If you were in trouble, what would you do? Would you wait, ask for help or 1 it by yourself?
Once, a terrible flood(水灾)destroyed(毁坏)a village．A man was trapped(困住)in the flood．The water was all around him in front of a house, 2 he was not very scared because he always believed in God．He thought God was coming for his safety．At that moment, a big wooden board came．If he caught it, the board would 3 him out, but the man kept waiting for God．He didn’t take a(n) 4 at it at all．Then a small boat drifted(漂流)by, but the man still kept waiting and did nothing．The water was deeper and deeper．The two people in another boat were 5 him and shouted to him, “Come on and go with us!” But the 6 man stayed there and kept waiting for God．
You can guess the result easily．The man died in the end．When he saw God in heaven(天堂)，he complained to God, 7 didn’t you save me?” God said he had tried to save him．The big wooden board, the small 8 , and the two men were all the things that he had sent to help him, but the man 9 them．From this we can see that God helps those who help 10 ．If you don’t help yourself, God won’t help you, either．