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1、Frederick William I, the king of Prussia, _ never have _that his great gift _the Russian people would have_ _ _ history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber _ used to make it. The amber which was _ had a beautiful yellow-brown color like honey. The _
2、 of the room was _ the _ _ popular in those days. It was also a treasure _ _ gold and jewels, which _ the countrys best _ about ten years to make. couldimaginedtosuch anamazingwereselecteddesigninfancy styledecorated withtookartistsIn fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was _ _ the palace o
3、f Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, _ _the amber room_, decided not to keep it. In 1716, he gave it to Peter the Great._ _, the Czar sent him a troop of the best soldiers. So the Amber Room became _ of the Czars winter palace in St. Petersburg. About four _ long, t
4、he room _ _ a small _ hall for important visitors. designed forto whombelongedIn returnpartmetersserves asreception Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room _ to a palace outside St. Petersburg _ she spent her summer. She told artists to add more details _ it. In 1770, the room was completed _ _ she w
5、anted. Almost six hundred candles _ the room and its mirrors and pictures _ like gold._, although the Room was considered one of the _ of the world, it is now _ In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St. Petersburg. This was a time _ the two countries were_ _ . _ the Nazis could get to the summer
6、 palace, movedwheretothe waylit/ lightedshoneSadlywondersmissing.whenat warBefore the Russians were able to _ some _ and small art objects from the Amber Room. H0owever, some of the Nazis secretly _ the room _. In _ _ two days, 100,000 pieces were put inside 27 _ boxes. _ is no _ _ the boxes were th
7、en put on a train for Konigsberg, _ was at that time a _ city on the Baltic Sea. After that, _ happened to the Amber Room _ a mystery. removefurniturestoleitselflessthanwoodenTheredoubtwhichGermanwhatremainsthat _, the Russians and _ have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. _ _ the _ of the
8、 _ Amber Room, they have made the new _ look like the old _. In 2003, it was _ _ the people of St. Petersburg when they _ the 300th birthday of their city. RecentlyGermansBy studyingphotosformeroneonereadycelebratedforHe was _ by his colleagues though he himself didnt think he had done anything special.A.thought little of B.thought poorlyC .highly thought of D. thought highly