Rescuers free elephant from a dangerous pit (深坑)

A wild Asian elephant accidentally fell into a deep mud hole in the ground on March 13 while playing with other members of a herd in a forest in Mengla county, Southwest China’s Yunnan province.

The police     1     arrived at the scene saw the elephant struggling to get out, with another elephant     2     (try) to pull it out using its trunk (象鼻) and legs.     3    , as the pit was deep and the surface was smooth and wet, the trapped elephant     4     (stick). After observing the surroundings and considering all of the     5    (possibility), rescuers determined the best chance of freeing the animal     6     (be) through the use of an excavator (挖掘机).

The driver of the excavator     7     (careful) operated the machine so as not to annoy the herd. After 10 minutes,     8     exit to get out was formed for the elephant to finally make     9     (it) escape. While walking away, the animal waved its trunk     10     the excavator as if to give thanks.

The 2.5-ton elephant then returned to the nature reserve with the rest of its herd.

Seven construction (建筑) workers were confirmed dead after going missing in extreme weather conditions in Altay city in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to a statement     1     (release) by local government at late night on Monday.

Starting from Nov. 20, the     2     (strong) cold air recorded in a decade has been sweeping the city, bringing in strong winds, snowstorms and freezing cold temperatures, the statement said.

At around 11 pm on Saturday, local police received     3     emergency call reporting eight staff members had gotten lost near the constructing highway     4     links Altay and Burqin county.

After receiving the report, local government     5     (immediate) set up a rescue team and successively found the eight workers as of 11:10 am on Sunday and sent them to the hospital.

Seven of them were dead and the other     6     is in stable condition, the statement said.

Due to the suspension (暂缓) of construction caused by extreme weather, 14 workers     7     the site began to be transported to nearby town on Saturday evening by two different     8     (vehicle). The first vehicle arrived at the town at 9 pm     9     the second vehicle carrying eight workers was trapped 500 meters from the construction station.     10     (fail) to pull the vehicle out from the thick snow, they decided to walk back to the station. But soon they went missing!

Driving to Palm Springs two years ago, I met a snowstorm. A car suddenly changed the direction     1     (avoid) hitting mine and drifted (漂移) towards the side of the cliff. Meanwhile, some drivers     2    (sit) in different cars rushed out. They     3    (take) off the chains that had protected their own tyres and put them on that car’s tyres     4    (rapid). Just as the car was about to be lost off the cliff, those drivers stepped up, letting their kind hearts go beyond the snowstorm.

At least 151 people were killed and 82 others were injured in a stampede (踩踏) accident on October 29th in Itaewon, a district of the Republic of Korea’s capital Seoul, during a Halloween gathering, local authorities said    1     the early morning of October 30th.

Many victims are largely in their    2    (twenty). About twenty-six foreign nationals     3    (be) among the dead. The incident is believed to have happened near a narrow alley in the district. Several Halloween gatherings took place in Itaewon, and the police estimated that     4    (rough) 100, 000 people had participated in the Halloween parties in the area,     5    is known for its nightclubs. More than 140 first-aid vehicles    6    (send) to rescue the injured.     7     (hold) two emergency meetings, the Republic of Korea’s President ordered officials    8    (arrange) enough hospital beds for the injured and establish an accident management headquarters, and properly deal with the aftermath (后果),    9    (include) identifying the dead and investigating the cause of the accident. According to some local media, the accident occurred when some people were rushing to a bar where an unidentified celebrity visited,     10    it is not confirmed yet. The exact cause of it is under investigation.

On 28 July 1976, the city’s one million people were asleep as usual. One of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century     1    (strike) the city. In less than one minute, the large city lay in ruins.     2     seemed as if the world were coming to an end. The number of people who were killed or badly     3     (injure) in the quake was more than 400,000. Nearly everything in the city    4     (destroy). But hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, a rescue team     5     (consist) of more than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care. Soldiers were sent to Tangshan to dig out those     6     were trapped in the quakes. Water and food were brought into the city and     7     (shelter) were built for survivors. The city began     8     (breathe) again.

    9    the help of the government and the efforts of the city’s people, Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. In times of disaster, people must unite and stay positive to rebuild for     10    brighter future.

Earlier this month, a team of doctors in Russia managed to complete an open heart surgery as the hospital caught fire, Now a picture     1     (take)at the operating theater goes viral on social media,     2     (move)the netizens(网民)everywhere,

According to reports, firefighters     3     (battle)the flames from outside the building as more than 120 patients and medical workers were being evacuated(转移). Despite this, the eight doctors did their best to finish the operation at the ground floor     4     (successful). Soon thereafter, the patient was evacuated to the regional hospital,     5     is about 5 kilometers away.

Cardiac surgery center department head Valentin Filatov said: “There was nowhere to go, the man had to be saved. We did everything at the     6     (high)level, as they say.”

Antonina Smolina, one of the medics, shared that “there was no panic” among the hospital crew.

When responders realized that the surgery could not     7     (stop), they made sure that the operating room would have sufficient power supply by providing an electric cable. They also had to keep smoke     8     entering the theater.

Amur Region’s Ministry of Health later released an official     9     (state), saying the operation during a fire was performed smoothly. Meanwhile, the government authorities will award the doctors for     10     they have done.

A dog who is thought to have died in a snow slide is home safe after spending days in the     1    (freeze) cold mountains.

A skier and a snowboarder both survived a snow slide in Chaffee County, Colorado, last week. “The second skier down caused a snow slide,     2     then washed over the snowboarder,” said Brian Lazar, the second-in-command director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

The skier opened his airbag and     3    (injure) badly. The snowboarder who     4    (be) below was unable to open her airbag, and she was buried     5     (complete) without a possible airway. The skier was able to save her from the snow. “This could have gone     6    a much different direction very easily.” Lazar said.

The couple also had their dog with them. After searching everywhere for the dog following     7    snow slide, they left without being able to find it.

“We did have some search and rescue     8     (member) visit yesterday, but they didn’t see any signs of tracks,” Lazar said.

It was supposed that the dog died in the snow slide     9    the dog was found on a road late Saturday night.

“Extraordinarily, the dog managed     10    (survive) and made it back to Monarch Pass after spending many nights in cold weather,” Lazar said.

A man who was missing for 17 days after an earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province has been found alive, according to local media reports.

The 28-year-old hydropower station employee Gan Yu had stayed behind with his colleague Luo Yong after an earthquake hit Sichuan on Sept. 5,     1     killed 93 people and injured     2     (hundred).

Gan did first aid for his colleague and helped prevent flooding by releasing water from the dam (大坝). Both Gan and Luo then stayed in the station for over a day without food or mobile signal. They attempted     3     (leave)on Sept. 7, walking more than 12 miles. But Gan, who is short- sighted, lost his glasses and had much     4     (difficult)walking through the mountains. The pair     5     (eventual)decided to split up(分开), with Gan     6     (stay)there waiting for help and Luo going off to find assistance. Rescuers found Luo 3 days later,     7     to their disappointment, when they returned to the place where he had left Gan, he was no longer there.

However, Gan was discovered by     8     local farmer, who heard Gan’s faint cries and     9     (spot)him lying injured under some trees. He     10     (fly)to a nearby hospital and doctors determined that he had several bone wounds.

Two boys were rescued by a brand new lifesaving drone (无人机) in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use     1     device. The     2    (swim), aged 15-17, had got into difficulties off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales (NSW).

A man walking along the beach spotted the teenagers     3    (struggle) in heavy waves about 700 metres offshore. Lifesavers instantly sent the drone     4    (drop) an inflatable rescue pod (救援舱), and the boys made their way     5    (safe) to the shore. The rescue was considered to be historic, because it was the first time that a drone     6    (equip) with a flotation (漂浮) device had been used to rescue swimmers like that.

Lifeguard supervisor Jai Sheridan was piloting (领航) the device when the alarm     7    (raise). He described the experience as a(n)     8     (real) and unbelievable one.

“The drone certainly proved     9    (it) today. It is an amazingly efficient lifesaving device,” he told the local newspaper. It took just a minute     10     two to launch the drone, fly it to the rescue site, and drop the pod. However, before that, reaching the teenagers could easily have taken three times as long.

Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office when he    1    (notice) a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistling. Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car.     2    elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver’s seat,     3     (turn) the key hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking     4     (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked toward the car and pushed it forward, but his boot slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青).