2015-2016学年高一英语精练：Unit 1《Cultural relics》第一学时　Reading and Comprehension(人教版必修2).docVIP

英语·必修2(人教版)Unit 1　Cultural relicsCultural relics 第一学时　Reading and Comprehension The historical background to the Amber Room In 1701，the King of Prussia Frederick Ⅰ decided to have a curiosity：a room with walls covered with amber.The work was started soon(继承人)－the King Frederick William ordered to stop the work immediately.In 1717 the King Frederick William Ⅰ gave the whole prepared parts of the Amber Room to the Russian Emperor Peter Ⅰ as a gift.In 1743，the Russian Empress Elizabeth Ⅰ let an Italian designer place the amber cover in one of the rooms of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg.The Amber Room was first open in 1746 in the Winter Palace，where it was housed till 1755.That year it was moved to the summer palace of the Russian Emperors at Tsarskoe Syolo(普施克诺)．The Amber Room was finished in the 70s of the 18th century and in that shape it existed almost 200 years.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 仔细阅读课文“In Search of the Amber Room”根据课文内容选出最佳答案。________．the Great D．the Prussian people答案：B________．答案：D________．答案：B________．答案：C________．答案：A 2 仔细阅读课文“In search of the Amber Room”完成下列表格。In search of the Amber Room It was made of several tons of amber with a beautiful yellow-brown colour and was 1.decorated with gold and jewel. Time Events Before 1716 The Amber Room 2.belonged to Frederick William Ⅰ. In 1716 Frederick William Ⅰ gave it to Peter the Great.3.In_return，the Czar sent him a 4.troop of his best soldiers. Peter the Great made the room part of his winter palace and a small 5.reception hall for important visitors. Before and in 1770 Catherine Ⅱ had the room moved to a palace and told her artists to add more 6.details to it.In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. In September 1941 After the Russians 7.removed some furniture and small 8.art_objects from the Amber Room，some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. (续上表) Russians and 9.Germans by studying old photos of the former one.In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they