三、词汇运用。
A thunderstorm was raging outside, but I 1. (watch) a TV drama on my sofa with my cat, warm and safe. 2. (sudden) I heard a loud noise and the room went dark. I thought it was a power cut. But then I found my house was on fire. I 3. (call) the firemen. I wasn't afraid until I couldn't find my cat. I was anxiously(焦急地) searching for it, but it was too dark. For the 4. (one) time I felt very afraid. 5. (luck), I found it by the back door soon. I picked it up and 6. (rush) out. We were both shaking.
A few people were watching outside. For a moment, I stood with them and watched my house 7. (burn). I rang my parents, who came over and drove me away.
The next time I saw my house was on the news and that was when I 8. (final) found out what had happened: My house had been hit by lightning.
9. (late) that morning I went back to the remains(残骸) of my house. The walls and the ceiling were still there, but everything was black and damaged.
The firemen said the stairs and roof could come down, but I carefully went up to my bedroom 10. (save) what I could.

1. was watching 2. Suddenly 3. called 4. first 5. Luckily 6. rushed 7. burning 8. finally 9. Later 10. to save

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Humans can't stop natural disasters because we can't stop the power of 1. .
For example, a flood comes when there is too much water on land. Sometimes, it can come after a 2. rainstorm at sea. Then too much sea water comes onto the land. Fast 3. flood can hurt us. It can also destroy our homes. We can't stop the water from coming, but we can 4. to stop the water by making a wall with sandbags. Sometimes, the sandbags help stop the water. Sometimes they don't.
An earthquake 5. where land moves. The land goes up and down. The land 6. . We may be hurt by things that fall down in an earthquake. Falling things can 7. fires. We can't stop an earthquake from coming. We can try to make our homes strong in order to 8. them from falling down in an earthquake.
A tornado(龙卷风) is fast 9. that goes around and around over the land. A tornado can pick up everything. It can break anything. A typhoon is a big storm with fast moving wind and rain. It 10. at sea and can come onto the land. Its fast wind can hurt us and our homes.
We can't stop the power of nature, but we can go to safe places.

1. nature 2. big 3. moving 4. try 5. happens 6. shakes 7. start 8. prevent 9. air 10. begins