The day started like any other. Papa came back ________ his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast. Seven-year-old Jonas was doing homework, while his little brothers ran around the yard. That day seemed ________, but Alejo knew better.

Alejo felt shaking, and his ears perked up（竖着）, listening for what had already ________. Alejo made a crying sound, and Mama said, “Sh!”

Suddenly, a strange roaring（轰鸣） sound began. Papa ran to a nearby building’s roof（屋顶）to find out what was happening. But Alejo knew better. The shaking of the ground ________ up his padded paws（肉掌）. He wanted to run, but he didn’t dare to leave his family.

“Why were they waiting? Didn’t they know that a great earthquake had roared under the ocean and would soon bring strong waves onto the land?” Alejo thought.

And then Papa shouted with fear from the rooftop, “Tsunami（海啸）! Run!”

Mama grabbed（抓）a little boy under each arm and shouted to Jonas, “Jonas, run! Follow me up the ________. Fast!”

But the roar had gotten louder, ________ her words. All that Jonas had heard was, “Run!” And he ran back home where he thought he would be safe. Alejo barked（吠） and barked, but the tsunami made it ________ to hear his voice, too.

Alejo ran to Jonas and gently bit（咬） his feet, ________ the boy wouldn’t move. Jonas pushed the dog away, but Alejo would not give up. He grabbed（抓） Jonas’s shirt in his ________, and he pulled and pulled till his mouth broke. With all his strength, he pulled Jonas back outside. Finally, the boy understood.

Alejo and Jonas ran and ran till they reached the top of the hill and met their family. They had a mother-father-brothers-dog thankful hug, though they saw the house was ________ damaged（毁坏）.

A terrible rainstorm earlier this week hit the city. Some people were inside a ________ during the terrible storm. A 21-year-old worker was regarded as their ________. He was a college student who worked part-time there.

Satchel Smith was supposed to work at the front desk in the hotel. After his father drove him for work on Wednesday, he ________ to work for eight hours before going home later that evening.

The terrible storm ________ through the area and flooded many of the roads and highways. Satchel was now the only worker who was serving the hotel   ________ 90 guests trapped（陷入困境） inside—and he faced the challenge bravely.

Angela Chandler was one of the guests staying at the hotel under Satchel's care. She took a photo of Satchel and posted it on Facebook to ________ him for his hard work.

Satchel was the hotel manager and ________ for 36 hours. Luckily, he was not ________ alone in his work. The guests pulled together to help ________ serve the meals and wash the dishes. Other guests even ________ to help and bring clean water and food to the truck drivers trapped nearby. "The guests were very ________," he told CNN. "We're like a big family." ________ his co-workers arrived on Friday, Satchel was able to take a quick rest before he went back to work and waited for his family to pick him up.