A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind’s most dreaded fears—getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework 【小题1】(do) in a single night, owing to his calm-witted character.
Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school 【小题2】the lift suddenly came to a stop. A moment of panic followed before the 【小题3】(teenage) could find a way out.
Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, 【小题4】(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but it didn’t work.
Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time passed by. He slipped a note through the door 【小题5】the message “people stuck inside, please ask the property management for help,” and hoped someone 【小题6】(pick) it up and act on it.
After exhausting all his options without knowing how long 【小题7】would take before someone found him, he took out his textbooks and started to do his homework 【小题8】(patient).
Soon after he finished his duties, Sun heard loud 【小题9】(voice) outside. A large crowd including his teachers and other parents had come to the rescue, by which time he 【小题10】(trap) in the elevator for over five hours.