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必修二 Unit 1 In search of the amber room Frederick William I, the king of Prussia, could never _________ (imagine) that this greatest gift _______ the Russia people would have such an _________ (amaze) history. This gift was the Amber Room, ______ was given this name because several tons of amber ________ (use) to make ______. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour _____ honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also _____ treasure _________ (decorate) with gold and jewels, ______ took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. ________, the next king of Prussia, Frederick William I, ______ whom the amber belonged, decided not to keep _____. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served ______ a small reception hall for important visitors. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg _______ she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she _______ (want). Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, _____ the Amber Room was considered one of _____ wonders of the world, it is now _______ (miss). In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time ______ the two countries were at war. Before the Nazi cold get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazi _________ (secret) stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt ______ the boxes were then put ____ a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time _