy wool sweater.

When his family and friends hadn’t heard from Steele for several     10     (week), they requested a welfare check from Alaska State Troopers. As a helicopter flew over the area, they caught sight of Steele waving his arms in the air next to a massive “SOS” sign that he had stamped into the snow.

The young Perce Blackborow     1     (desperate) anticipated an adventure.     2     (join) the expedition, he secretly hid himself in a cupboard after Sir Ernest Shackleton turned down his request. As they approached Antarctic, the ship Endurance got     3     (stick) in the ice. They had to abandon the ship and reached the uninhabited Elephant Island. Later, they got into a difficult situation     4     they were crowded together under a boat on the rocky shore of the miserable place. To seek help, Shackleton departed,     5    (lead) a team in a lifeboat. For the remaining crew, staying alive took all their time and energy. While they were bored     6     all meat of sea creatures, they knew if     7     hadn’t been for sea animals, they would all have starved. It was four months before they were finally rescued. It was Shackleton’s perseverance and     8     (commit) that saved them from a slow but     9    (pain) death. The expedition     10    (consider) a successful failure at that time.