Strange things were happening in the
51 in northeast Hebei Province. For three days the 52 in the village wells rose and fell. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep 53 in them. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jumped out of ponds. People saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could be heard outside Tangshan even when no 54 were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, went to bed
55 that night.
At 3:42 am everything began to
56 . It seemed that the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century
57 . It was heard in Beijing, which is one hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters
58 cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen
59 seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or were injured during the
60 . Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. The
61 of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
But how could the
62 believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow them away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for
63 . The railway tracks were now useless pieces of
64 . Tens of thousands of cows would never give
65 again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens had died. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were
66 . Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were
67 to get. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
All hope was not lost. The army sent 150,000
68 to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were
69 . The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. To the north of the city, most of the 10.000 miners were rescued from the coalmines. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to
70 again.
| 小題1: | | A．city | B．school | C．bookstore | D．countryside |
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| 小題2: | | A．fish | B．water | C．pigs | D．chicken |
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| 小題3: | | A．cracks | B．holes | C．pictures | D．colours |
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| 小題4: | | A．cars | B．truck | C．ship | D．planes |
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| 小題5: | | A．a(chǎn)s usual | B．a(chǎn)s follows | C．a(chǎn)s to | D．a(chǎn)s for |
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| 小題7: | | A．ended | B．continued | C．began | D．went |
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| 小題8: | | A．high | B．wide | C．round | D．a(chǎn)way |
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| 小題9: | | A．terrible | B．lovely | C．happy | D．ordinary |
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| 小題10: | | A．meeting | B．class | C．rain | D．earthquake |
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| 小題11: | | A．number | B．house | C．money | D．goods |
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| 小題12: | | A．workers | B．teachers | C．survivors | D．death |
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| 小題13: | | A．playing | B．digging | C．sleeping | D．traveling |
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| 小題14: | | A．wood | B．plastics | C．steel | D．paper |
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| 小題15: | | A．milk | B．water | C．Cola | D．birth |
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| 小題16: | | A．pleased | B．shocked | C．frightened | D．interested |
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| 小題17: | | A．hard | B．easy | C．ready | D．expensive |
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| 小題18: | | A．volunteers | B．soldiers | C．farmers | D．students |
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| 小題19: | | A．helped | B．killed | C．injured | D．trapped |
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| 小題20: | | A．shake | B．die | C．build | D．breathe |
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t morning on the ship Mr Ling met an Englishman at table. The man said to him, “Good morning!” He thought the Englishman told his name to him. So he stood up and said, “Ling Bing!” And it was repe
ated a few mornings and Mr Ling told a teacher about it. Hearing him, the teacher began to laugh and said, “He says hello to you in the mor
as I 43 looked at the other way. Mark kept 44 his budget and 45 into his pocket for his money. 46 was not there! There was a 
hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood 47 the store holding his basket, tears rolling down his cheeks. His whole body was 48 with his sobs. Then a(n) 49 thing happened. A 50 shopping in the store came up to Mark. She knelt down and took him 51 her arms. “You would do me the favor if you let me 52 your money,” said the woman. “It would be the most wonderful present you could ever give 
me. I only ask you could 53 . One day, when you grow up, I would like you to find someone you can help. I know you feel as good about it 54 I do now when you do help other people.” Mark took the money, tried to dry his 55 and ran to the checkout as fast as he could go.
hope for less fortunate children.
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