高中英语 Unit1 Friendship学案 新人教版必修2-新人教版高一必修2英语学案

Unit 1 Cultural relics第一学时 Reading and ComprehensionThe historical background to the Amber RoomIn 1701，the King of Prussia Frederick Ⅰ decided to have a curiosity ：a room with walls covered with amber.The work was started soon，and in 1713，the project was almost finished when，after the death of FrederickⅠ，his heir(继承人)－the King Frederick William Ⅰ ordered to stop the work immediately.In 1717 the King Frederick William Ⅰ gave the whole prepared parts of the Amber Room to the Russian Emperor Peter Ⅰ as a gift.In 1743 ， the Russian Empress Elizabeth Ⅰ let an Italian designer place the amber cover in one of the rooms of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg.The Amber Room was first open in 1746 in the Winter Palace，where it was housed till 1755.That year it was moved to the summer palace of the Russian Emperors at Tsarskoe Syolo(普施克诺)．The Amber Room was finished in the 70s of the 18th century and in that shape it existed almost 200 years. ►Task 1仔细阅读课文“In Search of the Amber Room”，根据课文内容选出最佳答案。1．The Amber Room was made for ________．A．Catherine Ⅱ B．Frederick ⅠC．Peter the Great D．the Prussian people答案：B2．The King of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because ________．A．he wanted to marry Catherine ⅡB．he was kindC．he needed better soldiersD．he wanted to make friends答案：D3．The Amber Room was stolen by ________．A．Russian soldiersB．German soldiersC．people in KönigsbergD．people in St Petersburg答案：B4．The Russians didn't hide the Amber Room because ________．A．they were at warB．they couldn't find a placeC．the German soldiers arrived too soonD．no train could take it away答案：C5．In 1941，the city of Königsberg was in ________．A．Germany B．Russia...