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In the last 500 years, several million people have been killed by earthquakes. Among all the
earthquakes, the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake is regarded as the
1 one in the twentieth century.
On July 28, 1976, a terrible earthquake of 7.8 magnitude (级)
2 Tangshan City, Hebei Province.
In just one second, the city with one million people was destroyed. The earthquake was
__3 strong
that even Beijing and Tianjin were seriously affected (受到影响). The shock was felt in 14 provinces and
cities-one-third of the country.
The earthquake took place
4 midnight. Most people could not take any actions.
Over 240,000
people
5 and about 170,000 were seriously injured. Water supplies, communications and traffic
were completely cut off.
The people there needed
6 immediately. But they could not wait for help
7 . They formed
groups to dig for others. They set up medical areas and tents. They searched for food and clean water.
Recovery(恢复)was not easy with so much
8 . Yet, after a lot of care was given in time, the
rebuilding of Tangshan began almost
9 . Though it took time, the whole city was rebuilt and is
10 home for over a million people, earning (赢得)Tangshan the name "Brave City of China".
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