Exercise 1. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
(1) _________ January 17th, 1995, a powerful earthquake (2) _________ hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (3) _________ or collapsed.
Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (4) _________ working together to (5) _________ their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (6) _________ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (7) _________ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (8) _________. They worked out a system to send (9) _________ to where it was needed. Some people (10) _________ food, water, clothes to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (11) _________ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.
Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (12) _________ from all over the world back in 1995.
1. A. in B. at C. on D. from
2. A. broke B. destroyed C. banged D. hit
3. A. is burning B. burned C. burning D. burn
4. A. to begin B. are beginning C. begin D. began
5. A. run B. save C. operate D. build
6. A. into B. of C. on D. with
7. A. to put B. putting C. puts D. put
8. A. teams B. pair C. group D. friends
9. A. helped B. helping C. help D. to help
10. A. brought B. bringing C. brings D. brought
11. A. part B. care C. caring D. note
12. A. received B. is receiving C. have received D. receiving
1C 2B 3C 4A 5B 6A 7A 8C 9B 10B
(1) _________ January 17th, 1995, a powerful earthquake (2) _________ the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (3) _________ or collapsed.
Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (4) _________ working together to (5) _________ their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (6) _________ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (7) _________ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (8) _________. They worked out a system to send (9) _________ to where it was needed. Some people (10) _________ food, water, clothes to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (11) _________ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.
Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (12) _________ from all over the world back in 1995.
1. A. in B. at C. on D. from
2. A. broke B. destroyed C. banged D. hit
3. A. is burning B. burned C. burning D. burn
4. A. to begin B. are beginning C. begin D. began
5. A. run B. save C. operate D. build
6. A. into B. of C. on D. with
7. A. to put B. putting C. puts D. put
8. A. teams B. pair C. group D. friends
9. A. helped B. helping C. help D. to help
10. A. brought B. bringing C. brings D. brought
11. A. part B. care C. caring D. note
12. A. received B. is receiving C. have received D. receiving
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