高中英语Unit1CulturalrelicsPeriodⅡReadingComprehension练习新人教版必修23

Period ⅡReading Comprehension

Ⅰ.用适当的介、副词填空

1．The design ______ the room was ______ the fancy style popular ______ those days.

2．It was also a treasure decorated ______ gold and jewels，which took the country’s best artists ______ ten years to make.

3．It wa s designed ____ the palace ____ Frederick Ⅰ.

4．However，the next King of Prussia，Frederick WilliamⅠ，______ whom the amber room belonged，decided not to keep it.

5．____ return，the Czar sent him a troop ____ his best soldiers.

6．____________ four metres long，the room served ______ a small reception hall ______ important visitors.

7．She told her artists to add more details ______ it.

8．____________ September 1941，the Nazi army was ________ St. Petersburg.

9．There is no doubt that the boxes were then put ______ a train ______ K nigsberg，which was ______ that time a German city ______ the Baltic Sea.

10．________ studying old photos of the former Amber Room，they have made the new one look ________ the old one.

Ⅱ.佳句背诵与仿写

1．Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia，could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.

仿写

You ________________ it on the bus，could you?

你不可能把它落在公共汽车上了吧，你能吗？

2．It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ.

仿写

(1)The method ________________ using in small groups.

这方法是为小组活动而设计的。

(2)These gloves __________________ extremely cold climate.

这些手套是为严寒气候制造的。

3．Later，Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.

仿写

(1)I won’t ____________________ into a hotel.

我决不允许把我的房子变成旅馆。

(2)She ____________________ in the street yesterday.

她昨天在街上修理了她的手表。

4．There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for K nigsberg，which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.

仿写

(1)____________________ he is a fine scholar.

毫无疑问，他是一位不错的学者。

(2)Some researchers believe that ______________________ a cure for AIDS will be found.

一些研究者认为，毫无疑问，艾滋病的治疗方法将会被找到。

5．After that，what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.

仿写

(1)______________________________________ is enough practice.

学习英语最关键的是有足够的练习。

(2)__________________ seems better than what we have.

我们不能得到的似乎比我们拥有的要好。

Ⅲ.单项填空

1．It’s a beautiful carpet.It should hold its ________ for a long time.

A．price B．value

C．cost D．use

2．The wooden horse is so ________ that once switched on it will walk on and on unless switched off.

A．organized B．suited

C．produced D．designed

3．They started off at once ________ the missing girl，but they didn’t find her at last.

A．in return for B．in honour of

C．in search of D．in need of

4．________ his immediate help with my sick son，I treated him in an expensive restaurant.

A．In return for B．Thanks to

C．Because of D．In case of

5．There should be no doubt ________ our team will win the game.

A．that B．what

C．whether D．how

6．It was five o’clock in the afternoon ________ they climbed up to the top of the mountain.

A．that B．until

C．when D．since

7．The big house，________ a storage house for our family，was pulled down by the strong wind last night.

A．acted as B．acting as

C．serving as D．served as

8．It took ________ building supplies to construct these energy saving houses.It took brains，too.

A．other than B．more than

C．rather than D．less than

9．I can’t fancy ________ such a thing.

A．his to do B．his doing

C．him to do D．done

10．Your desk is crowded with too many unnecessary things. You have to ________