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Unit4Earthquakes ANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN TSLEEP Period2Reading July28th 1976Tangshan Hebei About30 000peoplewerekilled Whatstrangethingswouldhappenbeforeanearthquake Whatdoyouthinkmayhappenbeforeanearthquake Thewaterinthewells and Andsomedeep couldbeseeninthewellwalls A gascameoutthecracks A rose fell cracks smelly Whatdoyouthinkmayhappenbeforeanearthquake B Miceranoutofthefields placestohide Fish outofbowsandponds lookingfor jumped Whatdoyouthinkmayhappenbeforeanearthquake C Thechickensandevenpigswere nervous eat Thedogwas loudlyagainandagain too to barking D Whatdoyouthinkmayhappenbeforeanearthquake Peoplecouldsee lightsinthesky bright Paragraph1 Paragraph2 Paragraph3 1 Lookateachpartandwritedownitsmainidea Part1 Part2 Beforetheearthquake begantohappenbutnoonetookanynoticeofthem Theearthquake thecityofTangShanand thepeopleverymuch Fast reading strange things destroyed shocked Paragraph4 Part3 The cametohelpthe bringing foranewlife army survivors hope 2 Jointhecorrectpartsofthesentences Thechickensdidn teatbecause2 Thepeopledidn tworrybecause3 Suchagreatnumberofpeoplediedbecause4 Waterwasneededbecause5 Thepeopledidnotlosehopebecause Ctheywerenervous Etheydidn tknowwhatthestrangeeventsmeant Bthequakehappenedwhiletheyweresleeping Ddamsandwellswereuseless Athearmycametohelpthem C E B D A Makeatimeline CarefulReading Forthreedays smellygascameout fish jump Para 1 wellwaterroseandfall cracks chickens pigs toonervoustoeat mice runouttohide Inthewell Inthefarmyard Atabout3 00amonJuly28 1976 thesoundofplanescouldbeheard waterpipes crackedandburst brightlightwereinthesky Inthesky Inthecity House roadsandcanals Steam Hillsofrock Thelargecity hadahugecrack burstfromholeintheground becameriversofdirt layinruins Para 2 3 At3 42amLaterthatafternoon At3 42am everythingbegantos Itseemedthattheworldwasa O 1 3 ofthenationf it Ah crackcutacrossthecity Thecitylayi Two thirdsofthepeopled orwerei Thenlaterthatafternoon anotherbigquakes TangShan whicht manyr workersanddoctors Peoplebegantowonderhowlongthed wouldl hake ne third elt uge nruins ied njured hook rapped escue isaster ast tanend Fillintheblanks Soonafterthequakes Thearmy Workers sent toTangshan teamsto thosewhowere andto thedead built for whosehomeshadbeen Para 4 Result Thecitybeganto again soldiers organized digout trapped bury shelters survivors destroyed breathe True T orfalse F Two thirdsofthenationfelttheearthquake 2 AllthepeopleinTangshanweredeadorinjuredduringtheearthquake 3 Allofthecity shospitals factories buildingsandhomesweredamagedintheearthquake F F F One third Two thirds 75 90 75 4 Laterthatafternoon aterribleearthquakeshookTangshanagain 5 Peoplesleptoutdoorsaftertheearthquake 6 Notonlythepeoplebutalsotheanimalswereshockedgreatly 7 Manyrescueworkersanddoctorsweretrappedundertheruinsduringtheaftershock T T T T Howdoyouunderstandtherealmeaningoftheidiom Itisalwayscalmbeforeastorm A Itisunusuallyquietbeforeathunderstormorhurricanehit B Oneshouldnottrustsituationsthatseempeacefulsincebadthingsmayhappen C Theweatherisfinebeforeastormcomes D Youshouldstaycalmbeforeastorm Choosethebestanswer A 2 Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage Ifthepigsweretoonervoustoeat theremustbeanearthquake B Ifsomenaturalsignshadnotbeenignored allthepeopleinTangshancitymighthavehadachancetosurvive C Therewouldn thavebeensuchagreatquakeifpeoplehadpaidenoughattentiontosomenaturalsigns D Ifsomenaturalsignshadnotbeenignored peoplemighthavehadachancetosurvive D 3 Whichofthefollowingisthemainreasonfortheheavylossoflifeinthequake A Theearthquakehappenedinthedeepnightwhenpeopleweresleepingdeeply B Thereweren tenoughrescueworkers C Thebuildingwerepoorlyconstructedandmostofthemweredestroyedinthequake D Peoplewerenotcarefulenoughtonoticesomenaturalsignsbeforetheearthquake A 1 ofthenationfelttheearthquake 2 Ahugecrackthatwas kilometreslongand meterswidecutacrosshouses roadsandcanals 3 In terriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins 1 3 8 30 15 Readthetextagainandfillintheblankswithwordsornumbers 4 ofthepeoplediedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake 5 Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan 6 Allofthecity shospitals of