1. Why didn't chickens eat before the earthquake?

2. Why did mice run out into the fields?

3. When did these strange events happen?

4. Why didn't people worry before the quake?

5. When did the first quake last?

6. How long did the first quake last?

7. How many people were killed or injured in the Tangshan earthquake?

8. Why were so many people killed or injured?

9. Who were trapped under the ruins when another quake shook Tangshan?

10. What did the army do after the big quake?

Answers:

1. Because they were too nervous.

2. Because they wanted to look for places to hide.

3. At about 3:00 am,on July28,1976.

4. Because they were sleep when the quake happened.

5. At 3:42 am,on July 28,1976.

6. Fifteen seconds.

7. More than 400,000.

8. Because they didn't expect the earthquake before it and didn't prepare for it.

9. Some of the rescue workers and doctors.

10. They dug out those who were trapped and buried the dead.

三． Scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph

Paragraph Topic sentence Position in the paragraph 　　1

　　2

　　3 4 Answers:

Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Beginning

Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. beginning

Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. Beginning

All hope was not lost. Beginning

四．Read the text carefully again and find some detailed information from it.

Paragraph1.

Signs before an earthquake

What can see:_______________________________________________.

What can smell:_____________________________________________.

What can hear:_____________________________________________.