Judy Burton’s hands keep shaking as she looks at what has been her third-floor apartment. She can_________her clothes that still hang in the closet, through the building’s _________walls. Across the street, the _________where neighbors often met for lunch is lost in ruins, too. Hundreds of buildings are reduced to nothing and streets are littered with fallen _________and their branches.

Standing among the noise of heavy machines that are clearing the ruins, Judy is very worried about her _________neighbors. They’re feared among the dead, as they were probably_________to escape in time.

On receiving the warning in the middle of the night, she took her dog and helped a neighbor to her basement _________. Down there, she watched the tornado_________from the window and saw the buildings were leveled to their foundations in a few _________. At the very moment, she realized that she and her neighbors, who have survived would have nothing and _________to go in the morning.

_________, she has found hope at a shelter. Donations have poured in. Volunteers from surrounding counties have come in hundreds. People from Mayfield take care of each other. “That is the spirit of my country. If you’re in a trouble, there’s always somebody going to________,” she said.

The destructive tornado cut a 3.2-kilometer-long_________through Mayfield, killing 8 people and _________homes and businesses. It continued into the nearby counties. But no place saw more destruction than Mayfield, where hundreds of people were left _________ .

Children need to be prepared for an earthquake as much as adults, if not more. For babies and children, special ______ should be paid to ___ their environment as safe as possible. Their beds should be placed ____ from windows and tall, unsteady bookcases and shelves that could ___down.

At the very least a 72-hour ___of extra water, bottles, food, juices, clothing, plenty of diapers(尿布), baby wipes and ready medicines should be ___where it is most likely to get ___an earthquake. Also keep an extra diaper bag with these things in your car. Store baby cars, blankets and baby beds with right wheels to put babies in to leave in time, if ___. Set soft pads(垫子) in baby beds or baby cars to ___babies during the shaking.

By age three or so, children can ____what an earthquake is and how to get ____for one. Take the time to explain what ____earthquakes ____what they’ll understand. Include your children in family discussions and planning for earthquake ____. Take drills and review safety procedures(步骤) ____six months. Show children the safest places to be in each room when an earthquake hits. Also show them all ____exits from each room. Teach children what to do ____they are during an earthquake (at school, in a tall building, outdoors). 　 ______ children’s emergency cards at school are up-to-date.

___children should not turn off any lights, it’s important that they know what gas smells like. Advise children to tell a(n) ____if they smell gas after an earthquake.

When he was a child, Lou Zhonghua wanted to be a firefighter. “I always felt that driving a fire truck to put out a fire was amazingly a thing to be _________ of,” said the 50-year-old from Yiwu, Zhejiang province.

When he was old enough, Lou _________ to join the fire department, but his application was _________ after he failed the physical examination. He went on to work as a driver for a transportation company, until 2003 when he was _________ as a forest firefighter in his village.

Lou patrolled the woods, _________ anything that might cause a fire. His devotion and hard work led to him

being appointed a leader of the forest firefighting team when it was established in 2005. He moved his family into the _________ in order to patrol more effectively and built a farm with rooms which were used to _________ fire equipment. He cleared roads through the forest to give better vehicular _________ and even bought a fire truck with his own money.

His wife, Huang Wuzhen, learned how to fight fires as well and became the only _________ forest firefighter in Yiwu. “It’s a(n) __________ job, but I choose to fight fires with him rather than stay at home __________,” she said. Their 19-year-old son, Lou Jiajun, has also followed in his father’s footsteps and will become a professional firefighter after being accepted into the fire department earlier this year.

In Yiwu, wildfires are common, __________ in winter when the weather is dry. Over the Spring Festival holiday of 2014, Lou and his family exhausted themselves putting out fires with a fire hose after traditional fire extinguishers (灭火器) had no effect at all. “It was very __________ for us to carry fire extinguishers up the mountains,” the father said.

This experience convinced Lou Zhonghua that he needed his own fire truck, so he used his own money to buy a 400,000 yuan fire truck. “As long as we can __________ our beautiful home-land well, it’s worth the __________.” Lou said.