新人教版高一英语必修二unit1课文填空1.ppt

??? Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an _______ history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was _______ had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like_____ . The ______ of the room was in the __________　popular in those days. It was also a treasure _________with gold and______, which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make. amazing honey design selected fancy style decorated jewels In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, _ whom the amber room________ , decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. _______ , the Czar sent him a _____ of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small ________ hall for important visitors. belonged to In return troop reception ?????Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room ________ a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to ___ more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room _____________ one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing. moved to add was considered ???? In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were _____. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to ______ some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In ________ two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven _______ boxes. ___________________ the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a