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Answer questions by referring to survivors’ tales from Tangshan earthquake. Note: When more than one answer is’ required, th

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问题     Answer questions by referring to survivors’ tales from Tangshan earthquake.
    Note: When more than one answer is’ required, these may be given in any order. Some choices may be required more than once.
    A = Li Yulin
    B = Wang Ying
    C = Lin Hong
    D = Wang Baozhan
    Who said that...
A
Li Yulin
    The terrible earthquake still lingers in the memory of Li Yulin even after 30 years. Li, 72, at that time Vice Chairman of the trade union of Tangshan Coalmine, returned home at 11 on the night of July 27, 1976. He was awakened when the earth thundered. "The sound was so frightening that it still get me trembling when I recalled it", Li noted. He said he realized it was an earthquake and immediately pulled his wife down, and they laid flat on their faces beside the bed. "We were tossed in the air because of the violent shaking, and our nerves were frazzled", Li recalled.
    In less than 20 seconds, the house collapsed. A wardrobe supported the fallen roof, however, Li managed to pull his wife and three children out of the house. Finding a safe place for his family, Li ran to the mine, wearing nothing but his underpants. He was worried about the 2,000 miners who were still working underground. "The night was dead quiet and I could even hear my heartbeat. I felt as if I was alone in the world", Li said, "The railroad tracks were twisted into an S-shape, and some were two meters above the ground".
    After seeing that the miners were all safe, Li knew the most urgent thing was to report the disaster to higher authorities. Li, together with three others, drove the only vehicle available, an ambulance, to Beijing and informed the Central Government leaders of the situation, enabling the government to send rescue teams to the spot at once.
B
Wang Ying
    Wang Ying, 58, a teacher at the No. 9 Middle School in Tangshan, weeps when her terrible experience in the earthquake is brought up again. Wang lost her legs during the tragedy but her husband and daughter escaped unscathed. Her body suffered from the aftereffects, so painful that she would bite her own fingers until they bled. She screamed or sang while crying when she was alone to comfort herself. However, the greater pain came from the hurt of her family. Several years after the quake, her husband had a new lover and wanted a divorce. Wang begged him to put off the split for the sake of their little daughter. But the husband disagreed and vented his anger on the wife and daughter. Several times, Wang thought about taking her own life.
    The depressed family atmosphere began to affect the five-year-old girl, who also revealed her suicidal thoughts in her dairy. "But what will happen to my mum if I die?" the riffle girl wrote in the dairy. Finally the love between mother and daughter overcame the impetus toward death. After 10 years, Wang let her husband go, and her daughter chose to live with her. Since the divorce, Wang has been working harder to raise her daughter, who now is her only reason to stay alive. "However much my body aches, I insist on cooking for my daughter and never let my daughter feel distressed", Wang said.
    Wang’s wholehearted devotion pays off. Though she could have found a better job after graduation from university, the daughter took a job where Wang worked to take better care of her mother.
C
Liu Hong
    Lin Hong was nine when his parents died in the earthquake, Liu doesn’t recall much about the quake. "It’s like a baffle in a dream", he said, adding that he woke up to find himself lying in the ruins.
    Liu then lived with his grandparents. His grandfather just told him that his parents had gone to a faraway place for a rescue mission and wouldn’t come back soon. Liu had a bad feeling about that, but he remained silent. Three months later, Lin went back to school. There was nothing left of the classroom except a piece of blackboard. Several of Liu’s friends had died in the quake, and more than 10 classmates became orphans.
    Lin devoted all his time to studying and barely spoke to others. It was not until he went to high school that he began to open his heart and try to communicate with people. Lin later went to the same college that both of his parents had attended, Hebei Medical University. After graduation, he went to work in Tangshan Workers’ Hospital, where his father used to work.
D
Wang Baozhan
    The earthquake left Wang Baozhan paralyzed. He was only 19. Wang had to be moved to a nursing home for earthquake victims. The disaster left 3,817 victims paralyzed like Wang, spending the rest of their lives in a wheelchair.
    Survival was not a problem for Wang in the nursing home. He managed to find a job outside the home and went to work in his wheelchair every day. "I don’t want to live a pointless life, I want it to be better", he said.
    Wang’s life changed greatly three years later when he met a woman Zhu Deqin, who was five years older than him and had lost her legs in the disaster. Their love story was simple, more about mutual caring and encouragement. They had been in love for nine years and for a time they thought about getting married but did not because they didn’t have a hour. In 1991, the local government invested 400,000 yuan, in addition to an additional 800,000 yuan donation, to build a community for housing earthquake victims. The same year, the Tangshan Civil Affairs Bureau held a wedding ceremony for 10 couples, including Wang and Zhu.
选项 A、 
B、 
C、 
D、 
答案A
解析 本节摘选中国唐山地震几个幸存者的不同的经历。李玉林在他的回忆中说："We were tossed in the are because of the violent shaking，and our nerves were frazzled"，从这段话中可得知A为正确选项。
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