Say you are a 17th century construction worker who's worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor.

Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips 1        off so you can never build another one. Yes,that is the Taj Mahal,one of the most 2        buildings in the world. And the 3        behind the construction is just as 4        as the building itself.

First,there's the 5        of northern India,Shah Jehan,also called the King of the World. In 1612,Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal. 6       in love,they had 14 children 7        the next 20 years. But then sadness came. 8       Mumtaz was about to 9        birth to child number 14 ,she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out. It was a 10       of death. And as Mumtaz lay 11       ,she asked Jehan to build a 12       memorial to celebrate their love.

When the heartbroken Jehan 13        eight days after his wife's death,his people were 14        to see that his coalblack hair had turned snowwhite.

Putting away his sadness,Jehan ordered his wife's dying wish 15       . More than 20 ,000 workers labored nearly 22 years to 16 the construction. In 1653,Jehan placed Mumtaz's 17       in the center under the building.

And then,son number five,Aurangzeb,murdered his brothers and took over the 18        from his aging father. Jehan lived the rest of his days―eight years,to be exact 19       not far from the Taj Mahal. Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the time?less treasure from a distance. But never again would he be allowed to visit it―until he was bur?ied 20       to his wife.

(   ) 1. A. cut   B. threw   C. snatched   D. took

(   ) 2. A. super   B. great   C. famous   D. important

(   ) 3. A. fiction   B. affair   C. tale   D. incident

(   ) 4. A. acceptable   B. impressive   C. unforgettable   D. effective

(   ) 5. A. empress   B. dictator   C. authority   D. emperor

(   ) 6. A. Happily   B. Madly   C. Followed   D. Participated

(   ) 7. A. over   B. along   C. from   D. under

(   ) 8. A. As   B. Since   C. Whereas   D. Because

(   ) 9. A. have   B. give   C. get   D. make

(   ) 10. A. signal   B. saying   C. warning   D. sign

(   ) 11. A. deadly   B. dead   C. dying   D. died

(   ) 12. A. temporary   B. durable   C. continuing   D. lasting

(   ) 13. A. reached   B. showed   C. arrived   D. appeared

(   ) 14. A. delighted   B. shocked   C. puzzled   D. relieved

(   ) 15. A. carried out   B. carried off   C. carried on   D. carried over

(   ) 16. A. maintain   B. create   C. decorate   D. complete

(   ) 17. A. remains   B. clothes   C. jewels   D. portraits

(   ) 18. A. right   B. force   C. power   D. chair

(   ) 19. A. confined   B. captured   C. imprisoned   D. detained

(   ) 20. A. close   B. next   C. near   D. on

ACCBD    BAABD   CDDBA    DACCB

世界上最美的建筑之一印度泰姬陵的故事。

1. A顯然是砍掉手指避免工匠們再制作出另一個如此美麗的陵墓。

2. C世界上最有名氣的建筑之一，應(yīng)選C項為正確答案。

3. C fiction指部分或全部虛構(gòu)的短篇、中篇、長篇小說，也指傳奇故事，是小說的總稱;af?fair指事件，事情；tale�？膳cstory換用，指以事實為中心敘述的故事，也指古代流傳下來的傳說故事或神話故事;incident指小事件。

5. D empress女皇，皇后;dictator獨裁者;au?thority權(quán)力，官方，當(dāng)局。

6. B followed追逐;participated參力口。

7. A over指"在隨后的20年里"，其他選項與文章不符。

8. A whereas然而，鑒于。

9. B give birth to是固定詞組。

10. D此處應(yīng)理解為"一個兆頭"的意思。

sign 跡象;saying俗語，格言;warning警告，提醒; signal信號。答案D正確。

12. D lasting永久的;durable耐用的;continu?ing連續(xù)的;temporary暫時的。

13. D appear是指國王8天后重新出現(xiàn)在人們面前時，頭發(fā)全白了。

14. B人們非常吃驚。 shocked是正確答案。

15. A carried out貫徹，執(zhí)行;carried off贏得, 竊走；carried on從事，忙于;carried over推遲，延期。

16. D decorate裝飾;maintain維修。

17. A remains遺骨，A項符合句意要求。

18. C take over the power是"奪權(quán)，上臺執(zhí)政" 的意思。

19. C imprisoned監(jiān)禁下獄;captured俘獲引起;confined有限度的;detained留住耽擱。

20. B next緊鄰，在近旁；close離得近，接近于;near靠近于，接近于;on to在……之上。

題目來源：高中英語丟分題每周一練高三全一冊 > Unit 2 King Lear

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