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1、...必修2Unit1CulturalrelicsReadingINSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOMFrederickWilliamⅠ，theKingofPrussia,couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussianpeoplewouldhavesuchanamazinghistory.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom,_________wasgiventhisnamebecauseseveraltonsofamberwereusedtomakeit.T
2、heamberwhichwasselectedhadabeautifulyellow-browncolourlikehoney.Thedesignoftheroomwasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalsoatreasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels,whichtookthecountry'sbestartistsabouttenyears____________(make).Infact,theroomwasnotmadetobeagift.Itwasdes
3、ignedforthepalaceofFrederickⅠ.However,thenextKingofPrussia,FrederickWilliam,__________theamberroombelonged,decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGreat.__________(做为回报),theCzarsenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecausepartoftheCzar'swinterpalaceinStPetersb
4、urg.Aboutfourmetreslong,theroomservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportantvisitors.Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburg___________shespenthersummers.Shetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoit.In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredca
5、ndleslittheroom,anditsmirrorsandpicturesshonelikegold.Sadly,althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthe_________(wonder)oftheworld,itisnowmissing.InSeptember1941,theNaziarmywasnearStPetersburg.Thiswasatime______thetwocountrieswereatwar._________theNaziscouldgettothesummer
6、palace,theRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfromtheAmberRoom.However,someoftheNazissecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100,000pieceswereputinsidetwenty-sevenwoodenboxes.Thereisnodoubt______theboxeswerethenputonatrainforKonigsberg,_______wasa
7、tthattimeaGermancityontheBalticSea.Afterthat,________happenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamystery.Recently,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.BystudyingoldphotosoftheformerAmberRoom,theyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2003itwasreadyforthepeopleof
8、StPetersburgwhentheycelebratedthe300thbirthdayoftheircity.UsinglanguageAFACTORANOPINION?Whatisafact?Isitsometh
