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Book 2 Unit 1 Cultural relics
① The Amber Room, 1________ of the great wonders of the world, was a great work
that 2_________ ten years to make. In 1776, the Amber Room 3_________ (give) to the
Russian people 4________ a gift of friendship by Frederick William Ⅰ, who loved best soldiers
5________ than the Amber Room 6________. In Russia, the room first served as a small
reception hall for important visitors and later moved and redesigned by Catherine Ⅱ .
7_________(fortune), The Amber Room disappeared when the Nazi Germany and Russia were
8_______ war and now nobody knows 9_______ happened to it. In the spring of 2003,
however, a new Amber Room, built by the Russians and Germans on the basis of old photos,
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was ready for the people of St Petersburg 10______________(celebrate) the 300 birthday of
their city.
② The Amber Room belongs 1_______ the seven wonders of the world. It was originally
designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. It took the country ’s best artists about ten years
2____________(finish) it. Everyone thought highly 3________ its style and design. Several
tons of amber as well as gold and jewels 4___________ (use) to make it, so 5________ wonder
it is worth a lot of money. But later, the next king gave it as a gift to the Russian people, who
gave Prussia a troop of their best soldiers in return. Unfortunately, during the Second World
War, the Nazi Germany was also at war 6_______ Russia. In 1941, Germany invaded Russia
by surprise, and the Russians had no time to remove anything from the Amber Room except
some small objects. When the Nazi saw the Amber Room, there was no doubt
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