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. 小题1: A．city B．school C．bookstore D．countryside 小题2: A．fish B．water C．pigs D．chicken 小题3: A．cracks B．holes C．pictures D．colours 小题4: A．cars B．truck C．ship D．planes 小题5: A．as usual B．as follows C．as to D．as for 小题6: A．run B．fly C．shake D．stop 小题7: A．ended B．continued C．began D．went 小题8: A．high B．wide C．round D．away 小题9: A．terrible B．lovely C．happy D．ordinary 小题10: A．meeting B．class C．rain D．earthquake 小题11: A．number B．house C．money D．goods 小题12: A．workers B．teachers C．survivors D．death 小题13: A．playing B．digging C．sleeping D．traveling 小题14: A．wood B．plastics C．steel D．paper 小题15: A．milk B．water C．Cola D．birth 小题16: A．pleased B．shocked C．frightened D．interested 小题17: A．hard B．easy C．ready D．expensive 小题18: A．volunteers B．soldiers C．farmers D．students 小题19: A．helped B．killed C．injured D．trapped 小题20: A．shake B．die C．build D．breathe