Almost seven tons of amber__________ the Amber Room.

A. was used to make             B. was used to making

C. were used to make            D. were used to making

Almost seven tons of amber__________ the Amber Room.

A. was used to make             B. was used to making

C. were used to make            D. were used to making

二、完形填空（10分）

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, ____31____ that his great gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history. This was the Amber Room, ___32___was given this name because almost seven __33__tons of amber were used to make it. Amber has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. Although it __34__as hard as stone, it easily melt when __35__. Once it is heated, the amber can become any shape. The design for the __36___was __37__ the fancy style popular in those days. The Amber Room was also made with gold and jewels.  It ___38__a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it. Everyone agreed that it was the best and biggest __39___of amber art ever made. ___40___, in 1941 the Nazi German army stole it.

31. A. could never imagined   B. imagined

C. could have imagined   D. could never have imagined

32. A. which               B. that              C. /               D. who

33. A. thousands of        B. thousand of        C. thousand        D. thousands

34. A. feel                B. feels             C. felt             D. has felt

35. A. heat               B. heated            C. it was heated       D. it has heated

36. A. room              B. house             C. amber             D. thing  

37. A. of                 B. to               C. for              D. in

38. A. spent              B. cost              C. took            D. costs

39. A .job               B. work             C. works           D. gift

40. A. Therefore          B. However          C. but             D. Moreover

二、完形填空

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, ____31____ that his great gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history. This was the Amber Room, ___32___was given this name because almost seven __33__tons of amber were used to make it. Amber has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. Although it __34__as hard as stone, it easily melt when __35__. Once it is heated, the amber can become any shape. The design for the __36___was __37__ the fancy style popular in those days. The Amber Room was also made with gold and jewels.  It ___38__a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it. Everyone agreed that it was the best and biggest __39___of amber art ever made. ___40___, in 1941 the Nazi German army stole it.

31. A. could never imagined   B. imagined

C. could have imagined   D. could never have imagined

32. A. which                B. that               C. /                D. who

33. A. thousands of         B. thousand of        C. thousand         D. thousands

34. A. feel                 B. feels             C. felt              D. has felt

35. A. heat                B. heated             C. it was heated        D. it has heated

36. A. room               B. house              C. amber              D. thing  

37. A. of                  B. to                C. for               D. in

38. A. spent               B. cost              C. took             D. costs

39. A .job                B. work              C. works            D. gift

40. A. Therefore           B. However           C. but              D. Moreover