1. In the city, the water ______ (管子) in some buildings cracked and burst.
2. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ______ (废墟).
3. But how could the survivors believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked near everything was ______
    (破坏).
4. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious ______ (缺点). She can be really stubborn.
5. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the ______ (灾难) would
    last.
6. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she ______ (说服) me to buy one. And so
    I did.
7. The task was difficult, but Helen's ______ (坚决的) expression let me know that she would not give up.
8. Although many Americans move a lot, they still _______ (辨认出) and understand each other's dialects.
9. Sadly, I am only able to look at nature through dirty ______ (窗帘) hanging before very dusty windows.
10. ______ (青少年) like to gossip, and they often see something that isn't real.