高一英语必修一unit4课文语法填空练习

必修一unit4课文语法填空练习
A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.For three days the water in the village wells_______ (rise) and fell, rose and fell. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep _________（裂缝）in them. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous ______ eat. Mice________(run) out of the fields______ (look) for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 am _______ July 28,1976,some people________ (see) bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could be ___________(hear) outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and________ (burst). but the one million people of the city, ______ thought little of these events, were asleep as ________(usually) that night.
At 3:42am everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at end ! Eleven kilometers _____ (direct) below the city one of the__________(great)earthquakes of the 20th century had___________ (begin). It was _________(feel) in Beijing, _________is more than two hundred kilometers away .One-third of the nation felt it .A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty metres wide cut across houses, roads and__________ (canal). Steam burst from holes in the ground .Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city _____________(成为废墟) .The____________（suffer）of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of them _____(die) or ________injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many________(child) were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
But how could the survivors believe it was___________ (nature)? Everywhere they looked nearly everything was______________ (destroy). All of the city's hospitals,75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were ________(go). Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow __________ away. Two dams （fall）and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of (thousand) of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were___________ (die). Sand now filled the wells instead water. People were shocked. Then, later that afternoon, big quake which was almost as strong the first one shook Tangshan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were___________ (trap) under the ruins. Water, food, and electricity were hard (get). People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
All hope was not lost. The army___________ (send) 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. Hundreds of ____________(thousand) of people were helped. The army
organized teams to dig out who were trapped and to bury the (die). the north of the city, most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there. Workers built shelters for survivors __________ homes had been destroyed. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Office of the City Government
Tangshan,Hebei
China
July5,2007
Dear……,
_______________(congratulate)! We are pleased to tell you that you have______ (win) the high school (演讲比赛)about new Tangshan. Your speech was __________(hear) by a group of five___________ (judge), all of _______ agreed that it was the best one this year. Your parents and your school should be very _______(pride) of you!
Next month the city will open a new park to honour those who died in the terrible disaster. The park will also honour those who helped the _________(survive). Our office would like to have you speak to the park vistors _______ July 28 at 11:00 am. ___________(正如你们所知), this is the day the quake happened thirty…years ago.
We invite you to bring your family and friends ______ that special day.
Sincerely,
Zhang Sha。