Emma was on her way home when she heard a sudden scream. Looking around, she saw a little boy on the sidewalk gasping (急喘) for air, his frighted mother begging 【小题1】 help. Emma rushed to the boy, whose face had turned purple. “What’s wrong?” “A candy! In his throat!” It was lucky that Emma 【小题2】 (learned) how to perform the Heimlich maneuver (海姆立克急救法) at school. She acted 【小题3】 (quick). Soon, the boy coughed up a piece of candy and began breathing again. He was saved in time.

The old man pulled on him all that he could【小题1】(bring) him closer. For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side. Then he straightened 【小题2】(he) and began another circle. The old man felt faint again now but he held 【小题3】 the great fish all the strain that he could. When he put all of his effort on, 【小题4】(start) it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his 【小题5】(strong), the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away. The old man’s mouth was too dry 【小题6】(speak) but he could not reach for the water now. On the next turn, he nearly had him. 【小题7】 again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. Twice more it was the same on the turns. The old man had been on the point of 【小题8】(feel) himself go each time. He tried it once more and he felt himself 【小题9】(go) when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly 【小题10】 the great tail weaving in the air. Although his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes, the old man would try it once again.

For the past 13 years, Martin Burrows has been working as a long-distance truck driver. Spending up to five nights a week on the road can be a lonely business, 【小题1】 (leave) him with plenty of time to notice his surroundings. “I kept seeing more rubbish everywhere and it was getting on my nerves. I decided I had to do something about it,” he says. One day, he stopped his vehicle, 【小题2】 (take) out a trash bag and started picking up the garbage. The satisfaction after clearing a small area was extremely 【小题3】 (remark).

Before his time on the road, Burrows spent over two decades in the military【小题4】 a vehicle driver. His service saw him stationed throughout Europe and also on tours in Afghanistan. After returning to civilian life, he was diagnosed with PTSD (创伤后应激障碍) and had to experience situations 【小题5】 his mental health suffered a lot in 2017. His 【小题6】 (contribute) in fund-raising for Help for Heroes led him 【小题7】 (meet) a man who used model-building as a distraction from PTSD. Burrows realized that his act of roadside cleanup had a similar calming effect on his mental well-being

By 2019, Burrows 【小题8】 (begin) using his free time on the road to regularly clean up garbage. Some【小题9】 (passer-by) encouraged him to set up a Facebook group, which he called Truckers Cleaning Up Britain. Since truckers are so often on the move, the Facebook page acts as 【小题10】 means of raising awareness rather than a platform for organizing cleanups. Burrows expressed his intention to continue the cleanup efforts as long as his physical condition allowed, as he still found joy in the process.