1 . White dressed up as Captain America for the annual Anti-Bullying (反霸凌) Superhero Day. But when spotting ________ one afternoon, he couldn’t ________ any superpowers.

It was rush hour. White was ________ home when he noticed a pickup on the opposite side of the two-way street. It was hard to ________, for it was crashing into the curb (马路牙子) before course-correcting, only to hit it again. As the car drew closer, White got a good look at the ________: The driver appeared to be asleep. He had to ________ that vehicle.

________, White made a U-turn, facing in the same direction as the pickup, but there were four cars ________ them. White pressed his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t. Trapped, White pulled his car over. He ________ up the sidewalk, cut into the road and ran around to the driver’s side. White ________ the frame (框) of the open window, his legs moving in step with the pickup, and with a mighty ________, jumped in.

DeAngelis, the man behind the ________, had unexpectedly faced dangerously low blood sugar, and just come to. He was ________ by the odd sight of a stranger lying across his stomach. White immediately brought the pickup to a stop. DeAngelis was rushed to a hospital, where it was determined that had his blood sugar gone lower, his life could have been endangered.

White ________ a superhero, but his quick thinking and daring ________ made him a real-life hero.

2 . It was a hot weekend in Australia. Adrian was working outside in the _________. Over the years, the 40-year-old had _________ dangerous animals while digging around in soil, but he knew how to _________ the non-threatening ones from the dangerous ones.

His shovel(铲子) was in his truck, _________ some 50 metres away. He considered getting it, but the job was _________, and only a light dig was necessary. So he used his hands instead. Just as his fingers slid under the pile of leaves, he felt a _________ pain in his hand. Adrian quickly pulled out his hand to see a spider grasping his finger.

But that wasn’t the worst of it. Adrian knew immediately it was the most _________ spider in Australia. He _________ shook his hand up and down to _________ the spider and finally made it.

He called out to his __________, Phil, who was working close by. Phil dropped his shovel and ran over. The pair quickly walked to the truck while Adrian __________ hard at the base of his finger to __________ the spread of venom(毒) into his bloodstream.

Fortunately, the woodland was not very far from the hospital. Phil __________ Adrian to hospital as fast as he could. Adrian walked into the emergency department with __________ still streaming down his finger. He told the doctor what had happened and was treated __________. After being observed for 24 hours, Adrian was allowed to go home.