Strange things were 【小题1】(happen) in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wells 【小题2】(rise) and fell. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in 【小题3】(they). A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous 【小题4】(eat). Mice ran out of the field 【小题5】(look) for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. 【小题6】about 3:00 am on July 28th, 1976, some people saw 【小题7】(brightly) lights in the sky. The sound of planes could 【小题8】(hear) outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. 【小题9】 the one million people of the city, 【小题10】thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.