1 . The owner of the castle is an abnormal creature, half-man, half-beast, who tells the trader—either one of his daughters replaces him as a prisoner in the castle, or he will die. Beauty offers to replace her father and be trapped in the castle. In the end, she discovers the Beast is not as awful and cruel as he seems. In fact, he is a handsome prince. (划线部分英译汉)
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2 . 根据所给10个英语单句的意思，从所给的15个词汇中挑选出10个合适的词或短语分别给每个句子填空。

crashed       trapped       gap       efforts       picture-based observe       promoted       worthwhile       regard       snow-covered intend       established       beauty       species       throughout

1. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were ________ and to bury the dead.
2. With strong support from the government and the tireless ________ of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.
3. The most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami that ________ into coastlines across Asia yesterday, killing more than 6,500 people in Indonesia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, and at least four other countries.
4. At the beginning, written Chinese was a ________ language.
5. The high ________ for the Chinese writing system can be seen in the development of Chinese characters as an art form, known as Chinese calligraphy, which has become an important part of Chinese culture.
6. If I’m talking to a close friend, I can use short requests, like “Open the window” — our relationship is close and we’re equals, so I only need a few words to bridge the ________ between us.
7. They are recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves, which were a key stop along the Silk Road ________ China’s ancient history.
8. A committee was ________ to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.
9. The government, however, does not ________ to stop the protection programmes, since the threats to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared.
10. Watching them move slowly across the green grass, I’m struck by their ________.