Years ago, my father and I were on a summer road trip from Dallas to Austin. On our way back, the battery meter (电池电量计) seemed to act funny, jumping up then dropping down.

We stopped to buy a new battery and replaced (替换) the ___1___ one in the parking lot. And we went on our trip. We got about 20 miles outside the city when our car died. Then we ___2___ it was not the problem of the battery. We had to ___3___ on the side of the road. My father ___4___ the car and repaired it on his own, but it still didn’t work.

We were about to call for help when a ___5___ stopped in front of our car. A man got out and started walking towards us. He asked us what the problem was. My father ___6___ that our car was dead. The man said he had a tow chain (拖链) and would be able to tow us to Dallas, which was about 200 miles away. We agreed and thanked him.

Then my father stayed in our car, and I got on the truck. Later I learned the ___7___ of the truck driver. About a year ago, he was told by the doctor that he had lung cancer (肺癌), and his days were ___8___. Instead of doing treatment (治疗), he decided to accept the fact and spend the rest of his life driving all over Texas, and ___9___ people who were in need.

I can’t remember his name anymore, but I’ll never ___10___ him helping us that night.