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Tangshan EarthquakeBefore the earthquake
The (1) ______ in the village wells rose and fell again and again.The well walls had deep (2) ______ in them,of which a smelly gas came out.
(3) ______ in the farmyards became so nervous as not to eat.Even the (4) ______ of planes could be heard and water pipes cracked and (5) ______ .
During the earthquake
At 3:42am everything began to (6) ______ .A huge crack with (7) ______ kilometers long and thirty meters; wide appeared in the ground,and hard hills of rock became (8) ______ of dirt.
Damages of the earthquake
Over 400,000were killed or (9) ______ in the earthquake.And many children became orphans.Nearly everything was (10) ______ .