1 . 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 ________.

2 . 根据课文内容选词填空。

opportunity       beauty       harmony       original       loss disappearing       global       inspired       significant       ruins

1. As China plays a greater role in ________ affairs, an increasing number of international students are beginning to appreciate China's culture and history.
2. One of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century began. In less than one minute, a large city lay in ________.
3. A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the ________ of cultural relics.
4. Watching them move slowly across the green grass, I'm struck by their ________.
5. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre's ________ compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers.
6. She was so ________ by the people she met online that she decided to start an IT club to teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.
7. Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO, which runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from ________.
8. Only when we learn to exist in ________ with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.
9. Imagine having the ________ to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone.
10. Customs play a ________ role in festivals, but sometimes they change over time.