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(2022秋·上海浦东新·九年级上海市进才中学北校校考期中)Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给):
The earthquake shook down hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of walls and chimneys in San Francisco. But the fire that followed burned up hundreds of m 1 of dollars’ worth of buildings. Not in history has a modern city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it b 2 memories.
On Wednesday morning at a quarter past five came the earthquake. By Wednesday afternoon, half the heart of the city was gone. I watched the big fires from out on the bay. East, west, north and south, strong winds were b 3 upon the dead city. Day and night the fires continued.
Wednesday night saw the destruction of the very heart of the city. Time and time again, successful efforts were made by the firefighters, and every time, the flames would appear once again from the sides or from behind them only to defeat their hard-won v 4 .
Throughout the night, tens of thousands of homeless people made their escape. Toy wagons and go-carts were used as trucks. Union Square was packed with refugees. Government tents had been set up. People were lining up for free meals. Everybody was p 5 . Never in all of San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on this horrible night.
At one o’clock in the morning, I walked down t 6 the heart of the city. A rain of ashes was falling. Not one person was in sight. I stood at the corner of Kearney and Market. The place had been given up. A few blocks away, it was burning on both sides. The street was a wall of flames.
All day Thursday and Thursday night, all day Friday and Friday night, the fires continued to burn. Friday night saw the flames finally put out, though not until after Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill had been d 7 .
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