(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 organized themselves into (6)                 . They worked out a system to send (7)       to people who needed. Other teams searched for belongings in damaged stores and homes. Some people (8)                     food, water, clothes, and electric generators 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 back in 1995.

      1.   A. in                            B. at                            C. on                           D. from

      2.   A. is burning               B. burned                    C. burning                   D. burn

      3.   A. to begin                  B. are beginning          C. begin                       D. began

      4.   A. into                         B. of                            C. on                           D. with

      5.   A. to put                      B. putting                    C. puts                         D. put

      6.   A. teams                      B. pair                         C. group                      D. friends

      7.   A. helped                    B. helping                    C. help                         D. to help

      8.   A. brought                   B. bringing                  C. brings                      D. brought

      9.   A. part                         B. care                         C. caring                      D. note

      10. A. received                  B. is receiving             C. have received         D. receiving