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Frederick William Ⅰ, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined 1. his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an 2.(amaze) history. This gift was the Amber Room, 3. was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which 4.(select) had a beautiful yellow­brown color like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure 5.(decorate) with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years 6.(make).

In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. 7., the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to 8. the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. 9. return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served as a small reception hall for important 10.(visit).

Answer

1.that

2.amazing

3.which

4.was selected

5.decorated

6.to make

7.However

8.whom

9.In

10.visitors

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了琥珀屋的历史。它是普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世送给俄罗斯彼得大帝，它由数吨琥珀建造而成，还用了许多黄金和珠宝装饰，富丽堂皇。

1.考查宾语从句。句意：普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世（Frederick William I）怎么也想不到他送给俄罗斯人民的最伟大的礼物会有这样一段令人惊叹的历史。此句是Imagine后跟了一个宾语从句，从句中不缺成分，故用that来引导。故填that。

2.考查形容词。句意：普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世（Frederick William I）怎么也想不到他送给俄罗斯人民的最伟大的礼物会有这样一段令人惊叹的历史。amazing意为“令人惊叹的”，修饰history。故填amazing。

3.考查定语从句。句意：这件礼物是琥珀屋，因为用了好几吨琥珀而得名。分析句子可知，设空处是一个非限制定语从句，先行词是the Amber Room，且从句中缺主语，故填which。

4.考查时态语态。句意：被选中的琥珀有着像蜂蜜一样美丽的黄棕色。此处主语为The amber，与select之间是被动关系，分析全文可知，全文使用的是一般过去时，故填was selected。

5.考查非谓语动词。句意：它也是一个用黄金和珠宝装饰的宝藏。分析句子可知，此句已有谓语动词was，故此处应用非谓语；又因主语treasure与decorate之间是被动关系，故填decorated。

6.考查固定用法。句意：这个琥珀屋花了国家最好的艺术家大约十年的时间才创作出来。固定用法It takes sb some time to do sh意为“花费某人多长时间去做某事”。故填to make。

7.考查副词。句意：然而，下一任普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世决定不保留琥珀屋。分析上下文可知，此处表示转折，且用于句首，故用副词However。

8.考查定语从句。句意：然而，下一任普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世决定不保留琥珀屋。分析句子可知，此句是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词是Frederick William I，且定语从句中缺宾语，又因空前有介词to，故填whom。

9.考查固定短语。句意：作为回报，沙皇派了一队他最好的士兵给他。固定搭配in return意为“作为回报”，故填in。

10.考查名词复数。句意：这个房间大约有四米长，是接待重要来访者的接待厅。此处表示“来访者”，又因visitor是可数名词，故应填其复数visitors。