On Sunday, a tragedy struck in Chongqing, after a bus crashed into oncoming traffic before falling into the Yangtze River. The accident     1     (cause) by a fight between an angry passenger and the bus driver left 15 people dead.

A woman passenger failed     2     (get) off at her drop-off station. She demanded the driver an immediate stop, but the driver refused.     3     was unexpected was that she later struck the driver on the head with her mobile phone, and the driver took his right hand off the wheel to fight back. Then, he lost control of the bus and crashed into a red car before breaking through the bridge guardrail and tumbling into the river. People witnessed the disastrous scene,    4     (hope) looking on as the tragedy occurred. One of the rescue workers said the bus     5     (sink) to a depth of 68 meters.

    6     is very basic common sense that the lives and     7     (safe) of the whole bus depend upon the driver. As the one     8     (responsibility) for the whole bus, he should have stopped the bus     9     the roadside to ensure that it was safe while under attack. On the other hand, the woman attacked the driver simply on account of her own fault.

Feeling terribly sorry for the tragedy, many netizens blamed the woman for the crash,    10     others criticized the driver for his reaction.

Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter     1    (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in     2    (fog)conditions, and the cause of the crash is still       3    investigation.

Bryant was     4    (wide)considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many     5    (celebrity)showed their great grief over the     6    (lose)of the great basketball player. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, "Kobe     7    (remember)forever for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball." All-time basketball great Michael Jordan said Kobe was a       8    (choose) one and he would miss those conversations very much.

Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles,     9    the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be       10    it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.

A fire started inside a big store on Main Street. Mario,     1     was the owner of the store, called out to     2     number of young men on the street for help right away.

“Help us!” Mario shouted. “I’m offering 1,000 dollars for putting out the fire!” In     3     (little) than three seconds, two men showed up in the store. They     4    (help) Mario to fight the fire, but five minutes later, things were still burning.

So Mario shouted, “ We need more help     5     (put) out the fire! I’m offering 2,000 dollars!” Another two men appeared in the store immediately, but     6    (fortunately) they didn’t seem to help much either.

It was     7     (wind) at the time, so everything was on fire pretty soon. Although everybody tried their best, the store was still     8     flames and it was time to get out. All of a sudden, an old bus came out of nowhere and drove straight in the center of the flames, along with some 60-year- old     9     (passenger). Before the bus stopped, all of them jumped out and fought the fire.

About half an hour later, the fire finally died down.

“Thanks for saving my store!” Mario said pleasantly,     10     (walk) up to those heroes with 2,000 dollars. “ What are you going to do with all this money, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Well,” the bus driver answered, “ first we will probably fix the brakes on that bus.”

Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it     1    （break）out .

Every year, over 11, 000 people     2    （kill）or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are     3    （care）cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than half of those     4     die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.

If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If     5     fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 119for the fire department.

Before     6    （go）into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it     7    （slow）. If there’s a rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to warn     8    （other）in side.

Now open the window and shout “Fire!”. See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this     9     your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm’s     10    （long）before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.

In any major Indian city, people are seen with an arm outstretched, mobile phone in hand,     1     (smile) widely and clicking away. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said     2     (love) the selfie (自拍), posting pictures online that he has taken with     3     (variety) world leaders.

But the pursuit of selfie can sometimes have deadly consequences. India is home to     4     highest number of people who have died while taking photos of     5     (they), with 19 of the world’s 49 recorded selfie-linked deaths since 2014.

    6    (early) this month, an 18-year-old college student on a class picnic lost his balance while taking a selfie on top of a rock near a dam. He fell into the water and drowned, along with a classmate     7     jumped in to save him.

Since then, the Indian government     8     (declare) 16 no-selfie zones across Mumbai, warning people    9    taking unnecessary risks. Police have declared “no selfie” in areas considered to be    10    (risk)—particularly along the coastline in spots with no railings or fences. Anyone coming into “no selfie” areas even if they take no photos, will risk a fine of 1,200 rupees ($17.50).

On Sunday, a high school senior, 18-year-old Jessica Gallegos, saved the     1     (life) of six of her friends when she realized the farmhouse     2     they were sleeping was on fire.

“I woke them up，and I was yelling，‘Get out! There’s a fire!”’ Jessica told the reporter. “I just remember     3     (see) terror in everyone’s faces as they were running out of the house. It was scary. ”

After the teens got to     4     (safe)，they watched the entire house burn down in Kaufman County, Texas. Unbelievably，only one of Jessica’s friends，Cheyenne Dupal,     5     (injure) with first and second-degree burns.

“Jessica saved all of     6     (we),’’ Cheyenne said. “If she wasn’t there，then we wouldn't be here today. I'm just really happy she was there.

    7     (early) in May? another heroic teen saved her family     8     a deadly fire in San Bernardino. Fifteen-year-old Storhmn Figueroa heard the smoke alarm going off and     9     (immediate) rushed to get her younger siblings outside. It wasn’t until they were all safe     10     she called 911.

“I was shaking so badly that I couldn’t stop,” Storhmn told the San Bernardino County Sun. “But all I could think was wow，I got everybody out.’’

Basketball fans around the world are mourning the     1    (die) of American superstar Kobe Bryant. Bryant, along     2     his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people,     3    (kill) in a helicopter crash Sunday in California. 41-year-old Bryant was an 18-time All-Star player and     4    (win) five NBA championships and two Olympic gold medals. He is considered one of the     5    (great) basketball players of his generation. The helicopter     6    (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in foggy conditions outside Los Angeles.    7    caused the crash is under investigation (调查).It took place about thirty-two kilometers from Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy, a basketball training center in Newbury Park, California. Bryant was on his way     8    (attend) a youth basketball competition with his daughter. When he retired from the NBA in 2016, Bryant was     9     third-leading scorer in NBA history with 33, 643 points. He is     10    (wide) expected to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year.

On August 14, 1996, a tiny drop     1     a very toxic（有毒的）chemical called dimethyl-mercury（二甲基汞）fell onto the left hand-of Karen Wetterhahn, a toxicologist and professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College. Wetterhahn was an expert on     2     toxic metals cause cancer. When the poisonous drop fell onto her hand, she wasn’t     3     (worry); she was wearing protective gloves.

    4     (unfortunate) the dimethyl-mercury went through her glove. After a while, Wetterhahn     5     (have) difficulty walking and speaking. After three weeks, she was in a state of deep unconsciousness. Karen Wetterhahn died five months later. She was 48 years old, a wife and mother of two.

You might say that a toxicologist studies substances that lead to     6     (die). But toxicology is also about saving lives. What can kill, can cure. Medical     7     (research) such as Weterhahn risk their lives daily for the benefit of others. Their work is dangerous, but it has the potential     8     (save) lives. In memory of Wetterhahn’s life and work, Dartmouth College created the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. The award     9     (give) to female science students     10     receive money to continue their scientific research.

The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) fire

It feels as though the very heart of France and the soul of Europe have been broken. The fire of Notre Dame in Paris     1     Monday evening was an act of blind and terrible destruction,     2     (cause) great emotional pains to us all. We all share France’s terrible loss.

The fire struck     3     (quick) and uncontrollably. It gathered force with huge power. Much of the roof and the central building caught fire. After an hour or so, the Paris firefighters were able     4     (get) part of the fire under some degree of control and to protect other     5     (part) of the building that may survive. As night     6     (fall), the great west towers still stood against the sky, proud but hurt.

The Notre Dame is the symbol of the French capital and of France itself. It     7     (be) in its place since the 12th century. It is world famous not simply as a Parisian building but through the     8     (write) of Victor Hugo,     9     made the building itself come alive in his novel Hunchback of Notre Dame.

We believe the Dame will rise again in time. This terrible fire is not an event that should     10     (ignore) or quickly forgotten. We stand with France in its hour of heartbreak. We will never, ever, turn away.

Awoman who was over 50 years old had survived for six days in the Arizona desert recently, after her car unluckily fell 50    1    (foot) down a valley.Arizona's Department of Public Safety said that the woman,    2    name hasn't been known yet, managed to survive on grass and water until she     3    (find) by a cowboy, Dave, who was tracking down cattle.The woman, who was     4    (serious) injured in the accident, having several of her ribs broken, had to spend several days    5    (stay) in the car before struggling out to turn     6    someone for help.She stopped in a dry river bed 500 yards from the car.Dave and a road maintenance worker discovered the     7    ( damage) car while trying to control a cow,and then followed a pattern of footprints to the woman.What's even     8    (bad), she had a head    9    (injure)."I wonder    10    the woman could have lived another night, "Moralez said,"but due to their outstanding efforts, her life was finally saved.”