1.Unit 1, Book 2  In search of the amber room

 Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an __1___(amaze) 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 __4__ (select) had a beautiful yellow-brown colour 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 __6__(country) best artists about ten years to 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, __8___whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In __9____, 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 metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important __10____(visit).