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课文语法填空（2） 1 Frederick William I, the king of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatset gift to the Russian people would have _1_ an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room,_2_ was given this name because several tons of amber were used _3_(make) it. The amber which was selected _4_(have) a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular inthose days. It was also a treasure _5_(decorate) with gold and jewels, which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make. In fact,the room was not made _6_(be) agift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However,the next king of Prussia, Frederick William I,_7_ whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep _8_. 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 Czars winter palace in Stpeterburg. About four metres long,the room served _10_ a small reception hall for important visitors. 2 Later,Catherine had the Amber Room _1_(move) to a palace outside St Ptersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details _2_ it. In 1770 the room was completed the way _3_ she wanted. Almost six hundredof its mirrors and pictures shone like gold ._4_(sad), although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now _5_(miss). In St Pterburg 1941,the Nazi army was nearSt Peterburg. This was a time _6_ the two countries were at war._7_ the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and smallart objects from the Amber Room. However,some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes._8_ is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic sea. After that, _9_ happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. Recently,the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old _10_. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city. 3Atlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than _1_ man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was _2_ angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone _3_ could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him, These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me,he _4_(kill). No one will be pardoned.Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when _5_ heard of her rules, they knew it was _6_(hope). So many of them sadly went home, but _7_ stayed to run the race. There was a man _8_(call) Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlantas rules, Why are these men so 9_(fool)? he thought. Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess? However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed 10_ mind. I will marry Atlanta - or die! he said. 4Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began _1_ a calculating machine in France in 1642. _2_ I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years _3_ I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator_4_ used cards with holes, I could think logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my artificial intelligence. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about _5_ I could be made to work as a universal machine to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both _6_ size and in brainpower. By _7_ 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered _8_ I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. _9_ time went by, I was made _10_(small). First as a PC (personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s. 5 These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First _1_ was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much _2_, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldnt believe it! _3_ I was always so lonely standing there by myself, _4_ in the early 1960s they gave me a family _5_(connect) by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with _6_ through the World Wide Web. _7_ the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore _8_ Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is _9_(provide) humans with a life of high quality. I am now _10_(true) filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!6Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. Where do you want to go? _1_ asked. Daisy responded immediately. Id like to see some endangered wildlife, she said. Please take me to a distant land _2_ I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater. At once the carpet _3_(fly) away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope _4_(look) sad. It said, We re being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species. _5_that Daisy cried, Im sorry I _6_(not know) that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there s some wildlife protection. The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. Have you come to take my photo?it asked._7_ relief Daisy burst into _8_(laugh). Don t laugh, said the elephant, We used _9_( be)an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed _10_(tour) to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife. 7As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on 1_ musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended 2_( sing). Anyhow their performances were 3_(humour) enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular 4_ their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar 5_ them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs 6_(write) by other musicians. 7_, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. 8_ the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band 9_(break) up about 1970, but happily they reunited in 10_ mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band. 8 Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a brief tour. Fans showed their devotion 1_waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts. Freddy was now quite confident 2_ he went into a concert hall. He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards! His most exciting 3_(invite) was to perform on a TV programme 4_(call) Top of the Pops. He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit 5_ give a performance to a TV camera. It felt very strange. But as soon as the programme was over, the telephones which were in the same room started ringing. Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again. They were 6_(true_ stars. Then things went wrong. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without 7_( follow). Even when they 8_(wear) sunglasses or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even when they went into the toilet. They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries, but it was 9_(use). Someone was always there! Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band realized that they must leave the country 10_ it became too painful for them. So they left Britain, to which they were never to return, and went back to the lake.1. 1. such 2. which 3. to make 4. had 5. decorated 6. to be 7. to 8. it 9. In 10. as2. 1. moved 2. to 3. (that) 4. Sadly 5. missing 6. when 7. Before 8. There 9. what 10. one3. 1. any 2. so 3. who 4. will be killed 5. they 6. hopeless 7. others 8. called 9. foolish 10. his 4. 1. as 2. Although / Though 3. before 4. who 5. how 6. in 7. the 8. if/ whether 9. As 10. smaller5. 1. it 2. that 3. But 4. until 5. connected 6. others 7. 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