根据短文内容,填写所缺单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文意思完整。
A strong earthquake hit a small town last month. When the disaster came, most people 1. (do) their daily things. Some were reading books at home, and others 2. (work) in the fields. No one expected that the terrible moment would come so 3. (sudden).
At first, the ground 4. (shake) lightly. Then it became a strong shake in just a few seconds. Many houses fell down, and 5. number of people got hurt. People ran out of their homes in fear, but they didn't know where to go.
A young man who was a volunteer helped the 6. (village) a lot. He carried the injured to safe places and 7. (give) them some water and food. All the villagers worked together 8. (save) the people in danger.
It was a terrible experience, but 9. the help of the government and volunteers, the town started to recover soon. People rebuilt their homes and went back to 10. (they) normal life.
This earthquake taught us a lesson. We should know more about safety rules so that we can protect ourselves better when disasters come.

1. were doing 2. were working 3. suddenly 4. shook 5. a 6. villagers 7. gave 8. to save 9. with 10. their

1. 此处描述灾难来临的那一刻，人们正在做日常事务，是过去某一时刻正在进行的动作，需用过去进行时，主语most people为复数，故填were doing。
2. 此处和前半句"Some were reading books at home"为并列结构，同样用过去进行时描述当时其他人正在田间劳作的状态，主语others为复数，故填were working。
3. 此处需要副词修饰动词come，形容词sudden的副词形式为suddenly，意为“突然地”，故填suddenly。
4. 此处描述地震最初发生时地面的状态，是过去发生的动作，用一般过去时，shake的过去式为shook，故填shook。
5. 固定搭配a number of意为“许多、大量”，用来修饰可数名词复数，此处表示很多人受伤，故填a。
6. 此处表达志愿者帮助了村民们，village意为“村庄”，表示“村民”需变为villager，且用复数形式指代所有村民，故填villagers。
7. 此处and连接两个并列的谓语动词，前面的carried为一般过去时，give也要使用一般过去式，故填gave。
8. 此处用动词不定式作目的状语，表示村民们团结协作的目的是救助处于危险中的人，故填to save。
9. 固定搭配with the help of...意为“在……的帮助下”，是固定短语，故填with。
10. 此处需要形容词性物主代词修饰后面的名词短语normal life，they的形容词性物主代词为their，故填their。