________ number of people who were killed or injured in the earthquake reached more than 400 000, and number of people became homeless．

1. Before the earthquake farmers noticed there were deep cracks on some of the well walls.
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2. Mice ran out of the fields looked for some places to hide.
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3. People could hear the sound of planes outside city of Tangshan even when there were no planes in the sky. 
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4. Two-third of the people in Tangshan died or were injured during the earthquake. 
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5. 75% of its factories, buildings and 90% of its homes was gone. 
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6. A number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. 
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7. Workers built shelters for survivors their homes had been destroyed. 
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8. Fresh water was taken to the city by the train, truck and plane. 
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9. In fifteen terrible minutes the big city laid in ruins. 
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10. The frightening boy whose mother was lost in the earthquake is looking for her now. 
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     At 3: 42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, the greatest earthquake shook Tangshan. Before that, something
1. ________ looked strange was happening, but the one million people of the city, 2.________ thought
little of these events, were asleep as usual. One-third of the nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds, the
large city lay in ruins. It seemed 3. ________ the world was at an end. The suffering of the people was
extreme. Two-thirds of them died or were injured 4.________ the earthquake. The number of people
5. ________ were killed or injured reached more than 400, 000. Nearly everything was destroyed. What's
worse, another big quake shook Tangshan again. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped
6. ________ the ruins. No one knew 7.________ the disaster would last. Fortunately, the soldiers were
sent to help the rescue workers. Many people were dug out and the dead were buried. Shelters were built
for survivors. The children 8. ________ parents had died were sent to live with families in other cities.
Things 9. ________ great need were taken to the city. Slowly the city began to breathe again.

     At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed l_____ the world was 2_____ an end! Eleven kilometers
3_____ (direct) below the city the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century began. It was heard in Beijing,
4_____ is one hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers
long and thirty meters wide cut 5_____ houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from 6_____ (hole) in the
ground. Hard hills of rock became nvers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds
of the people died or 7_____ (injure) during the earthquake. Thousands of families 8_____ (kill) and many
children were left 9_____ parents. The number of people 10_____ were killed or injured reached more than
400,000.