One Tuesday afternoon, Molly returned home from school. She called out for her mother 1 there was no reply. Thinking that her mother had gone out, Molly went into the kitchen to see 2 .
However, Molly came across a strong smell of smoke, 3 ! The towel（毛巾）beside the stove（火炉）had caught fire. Thinking that her parents were not at home, Molly 4 that she had to put out the fire alone. She ran to the living room 5 the fire extinguisher （灭火器）before returning to the kitchen to put out the fire.
When the fire was put out, Molly ran back to 6 living room, picked up the telephone and tried to call her mother. At that moment, her mother came out of the bedroom with a（n） 7 expression（表情）on her face. After Molly told her what had happened. she said sorry to Molly 8 falling asleep with the stove still on.
Molly 9 for putting out the fire. The fire would have spread to other parts of the house if Molly had come home any later. Molly was glad that her father had taught 10 to use the fire extinguisher. It had helped to prevent a fire from breaking out at home.
