2018秋高中英语 Unit 1 Cultural relics同步练习 新人教版必修2

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1、Unit1Culturalrelics话题诵读日积月累[导语]　被称为“世界第八大奇迹”的国宝琥珀屋，二战中下落不明。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.ItwasoriginallyputatCharlottenburgPalace，homeofFrederickⅠ，thefirstKingofPrussia.TheroomwasdesignedbyGermansculptor(雕刻家)And

2、reasSchlüter.PetertheGreatlovedtheroomonavisit，andin1716theKingofPrussia—thenFrederickWilliamⅠ—sentittoPetertheGreatasagift.TheAmberRoomwasshippedtoRussiain18largeboxesandputinthewinterpalaceinStPetersburgasapartofaEuropeanartcollection.Itwasfirstopenin1746inthewinterpalace,whereitwashousedti

3、ll1755.In1755，CzarinaElizabethorderedtheroombemovedtotheCatherinePalaceinPushkin.ItaliandesignerBartolomeoFrancescoRastrelliredesignedtheroomtofitintoitsnew，largerspaceusingextraambershippedfromBerlin.Itseemshardtobelievethatboxesofseveraltonsofambercouldgomissing，andmanyhistorianshavetriedto

4、solvethemystery.Themostbasictheoryisthattheboxesweredestroyedbythebombings(轰炸)of1944.OthersbelievetheamberisstillinKaliningrad，whilesomesayitwasputontoashipandcanbefoundsomewhereatthebottomoftheBalticSea.OneofthemoreextremetheoriesisthatStalinactuallyhadasecondAmberRoomandtheGermansstoleafake

5、(赝品)．ThehistoryofthenewAmberRoom，atleast，isknownforsure.Thereconstructionbeganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloandwaspleted25years—and$11million—later.ItisbasedlargelyonblackandwhitephotographsoftheoriginalAmberRoom.By2003thegreatworkoftheRussiancraftsmenhadbeenmostlypleted.Artistsusedclosetotentonsofamb

6、erofdifferentcoloursandtypestorecreatetheAmberRoom.Thenewroomwasdedicated(把……献给)byRussianPresidentVladimirPutinandGermanChancellorGerhardSchroderonthe300thbirthdayofthecityofStPetersburg.[词海拾贝]1．originally　　　adv.起初；原来2．redesignv．重新设计；再设计3．historiann．历史学家4．reconstructionn．重建；再现5．craftsmann．工匠；

7、技工[问题思考]阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。1．In1716FrederickWilliamⅠsenttheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreatasagift.(T)2．HistoriansbelievetheAmberRoomwasdestroyedbythebombingsof1944.(F)3．Asamatteroffact，thereweretwoAmberRooms.OnewasatthebottomoftheBalticSea；theotherwass