Many years ago a big earthquake hit America,killing over 30,000 people.A father ___ his wife safely at home and rushed to the ___ where his son was supposed to be,___ to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

Seeing this,he remembered the ___ he had made to his son,“No matter what happens,I’ll always be there for you!” Tears began to ___ his eyes.As he looked at the pile of ___ that once was the school,it looked ___,but he kept remembering his words to his son.

He began to concentrate ___ where he had ___ his son to class before.Remembering his son’s ____ had been in the right back corner of the teaching building,he rushed there and started digging ____ the ruins.

He kept digging and digging.Hours later,other ____ parents tried to pull him off ____ had been his son’s classroom,saying,“It’s too late!They’re all dead!”

But the father kept digging for his son.The fire chief ____ and said,“Fires are breaking out.You’re in ____.Go home.” Hearing this,the American father,____ very tired now,asked politely,“Are you going to help me?”

He went on ____.He dug for 8 hours ...12 hours ...24 hours ...36 hours ...then,in the 38th hour,he heard his son’s ____.He screamed his son’s name,“ARMAND!” And he heard his son shout back,“Dad?!It’s me,Dad!I told the other kids not to worry.I told them that if you were ____ you’d save us.You promised no matter what happened,you’d always be there for me!You did ____,Dad!”

After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.          

I had to walk home since all the _______ had stopped after the quake. On my way home I _______an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart _______. A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that said, “Please use our _______.” He was _______ his house for people to go to the restroom. My friend wanted to _______ others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will _______ you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to faraway place! Then the next day I drove to _______ my car with gas. There was a _______of gas now and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very ________ lines. I got ________, since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my ________, the man smiled and said, “________this situation, we are only giving $ 30 worth gas per person. Is that alright?” “Of course, I’m just glad that we are all able to ________,” I said. His smile gave me so much ________.

I saw a man at the evacuation (疏散) center ________ when people brought food to him. It was the first time in three days that food has been brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next ________ surprised me. “I am very ________ that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t ________ any food at all. Please go to that centre as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this ________.

In the wake of Chicago’s worst ever winter, when all of the rooftops were loaded, many overloaded with snow…Robert McGrath saw his wife run out to the backyard garage to_______some boxes.

Seconds later he heard the_______!

Looking out he saw the_______of the garage had caved in(下塌). McGrath did not_______for hat or coat…He ran from the house,_______a snow shovel, and called out for neighbors to_______.

Yelling and_______, with sweat freezing on his face---throwing snow and pulling away_______----he heard her voice and then saw her_______. He kept digging, throwing and pulling…

And within minutes he had his wife in his arms and was________“Are you all right? Are you all right? I thought you were________.Oh baby, I love you so much!” She was________.

What Robert McGrath did not________was this: Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and________through another. She was________in the house when she looked out and saw her husband digging and________orders and throwing planks of wood，feverishly trying to________her. She could not let her gallant(英勇) rescuer________. So she put her coat on again and went outside and________entered the garage through the________door--and allowed her husband to be her hero.