The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale. Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahan, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne. He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.

He summoned the best artists and architects from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete. It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.

The building itself stands on a marble platform 29 meters square and 6-7 meters high. Towers rise from each of the four corners. The Taj itself soars another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble.

The emperor planned to build an identical tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge. However his son put him into a prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only gaze across river at the tomb of his beloved wife.

1.The whole passage tells us about ______.

A. a beautiful fairy tale

B. the story of the Taj Mahal

C. white and black marble tombs made for two emperors

D. the love story of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Taj Mahal?

A. It was completed quickly owing to the efforts of the best artists and workers.

B. A lot of people took part in the building work

C. It is a magnificent building.

D. It is a tomb for the emperor’s beloved wife.

3.The emperor’s own tomb was designed to be ____________.

A. meters high

B. eight-sided

C. black-coloured

D. white-colored

4.The emperor _____________.

A. died soon after Taj Mahan died

B. was killed by his son

C. was beloved by his people

D. died after 1648

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 文章從一個(gè)感人的愛情故事引出的泰姬陵的建造，包括建筑設(shè)計(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)情況，建筑耗時(shí)多久等方面

1.B主旨題：雖然文中第一句話“The Taj Mahal is a love story”是講愛情故事， 但是后三段都在講泰姬陵的建造，是圍繞泰姬陵來(lái)說(shuō)的而非愛情故事，故選B。

2.A細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段中“It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahal, ...”可知建泰姬陵花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，B項(xiàng)正確。從“...one of the most beautiful buildings in the world”可知，C項(xiàng)正確;由“...to build her the most beautiful tomb that had never been seen”可知，D項(xiàng)正確，所以答案為A。

3.C細(xì)節(jié)題：由最后一段“The emperor planned to build an identical tomb of black marble for himself on the other side ...”可知，黑色的墳?zāi)故蔷髯约旱模蔬xC。

4.D推斷題。由第一段“In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died ...”和“It took 18 years ...to build the Taj Mahal”可推測(cè)，君主是1648年以后死的，選D

考點(diǎn)：歷史類閱讀。

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