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上海市松江区九亭镇健鹏路118号3幢1层diva旗舰?1891716857112.19高一英语限时练 Class ___________ No._________ name ___________ 一．根据课文填空,每空一词 The Amber Room that was 1 designed in the 2 fancy 3 style and 4 decorated with gold and jewels was 5 considered one of the great 6 wonders of the world. In 1716, the Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a 7 gift of friendship by Frederick William I. In 8 return, the Czar sent him a 9 troop of his best 10 soldiers. In Russia, the room first 11 served as a small 12 reception hall for important visitors and later Catherine II had it added more 13 details . Unfortunately, the Amber Room 14 disappeared when the Nazi Germany and Russia were at war and now what 15 happened to it 16 remains a 17 mystery. In the spring of 2003, however, a new Amber Room, built by 18 studying old photos of the 19 former one, was ready for the people of St Petersburg to 20 celebrate the 300th birthday of their city. 二．阅读 （共8小题，每小题5分，共计40分 ） A Pingyao, in the center of Shanxi Province, is a famous historic cultural city of China and a world cultural heritage site. It’s 90 kilometers south of Taiyuan on the Fen River. People lived in Pingyao during the New Stone Age. Its long period as a county government seat has left Pingyao with lots of historic buildings and sites, with a 2,700-year history. Ninety-nine of them are under government protection, including Zhengguo Temple, Shuanglin Temple and Pingyao Ancient City. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, businessmen organized commercial (商业的) groups that did business nationwide. Shanxi Province had some of the most important ones and Pingyao was their center. In 1823, a store, known as Rishengchang (Sunrise Prosperity), traded in bank checks rather than in silver or gold coins. It was the beginning of modern Chinese banking. Branch banks were soon set up in major cities in China and other parts of Asia, leading to great development in Pingyao. Its lacquer ware (漆器) became well known. In P