★The chickens and the pigs 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　.

★Mice ran out of the fields 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　.

★Fish 　　　　　　　　 bowls and ponds.

★People could see bright 　　　 in the sky.

★The sound of 　　　 could be heard outside the city even when no planes were in the sky.

★The water pipes in some buildings cracked and 　　　.

　　B.Read through Para graphs 2~3 carefully and then do the true or false exercises:

　　True or false:

　　1)Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake.(　　)

　　2)The city of Tangshan lay in ruins within 15 seconds.(　　)

　　3)All of the city's hospitals,factories,buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake.(　　)

　　4)Later that afternoon,a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again.(　　)

　　C.Read through Para.4 carefully and fill in the blanks:

After the earthquakes 　　　 soldiers were sent to Tangshan. Lots of survivors were rescued and the dead were 　　　. 　　　 were built for survivors who lost their homes. 　　　　　　　was transported to the city. The city began to 　　　　　　　　. 　　

D.The structure of the passage

　　Part 1:

　　Part 2:

　　Part 3:

　　3.Cracking the hard points

　　Underline the sentences below in your text and observe them carefully.Try to understand the structures and translate them into Chinese.

　　1)But the one million people of the city,who thought little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.

　　2)Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents.

　　3)The number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000.

　　4)All hope was not lost.

　　4.Consolidation

Ⅰ.Join the correct parts of the sentences.

1.The chickens didn't eat because

2.The people didn't worry because

3.Such a great number of people died because

4.Water was needed because

5.The people did not lose hope because A.the army came to help them

B.the quake happened while they were sleeping

C.they were nervous

D.dams and wells were useless

E.they didn't know what the strange events meant