Unit One Cultural relicsPeriod Two Pre-reading/ Reading/Comprehending 学习目标： 1. 掌握文章大意。 2. 重点训练学生快速阅读获取信息的能力。学习内容： Reading 1. Listen to the tape and read, then finish the following exercises. (True or false)1) The Amber room was not easy to make.2) Catherine II didnt like everything about the Amber Room when she first saw it.3) The Amber room was taken to Konigsberg and hidden there in 1941.4) The Russians didnt care about the Amber Room5) The Russians dont think the Amber Room will ever be found.2. Choose the right answer: 1) The King of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was _.A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. 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 friends 3) 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 Knigsberg was in _.A. Germany B. Russian C. Sweden D. France5) The Russians didnt hide the Amber Room because _A. they were at war B. they couldnt find a place C. the Germen soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away6) How is the text developed? A. By following the natural time order. B. By providing typical examples. C. By comparing some history facts. D. By following the natural space order. 7) Why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? A. To get Peter the Greats support. B. To show his respect for Peter the Great. C. To warn Peter the Great not to fight with Prussia. D. To show Peter the Great how rich he was. 8) What can we infer from the text? A. Catherine II didnt like the Amber Room, so she had it moved out of St Petersburg. B. The Amber Room was made as a gift at the very beginning. C. The Russians didnt want to keep the Amber Room in World War II. D. The Amber Room was destroyed during the Second World War. 4. Fill in the blanks according to the Reading. The Amber RoomA general introduction to the Amber RoomIt was made of tons of _, whose colour was yellow-brown and it was _ with gold and jewels. It took Prussian best artists about ten years to make it.TimeEventsTimes of Peter the GreatIn 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great to exchange it for a (an) _.Then, it became a small _ _ of the Czars winner palace in St Petersburg.Times of Catherine IICatherine II had her artists add _ _ to it and the work was completed in 1770 almost six hundred candles lit the room and its _ _ _ shone like gold.World War IISome furniture and small art objects were _ from the room.The Amber Room itself was stolen by _ _ _, and then it was gone.RecentlyThe Russians and the Germans worked together to rebuild a new Amber Room to celebrate the _ _ of St Petersburg.5. Match them according to the Reading A. stole the Amber Room. B. sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.C. had the Amber Room madeD. had it moved outside St PetersburgE. gave it to the Czar as a giftF. built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one Frederick I Frederick William I Peter the Great Catherine II The Nazi army The Russians and Germans 6. Put the number of each paragraph before each sentence to make them match well. ( ) How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? ( ) How was a new Amber Room built? ( ) How did the Amber Room get lost? ( ) How was the Amber Room made? ( ) Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? - 3 -