2018秋高中英语unit1culturalrelics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.TheroomwasdesignedbyGer

2、mansculptor（雕刻家）AndreasSchluter.PetertheGreatlovedtheroomonavisit,andin1716theKingofPrussia一thenFrederickWilliamI—sentittoPetertheGreatasagift・TheAmberRoomwasshippedtoRussiain18largeboxesandputinthewinterpalaceinStPetersburgasapartofaEuropeanartcollection.Ttwasfirstopenin1

3、746inthewinterpalace,whereitwashousedtill1755.In1755,CzarinaElizabethorderedtheroombemovedtotheCatherinePalaceinPushkin.ItaliandesignerBartolomeoFranccscoRastrel1iredesignedtheroomtofitintoitsncw,largerspaceusingextraambershippedfromBerlin.Ttseemshardtobelievethatboxesofse

4、veraltonsofambercouldgomissing,andmanyhistorianshavetriedtosolvethemystery.Themostbasictheoryisthattheboxesweredestroyedbythebombings（轰炸）of1944.0thersbelievetheamberisstillinKaliningrad,whilesomesayitwasputontoashipandconbefoundsomewhereatthebottomoftheBalticSea.Oneofthemo

5、reextremetheoriesisthatStalinactuallyhadasecondAmberRoomandtheGermansstoleafake（贋品）.ThehistoryofthenowAmberRoom,atleast,isknownforsure.Thereconstructionbeganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloandwascompleted25years一and$11million一later.Itisbasedlargelyonblackandwhitephotographsoftheorigi

6、nalAmberRoom.By2003thegreatworkoftheRussiancraftsmenhadbeenmostlycompleted.ArtistsusedclosetotentonsofamberofdifferentcoloursandtypestorecreatetheAmberRoom・Thenewroomwasdedicated（JE献给）byRussianPresidentVladimirPutinandGermanChancellorGerhardSchroderonthe300thbirthdayofthec

7、ityofStPetersburg・［词海拾贝］1.originally日dy.起初；原来2.redesignK重新设计；再设计3.historian風历史学家4.reconstruct!on/?.重建；再现5.craftsmann.工匠；技工［问题思考］阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。1.In1716FrederickWilliamIsenttheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreatasagift.(T)2.HistoriansbelievetheAmberRoomwasdestroyedbythebombingsof1944

8、.(F)1.Asamatteroffact,thereweretwoAmberRooms.OnewasatthebottomoftheBalticSea；theotherwass