The day started like any other. Papa came back ________ his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast. Seven-year-old Jonas was doing homework, while his little brothers ran around the yard. That day seemed ________, but Alejo knew better.

Alejo felt shaking, and his ears perked up（竖着）, listening for what had already ________. Alejo made a crying sound, and Mama said, “Sh!”

Suddenly, a strange roaring（轰鸣） sound began. Papa ran to a nearby building’s roof（屋顶）to find out what was happening. But Alejo knew better. The shaking of the ground ________ up his padded paws（肉掌）. He wanted to run, but he didn’t dare to leave his family.

“Why were they waiting? Didn’t they know that a great earthquake had roared under the ocean and would soon bring strong waves onto the land?” Alejo thought.

And then Papa shouted with fear from the rooftop, “Tsunami（海啸）! Run!”

Mama grabbed（抓）a little boy under each arm and shouted to Jonas, “Jonas, run! Follow me up the ________. Fast!”

But the roar had gotten louder, ________ her words. All that Jonas had heard was, “Run!” And he ran back home where he thought he would be safe. Alejo barked（吠） and barked, but the tsunami made it ________ to hear his voice, too.

Alejo ran to Jonas and gently bit（咬） his feet, ________ the boy wouldn’t move. Jonas pushed the dog away, but Alejo would not give up. He grabbed（抓） Jonas’s shirt in his ________, and he pulled and pulled till his mouth broke. With all his strength, he pulled Jonas back outside. Finally, the boy understood.

Alejo and Jonas ran and ran till they reached the top of the hill and met their family. They had a mother-father-brothers-dog thankful hug, though they saw the house was ________ damaged（毁坏）.

It was October 24, 2021. The news on TV ________ that a heavy rainstorm was on the way to the north of California, the USA. Hearing the news, people ________ to prepare necessary things for the rainstorm, such as candles, matches and flashlights. They also made sure to close all the windows. In the evening, the rainstorm finally came with strong ________. Soon it started to rain heavily. This has been the heaviest rainstorm in California since 1995.

The heavy rainstorm ________ the power failure (停电). Without power, thousands of people had to use candles or flashlights to give ________. What was worse, the heavy rain made it difficult for people to fall ________.

The rain didn’t ________ until the next morning. It caused the water levels (水位) in the rivers to rise ________. As a result, many areas were under water. The heavy rainstorm also caused mudslides (泥石流). Rubbish and ________ trees were everywhere. After the heavy rainstorm, people in the north of California had to work hard to make their life ________ to normal.

A terrible storm swept through two villages last year. It started at around 2:00 p.m. and ________ for only 30 minutes. ________ it caused a lot of damage (损失).

The houses of more than 32 families fell down. The windows of twenty houses were ________ and there were many holes on the top of the houses. Several people were badly hurt and taken to the ________. Over two hundred people were homeless after the ________. I was one of them, and I also lost ________ home.

I still ________ that I was having dinner with my parents when I heard a strange and loud noise (声音). A few minutes later, our house ________ on top of us. We tried our best to climb out. But after climbing out, I couldn’t ________ my mother. So I went back inside of the fallen house ________ and took her out.

I looked ________ outside and found the village in a(n) ________. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. Just then I ________ my neighbor Mr. Wang was under his fallen house. I told my father and we ran to ________ him. Soon, the storm was dying down, and all the neighbors started to help each other. ________ the storm broke many things apart, it brought people closer together.