On the night of October 8, 1871, a fire started in Chicago and burned for 27 hours．More than 17 000 h　　1　　 were burned down．But it was l　　2　　 that only a few people lost their lives．It is said that the fire was started when Mrs．O'Leary's cow k　　3　　 over a kerosene(煤油)lamp with i　　4　　 head．Although this story-still goes on today, what really caused the fire is not k　　5　　 yet．

　　Many poor people stayed in their homes until the l　　6　　 moment in order to save the little that they had in the world．H　　7　　, they were forced to leave when the fire reached their houses．

　　T　　8　　 of people were left homeless, but Chicago was completely rebuilt in two years．Because of the fire and the need for safer buildings, the high building w　　9　　 was built of steel and stone was developed b　　10　　 the Chicago architect(建筑师)Louis Sullivan．

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An earthquake hit Wenchuan, Sichuan Province at 2∶18 p.m.on 12^th May．It was one of the b　　(1)　　 earthquakes in the world in the past 100 years．It happened suddenly．M　　(2)　　 of people w　　(3)　　 hurt．Many people lost their l　　(4)　　．After the earthquake, many charities helped and supported the homeless people b　　(5)　　 sending food and clean water．The volunteers from China and many other countries tried their b　　(6)　　 to do voluntary work．W　　(7)　　 their help, a large n　　(8)　　 of people were saved．Last week, our school organized a fund-raising e　　(9)　　 to raise money for those people in n　　(10)　　．We hope everything goes well．

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　　On May 12th, 2008, a terrible earthquake happened in Wenchuan, Sichuan．After that, almost all of the buildings were destroyed．　　1　　(千)of people were hurt or killed．At the 　　2　　(相同的)time, stories of how teachers saved the students and often sacrificed(献出)their own 　　3　　(生命)in the earthquake are already beginning to move more and more people around the country．

　　Tan Qianqiu was a politics teacher, who 　　4　　(教书)in Dongqi Middle School．On Monday morning he got up at six as 　　5　　(平常的)．Then he dressed their baby daughter and took the child for a walk before 　　6　　(离开)for work．When the earthquake hit, he was in the classroom with his students．After the earthquake, people found Tan covered four students 　　7　　(在下面)his body．All the four students were saved．However, Tan, only 51, left his wife and two daughters forever．

　　We all feel 　　8　　(真正地)sad when we hear such stories．But we are also 　　9　　(自豪的)of these teachers．People all over the country regard them as 　　10　　(我们的)national herose．We will never forget them．