Question

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 cut off so you can never build another one．Yes,that is the Taj Mahal,one of the most famous buildings in the world． And the tale behind the construction is just as impressive（印象深刻的）as the building itself． 　　First,there's the emperor of northern India,Shah Jehan,also called the King of the World．In 1612,Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal．Madly in love,they had 14 children over the next 20 years．But then sadness camde．As Mumtaz was about to give birth to child number 14,she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out．It was a sign of death．And as Mumtaz lay dying,she asked Jehan to build a lasting memorial（纪念物）to celebrate their love． 　　When the heartbroken Jehan appeared eight days after his wife's death,his people were shocked to see that his coalblack hair had turned snow-white． 　　Putting away his sadness,Jehan ordered his wife's dying wish carried out．More than 20,000 workers labored nearly 22 years to complete the construction．In 1653,Jehan placed Mumtaz's remains in the center under the building． 　　And then,son number five,Aurangzeb,murdered his brothers and took over the power from his aging father．Jehan lived the rest of his days— eight years,to be exact— imprisoned not far from the Taj Mahal．Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the timeless treasure from a distance．But never again would he be allowed to visit it— until he was buried next to his wife． 　　Today 25,000 people visit the Taj Mahal each day．Though the reason for building the tower was a strange,sad story,those who see its breath-taking beauty are reminded of the happiness that inspired（激发…的灵感）its construction． (1) The first two paragraphs were written to show that ________ [　　] A． the Taj Mahat is an unusual historic building B． ancient Indian emperors were cruel C． construction workers led a hard life in ancient India D． India has some of the most famous buildings in the world (2) The Taj Mahal was first built as ________ [　　] A． a prison B． a gift to Mumtaz C． a memoral building D． a tourist attraction (3) We learn from the text that Mumtaz probably died in ________ [　　] A． 1626 B． 1632 C． 1634 D． 1653 (4) The underlined word“happiness”in the last sentence refers to ________ [　　] A． the married happiness of the emperor and his wife B． the great pleasure Jehan once found in exercising his power C． the happiness Jehan felt on completing the Taj Mahal D． the pleasure tourists experience when visiting the Taj Mahal

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．A;
解析：

(1)	解析：本篇较长，但设题不难。本题问的是前两段在整篇中的地位（写作目的），工匠们建完了一个建筑后，手指尖被砍下，自然无法再建类似（完美）的建筑，间接告诉人们已建完的便是最不寻常的了，何况这个建筑还有着背后的故事，所以选A，是个非凡的历史性建筑。
(2)	解析：从第三段最后一句和第五段第一句可知，Taj Mahal是Shah Jehan为纪念与Mumtaz Mahel的爱情而建的。
(3)	解析：1612年她结婚，其后的20年里生下14个孩子，生第14个孩子时死去，1612＋20＝1632．
(4)	解析：从第三段最后一句可知：Mumtaz临死前请求Jehan建一座永久的建筑来纪念他们的爱情。全文最后一段又写到，人们看到这一令人惊叹的辉煌的建筑，会想到激发修建这一建筑的幸福（皇帝与皇后婚后的恩爱生活）（remind：使想到）故选A。