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Unit 4 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP

Strange things were happening in the countryside ___ northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wells ____ and ____. Farmers _______(注意到) that the well walls had deep cracks in them. A smelly gas came c _____(出来) the fields ________ _____(寻找) places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. ____ about 3:00 am ____ July 28, 1976, the sound of planes could be ______(听到) outside the city of Tangshan. In the city, the _____ ______(水管) in some buildings cracked and ________(爆裂). But the one million people of the city, who __________ ________ ____(不在意) these events, were asleep ____ _______(像往常一样) that night.

At 3:42 am everything began to shake.

_________________________________________(世界似乎到了末日！) Eleven kilometres directly below the city one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had _______(开始). A huge crack ______ ______ (横穿) houses, roads and canals. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city

____ ____ ______(变成了废墟). The ____________(灾难) of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of them ________ injured during the earthquake. The number of people who were killed ______ more than 400,000.

_______________________________________________________ (放眼望去，几乎一切都被毁了). All of the city’s hospital, 75％of its factories and buildings and 90％of its homes ______ _______(不见了). Bricks _______（覆盖）the ground like red autumn leaves. Sand now ______ (填满) the wells________ ___(而不是) water. People were

_______(震惊的). Water, food, and electricity were ______ _____

_____(很难获得)t. People began to wonder how long the disaster would ______(持续).

All hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army organized teams to____ _____(挖出) those who were ______(被困的) and to

_____(掩埋) the dead. _______(慢慢地), the city began to ______（呼吸）again.