Unit
One
———Cultural
relics
Period
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
didn’t
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
didn’t
care
about
the
Amber
Room
5)
The
Russians
don’t
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
II
2)
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
Petersburg
4)
In
1941,
the
city
of
K nigsberg
was
in
_________.
A.
Germany
B.
Russian
C.
Sweden
D.
France
5)
The
Russians
didn’t
hide
the
Amber
Room
because
________
A.
they
were
at
war
B.
they
couldn’t
find
a
place
C.
the
Germen
soldiers
arrived
too
soon
D.
no
train
could
take
it
away
6)
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
Great’s
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
didn’t
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
didn’t
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
Room
A
general
introduction
to
the
Amber
Room
It
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.
Time
Events
Times
of
Peter
the
Great
In
1716,
Frederick
William
I
gave
it
to
Peter
the
Great
to
exchange
it
for
a
(an)
____________________.
Then,
it
became
a
small
_____________
__________
of
the
Czar’s
winner
palace
in
St
Petersburg.
Times
of
Catherine
II
Catherine
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
II
Some
furniture
and
small
art
objects
were
____________
from
the
room.
The
Amber
Room
itself
was
stolen
by
________
__________
________,
and
then
it
was
gone.
Recently
The
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
⑴
Frederick
I
⑵
Frederick
William
I
⑶
Peter
the
Great
⑷
Catherine
II
⑸
The
Nazi
army
⑹
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
A.
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