O【小题1】 cold midnight after the birthday party of Tom’s, my husband Jack and I were driving home when suddenly the car stopped. “We’ve covered half the way.” I said. “There must be something wrong with the car. I can’t s【小题2】 it again,” said Jack.

What a car! We got out to look a【小题3】 for help, but could there be any person at s【小题4】   a time? It was dark and nothing could be d【小题5】 to make it go. We h【小题6】 to walk home. We knew it would take us two hours to get home on foot, and we were so tired. But what e【小题7】 could take us home? It was so cold in the car! At once we began to walk home.

We were at the door at about 2:30 when I r【小题8】 that I had left the key in the car! How sad it is! “Break the window and climb in.” said Jack. He picked up a stone, broke the window and was r【小题9】 to climb when someone from behind caught Jack b【小题10】 the arm. It was a policeman!

“What are you going to do, man?” he asked. “Come with me to the police station, you two!”

I told him the whole story. At last he understood what I had said and I was let to get in.

It was three o’clock in the morning!

It was the last day for Teddy in the company. After he packed up all his personal belongings, he started back home. An old lady stood on the side of the road. He a【小题1】 didn’t see her. Even in the dim(微弱) light of day, he could see she was in trouble. Teddy stopped his car and got out, walked towards the old lady.

Even with the smile on his face, she was w【小题2】. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe.

He said, “I am here to help you, Madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it is warm? By the way, my name is Teddy.”

Well, all she had was a flat tire(爆胎), but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Teddy lay down and moved under the car changing the tire. But he had to get d【小题3】 and his hands hurt.

As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing though. She was grateful for his help.

Teddy just smiled as he finished the work. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would be all right with her. She already i【小题4】 all the awful things that might happen if he had not stopped. Teddy never thought about being paid. This was not a j【小题5】 to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could do him or her a favour w【小题6】 hesitation. Teddy added, “And think of me.”

He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold day and he had felt d【小题7】 just now. Now he felt good as he went home, disappearing into the twilight(暮色).

Nautilus bumped against the ice. We were trapped in the ice. We worked hard. By the next morning, the h【小题1】was deeper but now the sides of the tunnel were narrowing(变窄). We worked h【小题2】. The hole grew deeper, but the air in the Nautilus was very bad. Then, the captain had a new idea. He heated water in his batteries and pumped it into the hole. This s【小题3】 the space from narrowing, and the men worked as quickly as they could to dig the hole deeper.

It was a t【小题4】 night. We had so little air that everybody had a headache and could hardly breathe.

Then, the captain drove the Nautilus into the hole.The ice cracked(破裂), suddenly, the Nautilus was f【小题5】. It sped quickly northwards under the ice. We still had no air. My face was purple, and my lips were blue. I could not breathe. I could n【小题6】 see nor hear. I was going to die! Ned and Conseil found some air in one of the diving tanks. They gave it to me. Then, I felt the Nautilus bump into the ice a【小题7】 our heads. Again and again it hit the ice.

Finally, it b【小题8】 through. Air rushed into the submarine(潜水艇),and we could breathe again. Ned, Conseil, and I r【小题9】 onto the board. We breathed and breathed, and I thanked my friends for saving me with the a【小题10】 in the tanks.

The Nautilus continued sailing north for a few days.