2019-2020学年高一英语人教版必修2专项训练：专项训练-语法填空Word版含答案.docxVIP

语法填空 1、 The Amber Room was made of several tons of amber. The amber which 1________ (select) 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, 2________ took the country ’s best artists about ten years 3_________ (make). The Amber Room was designed for the palace of Frederick I . 4_______, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whomthe Amber Roombelonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave 5________ to Peter the Great. 6_______ 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. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room7_________ (move) to a palace outside St Petersburg where 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. 8_________ (sad) , although the Amber Roomwas considered one of the 9_________ (wonder) of the world, it is now 10________ (miss). 2、 I felt 1________ (luck) to have won a place to go on a cultural tour to sites of lost civilizations. We visited Pompeii in Italy and Loulan in China. Pompei 2________ (found) in the 8th century BC, then taken 3_______ by the Romans in 89 BC. Later, Pompei was destroyed by a volcano. It erupted and covered Pompei with ash. 4________ (fortunate), many people were buried alive. The city was forgotten for many years until the 18th century when a stone with writing on it was discovered by a farmer. People started to dig in the area 5_______ treasure and caused much damage. Thus, in 1860, the area was governed by the government so 6________ could be preserved and studied. Differently, Loulan disappeared under the sand. There were just a few 7_______ (ruin) left. There was 8________ ancient water system 9________ (run) through the