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1、必修2Unit1CulturalrelicsReadingINSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOMFrederickWilliamⅠ，theKingofPrussia,couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussianpeoplewouldhavesuchanamazinghistory.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom,_________wasgiventhisnamebecauseseveraltonsofamberwereu
2、sedtomakeit.Theamberwhichwasselectedhadabeautifulyellow-browncolourlikehoney.Thedesignoftheroomwasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalsoatreasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels,whichtookthecountry'sbestartistsabouttenyears____________(make).Infact,theroo
3、mwasnotmadetobeagift.ItwasdesignedforthepalaceofFrederickⅠ.However,thenextKingofPrussia,FrederickWilliam,__________theamberroombelonged,decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGreat.__________(做为回报),theCzarsenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoom
4、becausepartoftheCzar'swinterpalaceinStPetersburg.Aboutfourmetreslong,theroomservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportantvisitors.Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburg___________shespenthersummers.Shetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoi
5、t.In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredcandleslittheroom,anditsmirrorsandpicturesshonelikegold.Sadly,althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthe_________(wonder)oftheworld,itisnowmissing.InSeptember1941,theNaziarmywasnearStPetersburg.Th
6、iswasatime______thetwocountrieswereatwar._________theNaziscouldgettothesummerpalace,theRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfromtheAmberRoom.However,someoftheNazissecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100,000pieceswereputinsidetwe
7、nty-sevenwoodenboxes.Thereisnodoubt______theboxeswerethenputonatrainforKonigsberg,_______wasatthattimeaGermancityontheBalticSea.Afterthat,________happenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamystery.Recently,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.
8、BystudyingoldphotosoftheformerAmberRoom,theyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2003itwasreadyforthepeopleofStPetersburgwhentheycelebratedthe300thbirthdayoftheircity.UsinglanguageAFACTORANOPINION?Whatisafact?Isitsomething
