Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honored at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbor after a shocking knife    1    .

John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the    2    of the ten people who have saved the life of    3    .

John had been studying in his room when he heard Anne Slade    4    . When he and his father rushed outside, they    5    that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed    6    with a knife by her ex-boyfriend. The man ran from the    7    and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden    8    very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.

It was John's quick    9    and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade's life. He immediately asked a number of the    10    people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels（毛巾） and    11    from their house. John used these to dress the most severe    12    to Ms Slade's hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the    13    and ambulance arrived.

"I'm    14    of what I did but I was just doing what I had been    15    ，" John said.

John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When    16    John, Mr. Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, "There is no doubt that John's quick thinking and the first aid    17    that he had learnt at school saved Ms Slade's life. It shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real    18    ."

John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a    19    reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before    20    their awards last night.

1. A. show B. attack C. work D. defend

2. A. bravery B. life C. thinking D. progress

3. A. any other B. anyone C. every one D. others

4. A. quarreling B. arguing C. laughing D. screaming

5. A. realized B. believed C. thought D. discovered

6. A. repeatedly B. rudely C. frequently D. gradually

7. A. home B. place C. scene D. house

8. A. shaking B. struggling C. bleeding D. crying

9. A. action B. answer C. experience D. request

10. A. several B. nearby C. familiar D. curious

11. A. water B. bandages C. fire D. luggage

12. A. damages B. pains C. injuries D. arms

13. A. neighbors B. children C. doctor D. police

14. A. proud B. fond C. sure D. tired

15. A. expected B. taught C. encouraged D. educated

16. A. praising B. referring C. talking with D. congratulating

17. A. skills B. instructions C. key D. history

18. A. discovery B. harm C. difference D. choice

19. A. recent B. secret C. privat D. special

20. A. giving B. remembering C. announcing D. receiving