(1) ............ January, 17th, 1995, a powerful earthquake hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (2)......... or collapsed.

Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (3)............... working together to save their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (4).............. collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (5).............. out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organised themselves into (6)............... They worked out a system to send (7)....................... to where it was needed. Some people (8)........ food, water, clothes, to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (9)................... of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.

Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (10)................. from all over the world in 1995.

1. A. In B. At C. On

2. A. burn B. burned C. burning

3. A. to begin B. begin C. began

4. A. of B. on C. with

5. A. to put B. put C. puts

6. A. teams B. pair C. group

7. A. help B. helping C. to help

8. A. bring B. brings C. brought

9. A. part B. care C. note

10. A. receive B. received C. have receive