To me, the most frightening natural disaster is an earthquake. The ground begins shaking and things begin to 【小题1】. Meanwhile you are frightened and worried to death. You may wonder 【小题2】 the earthquake will last, and how bad it will be.

An earthquake is 【小题3】 than a typhoon or most other disasters because you have plenty of warning with a typhoon and can 【小题4】 it. However, you seldom get a warning before 【小题5】 comes, so there is nothing you can do to prepare.

The forest fires began on March 23 in Northern Thailand. The fires caused serious air 【小题1】 in several parts of Northern Thailand. And no rain and hot weather made the situation 【小题2】. According to a park worker, they had 【小题3】 putting out forest fires, because there were some materials which can burn easily and strong winds blew across firebreaks.

At the same time, about 3,000 officials and soldiers 【小题4】 to fight against the fires. Plenty of water was dropped to stop the heavy fire which had burned 【小题5】 a week in Doi Suthep Pui National Park. Soldiers and officials 【小题6】 14 hours a day keeping the fire under control. Helicopters from Environment Ministry and Interior Ministry have been dropping water on fires, 【小题7】 drones (无人机) were being used to discover new fires. 【小题8】, the fires are controlled now.

Facing the unexpected natural disaster (灾难), what we have to do firstly is to learn how to protect 【小题9】. And always remember to pull together 【小题10】 the disaster. Although it broke many things apart, it brought people closer together.

Super Typhoon Lekima(利奇马) swept 【小题1】 Zhejiang Province on 10^th August. More than a million residents were evacuated（疏散）from China's coast in advance. Government has canceled 【小题2】 and high-speed trains. However, 【小题3】 rains and strong winds still caused a direct economic loss of $2.1 billion. By 12^th, the death toll has 【小题4】 to 39 while nine others remained missing. In the city of Linhai, the worst-hit area, water 【小题5】 the top of the first floor. Rescue teams and firefighters were sent there from many cities, including Ningbo.