高中英语必修二人教A版练习：Unit1Culturalrelics含答案

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1、Unit1Culturalrelics—话题诵读日积月累【导语】Eg被称为“世界第八大奇迹”的俄罗斯国宝琥珀屋，二战中被德国人占为己有，后来便下落不明。多少觅宝者踏破铁鞋却一无所获。如今，琥珀屋终于完全逼真地重新建成了，而且比原来的更美。AbriefhistoryoftheAmberRoomConstruction（建筑）oftheAmberRoombeganin1701.ltwasoriginallyputatCharlottenburgPalace,homeofFrederickI,thefirs

2、tKingofPrussia.TheroomwasdesignedbyGermansculptoi•（雕亥！J家）AndreasSchliiter.PetertheGreatlovedtheroomonavisit,andin1716theKingofPrussia—thenFrederickWilliamI—sentittoPetertheGreatasagift.TheAmberRoomwasshippedtoRussiain18largeboxesandputinthewinterpalacei

3、nStPetersburgasapartofaEuropeanartcollection.ltwasfirstopenin1746inthewinterpalace,whereitwashousedtill1755.1n1755,CzarinaElizabethorderedtheroombemovedtotheCatherinePalaceinPushkinJtaliandesignerBartolomeoFrancescoRastrelliredesignedtheroomtofitintoits

4、new,largerspaceusingextraambershippedfromBerlin・Itseemshardtobelievethatboxesofseveraltonsofambercouldgomissing,andmanyhistorianshavetriedtosolvethemystery.Themostbasictheoryisthattheboxesweredestroyedbythebombings（轰炸）of1944.Othersbelievetheamberisstill

5、inKaliningrad9whilesomesayitwasputontoashipandcanbefoundsomewhereatthebottomoftheBalticSea.OneofthemoreextremetheoriesisthatStalinactuallyhadasecondAmberRoomandtheGermansstoleafake（贋品）.ThehistoryofthenewAmberRoom,atleast,isknownforsure.Thereconstruction

6、beganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloandwascompleted25years—and$11million—later.ltisbasedlargelyonblackandwhitephotographsoftheoriginalAmberRoom.By2003thegreatworkoftheRussiancraftsmenhadbeenmostlycompleted.Artistsusedclosetotentonsofamberofdifferentcoloursandtype

7、storecreatetheAmberRoom.Thenewroomwasdedicated（把献给）byRussianPresidentVladimirPutinandGermanChancellorGerhardSchroderonthe300thbirthdayofthecityofStPetersburg.【词海拾贝】1・originally2・redesign3・historian4・reconstruction5・craftsman起初；原来0.重新设计；再设计n.历史学家n.重建；再现n

8、.工匠；技工【问题思考】阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。1.In1716FrederickWilliamIsenttheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreatasagift＞（）2.HistoriansbelievetheAmberRoomwasdestroyedbythebombingsof1944.（）3-Asamatteroffact,thereweretwoAmberRooms.OnewasatthebottomoftheBalticS