I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to take my daughter from school. Our plan was to go swimming together. I finished my work at 4 o’clock and then went to the post office. Then I stopped off at a shop in order to get some fresh fruit. We’d like to have some fruit after swimming.
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school. Over my road was another road, which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn't know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn't move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn't move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road. I called out, “I’m here!” when I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car. “How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad, ”I said. “But my feet and legs feel as if they’re broken.”“We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can.” They didn't get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.
【小题1】When the earthquake took place, the writer was        .

一When shall we start the restoration of the historic buildings?

一Not until our plan________ by the committee．

Our holidays were coming to an end but we had not yet realized our plan to drive to Dalat. Our  1  about Dalat with its shining cherry blossoms (花) and scenic views were   2  us to start our journey.
Then one morning our dream  3. We hired a car and drove  4  to Dalat early in the morning. Splendid landscapes  5  on either side of the road   6   before us. The refreshing morning breeze was caressing (抚摸) our skin and in  7   spirits we were singing merrily.
When we reached Blao Pass, we saw a white  8  in front of us. We   9  down the pass. It seemed to us that the young girl in the white car did not want to be   10  as she was driving at full speed. Suddenly she lost  11  of her car; it turned to the left and crashed into the slope and  12  .
Quite frightened, we braked   13  and jumped out of our car. We turned her car over and pulled out the girl who was  14   in the car. The girl had narrowly escaped death. She was shivering like an aspen (白杨) leaf. In spite of her  15 , she looked very beautiful, just like an angel. When she had  16  from her panic, she timidly (胆小地) thanked us for having rescued her, then she looked at her flat  17  in despair.
Reading her thoughts, we took off our shirts and began to   18   the punctured tyre. We then put on the  19  wheel for her. As soon as the work had been done, we started our  20   again and followed Da Huong Lan—the girl we had helped.

74. We went _____ our plan carefully before we carried it out.

1.The most universal f__________ expression is the smile, which is to show happiness and put people at ease.

2.We hadn’t told anybody else about our plan, but c__________, he seemed to have

known what we would do next.

3.--What happened to Tom yesterday?

--He had a car accident, but f__________ he was not injured.

4.In order not to let others hear what they said, they talked in a w___________.

5.When the dog attacked me, I picked up a stick and d__________ myself.

6.Though She was very successful, she was never c__________ with what she had

achieved. 

7.Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest scientists in the world, has been

s___________ with illness for many years. （斗争）

8.--What do you think of my new dress?

--It’s pretty, but I don’t think it’s suitable for this __________. (场合)

9.Steven Spielberg is one of the best d__________ in the world, who has made a lot of

excellent movies. (导演)

10.At last Yuan Longpin succeeded in finding a way to increase rice harvests without

__________ the areas of fields. (扩大)