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必修 2 Unit1 Cultural relics Reading IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room, _________ was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was select ed had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the countrys best artists about ten years____________(make). 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 , __________ the amber room belong ed, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. __________( 做为 回报 ) , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room serve d as 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 wanted . Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the _________(wonder) of the world, it is now missing . In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg . This was a time ______ the two countries were at war. _________ the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians