16.China is one of the countries with the most serious earthquake disasters.(1)
earthquake that had a magnitude of 7.8(2)
in Tangshan located in northeast Hebei on July 28,1976.It was heard(3)
in Beijing,one hundred kilometers(4)
westwards.A huge crack of 8 kilometres long and thirty metres wide(5)
thousands of buildings,roads and canals,(6)
an industry urban(7)
population of one million a wasteland in seconds.The deaths and the injured totally(8)
400,000.It was the most destructive earthquake in the world during the 20th century. Before the shake,nature had(9)
many seismic signs;in the neighbouring countryside,the well water kept on rising and falling with deep crack walls,(10)
a smelly gas.Domestic animals(11)
too nervous to eat(12)
rats,snakes,etc,hurriedly(13)
.In the city strange events occurred,too.The water pipes in perfectly good condition burst without(14)
.All(15)
,the warnings from nature,failed to(16)
the one million people's understanding,who did everything(17)
.That's why such heavy loss beyond imagination was caused. The city seemed to be at the end.However,aid came from every corner of the country.Army troops were(18)
to the city's rescue.Teams of rescue workers were quickly organized.Slowly the city started to(19)
to normal. Now the people of Tangshan have turned their once destroyed homeland into a brand new Tangshan like a bright pearl(20)
the Bohai Bay.They pay much attention to the prevention of geologic disasters while developing industry and agriculture.