题目内容：

Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Actually it is not true. Before the Tangshan earthquake, strange things happened. Some animals were too n________1.to eat and the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b_______2.. At 3:42 a.m. the terrible earthquake broke out. In fifteen seconds, a large city lay in r_______3. The suffering of the people was e________4.. Almost everything was d_______5. and thousands of children were left homeless. Before people could r__________6.from the first quake, a second one hit the city. Some rescue workers and doctors were t_________7. underground. Water, food, and e________8.were cut off. People began to wonder how long the d________9. would last.

       L_________10., people all over the nation offered the helping hand. With the joint efforts, the city began to breathe again.