高中英语 Unit1 Cultural Relics练习题 新人教版必修2

Unit 1 Cultural RelicsIn Search of the Amber RoomStudents Activities in reading:Activity I. skimming and scanning Task 1. Q：What can you infer from the title ?A: I guess that the Amber Room was _Task 2.Q: What can we learn from the passage? A: It tells us the strange history of the_ _, a cultural relic of two countries: _ and _.Activity II. Further understanding:Task 1. Q：Join the correct parts of the sentences together 1.Frederick 2.Frederick William 3.Peter the Great4.Catherine 5.The Nazi army6.The Russian and GermansA stole the Amber Room.B sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.C had the Amber Room made.D had it moved outside St Petersburg.E gave it to the Czar as a gift.F built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.Task2. Q: The following five questions summarize the main ideas of the Five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?How did the Amber Room get lost?How was a new Amber room built?How was the Amber Room made?Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?Task 3. Q: Choose the best answers to the following questions according to the passage.1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William IC. Peter the Great D. Catherine II2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends3. The Amber Room was stolen by_. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in _. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France5. The Russians didnt hide the Amber Room because _. A. they were at war B. the couldnt find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it awayTask 4. Read the text and think about the questionsQ1: What happened to the Amber room?What happened to the Amber Room 1716gave the Amber Room to _ as a gift 1770 1941 the Amber Room 2020 _the Amber RoomQ2: Give a description of the Amber room?MaterialColorDesignIn the _ popular in those daysDecorationsGold and jewelsLengthAbout _Q3: Talk about the history of the Amber roomHistory of the Amber Room1. Given to Peter the Great by Frederick Williamand became part of the Czars _.2. Moved to a palace outside St Petersburg by Catherine and _ were added to it.3. Some furniture and _ were removed from the Amber Room by the Russians in wartime, but some of the Nazis stole _4. _was built for the people of St Petersburg when they _ the 300th birthday of their city.Activity III. Consolidation and evaluation.Task 1. Fill in the blanks according to the passage: The Amber Room was a _ that Frederick William, the King of Prussia gave to Peter the Great. In _, the Czar sent him a _of his best soldiers. The Amber Room which took the countrys best _ about ten years to make was a treasure _ with gold and jewels. So it served as a small _hall for important visitors. Later it was moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where Catherine told her artists to add more _ to it. It was completed in 1770 and was considered one of the _ in the world. But after September 1941 when the two countries were at _it was missing. Where the Amber Room remains a _.Task 2. Role-play: Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room! Y