Disaster struck in the town of Redbrooke late last night when the Palmer Court apartment block that was built recently     1     (catch) fire and was completely destroyed.

It was just after 2:00 am when many of the residents in the building were woken by     2     strange smell of smoke. The firemen arrived with no delay to help to withdraw the residents from the building and deal with the fire.

The fire spread rapidly through the building and the rescue     3     (operate) had to be carried out quickly     4     (save) the forty-three residents inside. Twenty-nine people were taken to Redbrooke General Hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation (吸入) and slight     5     (burn), but it is expected that they will be discharged later today. The     6    (remain) fourteen people were withdrawn with no injuries from the building.

The firemen battled with the fire until 7 o'clock this morning but     7     (be) unable to save the building. The residents will be provided with accommodation     8    (temporary). An investigation is being carried out to determine the cause of the fire. At present,     9     is suspected that the fire happened because the electrical wiring system failed to function normally,     10     would explain why so many flats were affected at the same time.

On Sunday, a bus in Chongqing fell into the Yangtze River,     1     left 15 people dead. The accident     2    (cause) by a fight between an angry passenger and the bus driver.

A woman passenger failed     3    (get) off at the right bus stop. She asked the driver to stop the bus and let her get off, but the driver refused. A quarrel then occurred, with both sides   using unkind     4    (word). Five minutes later, she struck the driver on the head with her smartphone, and the driver fought back with his right hand. Within two seconds, the driver took back his hand. However, he     5    (lose) control of the bus before he realized it. The bus hit a red car, and fell into the river.

    6     is very basic common sense that the lives and safety of the whole bus depend upon the driver, but the woman attacked the driver because of her own fault. On     7     other hand, the driver didn’t stay calm. As a driver     8    (responsibility) for the whole bus, he should have stopped the bus by the roadside to ensure safety while under attack. It was     9    (extreme) reckless(鲁莽的) to fight back.

I wonder why none of the passengers took action to stop the fight.     10     any one of the passengers had stepped forward bravely, the tragedy might have been prevented.

A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway    1     (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so    2    (absorb) in his Smartphone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him,    3    (throw) him to the ground. This should serve    4    a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially    5    crossing roads.    6    (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver     7    (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident,    8    led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

The Smartphone    9    (addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even    10    (bad),some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.