The Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world. It     1     (design) for the palace of Frederick I and thought highly of     2     (it) fancy style and design. The whole    3     (decorate) of the Amber Room was very splendid (富丽堂皇). Tons of amber as well as gold and jewels were used to make it, which makes it an     4     (amaze) treasure.

However, the next king of Prussia, Frederick William Ⅰ, decided to give it as     5     gift to the Russian Emperor, Peter the Great,     6     gave Prussia a troop of their best soldiers in return.

Unfortunately, during the Second World War, the Nazi Germany was     7     war with Russia. Nazis invaded Russia and some of Nazis     8     (secret) removed many objects from the Amber Room. After that, what happened to it     9    (remain) a mystery.

Recently, the Russians and Germans     10     (build) a new Amber Room at the summer palace so that they can appreciate it and remember the history.

Edinburgh,     1     is located in the southeast of Scotland, is the capital of Scotland.

With its museums, shops,     2     (wonder) historic castles and many restaurants, there are many interesting things for visitors     3     (enjoy) all year round.

Besides, there is more to have fun in Edinburgh. Each year, the Edinburgh International Festival takes place in the city. In late summer, for three weeks, the festival presents classical music, theatre, opera and dance throughout the city. Whatever your cultural     4     (taste) are, you are sure to find something to enjoy.

So far, the Edinburgh International Festival has earned     5     (it) reputation as one of the world’s     6     (great) celebrations of the arts. The founders believed that the programs should be of highest possible artistic standard     7     (present) by the best artists in the world, that the festival should enrich the cultural life of Europe     8     that it should provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit.

The popularity of the festival resulted     9     the birth of another festival soon—the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (艺穗节). Both of them     10     (be) widely popular over the past 70 years.

The British Museum,     1     (locate) in the Bloomsbury area of London, is the first national public museum,     2     people can see its permanent collection of some eight million ancient objects,     3     (make) it one of the largest in existence. It also contains a lot of art works created by    4     (influence) artists from the past to the present.

As one of the most popular national museums, it charges no     5     (admit) fee. That’s why it usually takes a long time    6     (gain) the entry into the museum. Looking at the items     7     display that range from history to art, one sees the faces of the past. History    8     (bring) to life. Since all the exhibits    9     (precise) document the trace of human development, it is absolutely    10     (worth) of our attention and visiting.

Fujian Tulou is a unique large-scale rammed earth (夯土) residential building in a mountainous area, as well as a masterpiece of creative architecture. Tulou     1     (show) a reasonable layout (布局), for it takes advantage of the small flat land in the mountains skillfully,     2     follows the concept of traditional Chinese architectural design.

Tulou has diverse     3     (style) of shape. The square building, round building and wufeng building are the three most common patterns.     4     them, the round building’s ventilation (通风), lighting, anti-typhoon and earthquake, as well as the defense function is the best. The     5     (special) style is the large circular building which is five or six floors high. There are buildings in the building, and the outside building is high and the inside one is low.

Tulou     6     (build) of local materials, mainly earth, stone and wood. Among them, the     7     (construct) of the earth wall uses the long-standing earth ramming technique to the fullest. The rammed earth wall is thick at the bottom and thin at     8     top, and the thickest part can reach 1.5 meters. The earth wall is solid     9     firm. This kind of high and solid building     10     (make) of the most common material reflects the creativity of local residents.

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Today theStatue of Liberty is a beloved landmark. It     1    (tower) above of the harbor of New York and is lovingly cared for by the National Park Service. Many thousands of visitors who visit Liberty Island each year might never suspect that getting the statue     2    (build) was a long slow struggle. More than a century ago, it     3    (be) the celebration of freedom and the commemoration of the friendship between America and France that inspired sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and finally he went forward with designing the potential statue and promoting the idea of building it. However, money was so big a problem     4    was haunting the two governments from the beginning to the end.

Donations forthe building of the statue first began coming in throughout France in 1875. Numerous people gave donations. A copper company donated the copper sheets that would be used to fashion the skin of the statue. Various donations were helpful,     5     the cost of the statue kept riding.     6    (face) with a short fall of money, the French-American Union held a lottery. Merchants in Paris donated prizes, and tickets were sold. The lottery was a success, but more money was still needed. The sculptor Bartholdi eventually sold miniature versions of the statue,     7     the name of the buyer engraved on them.Finally, in July 1880 the French-American Union announced that enough money had been raised to complete the building of the statue.

While the French had announced that the funds for the statues were in place in 1880, by late 1882 the American donations, which would be needed to build the pedestal, were sadly lagging. The sculptor Bartholdi had travelled to America in 1871 to promote the idea of the statue. Despite Bartholdi’s efforts, the idea of the statue was difficult     8    (sell). some newspapers, most notably the New YorkTimes, often criticized the statue as folly, and vehemently opposed     9    (spend) any money on it. The newspaper publisher JosephPulitzer, who had purchased a New York City daily, The World, in the early1880s, took us the cause of the statue’s pedestal. He mounted an energetic funddrive, promising to print the name of each donor,     10     small the donation, Pulitzer’s audacious plan worked, and millions of people around the country began donating whatever they could.

In August1885, that final $100,000 for the statues pedestal had been raised.Construction work on the stone structure continued, and the next year the Statue of Liberty, which had arrived from France packed in crated, was erected on top.