If there is a building which symbolizes a country—such as the Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia, then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India.

__71__From the time they got married, they wouldn’t be separated. She followed him to wars, advised him on affairs of state, and loved by his people for her good work. __72__The emperor was heartbroken and had the Taj Mahal built as a sign of his love.

It took more than twenty years for the Taj to be built. Workers were brought in, not only from all over Indian, but from central Asia, too. __73__

In 1657, Shan Jahan fell ill and in 1658 his son, Aurangzeb, imprisoned his father and seized the power. Shah Jahan stayed in prison until his death in 1666. He was finally buried there with his wife he could never forget.

__74__As it is built with white marble stones, its character changes in different lights. It looks more beautiful at sunrise and sunset. At sunset, for example, the color of the Taj changes from white to yellow, then to pink. __75__.

To show respect to the Taj, tourists are asked to take off their shoes during their visit.

A.The Taj is definitely worth more than a single visit.

B.A total of 20,000 people worked on the building.

C.The Taj Mahal is a symbol of India.

D.But she died in 1631 during her childbirth.

E.Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to memorize his wife.

F.As the moon rises, it turns a silvery white.

G.It was set up by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1653 in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

 　　If there is a building which symbolizes a country―such as the Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia―then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India.

　　It was set up by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1653 in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. From the time they got married, they wouldn’t be separated. She followed him to wars, advised him on affairs of state, and was loved by his people for her good work. But she died in 1631 during childbirth. The emperor was heartbroken and had the Taj Mahal built as a sign of his love.

　　It took more than 20 years for the Taj Mahal to be built. Workers were brought in, not only from all over India, but from Central Asia too. A total of 20 000 people worked on the building.

　　In 1657, Shah Jahan fell ill, and in 1658 his son Aurangzeb, imprisoned(囚禁) his father and seized power. Shah Jahan stayed in prison until his death in 1666. He was finally buried there with his wife he could never forget.

　　The Taj Mahal is definitely worth more than a single visit. As it is built with white marble stones, its character changes in different lights. It looks more beautiful at sunrise and sunset. At sunset, for example, the color of the Taj changes from white to yellow, then to pink. As the moon rises, it turns a silvery white.

　　To show respect to the Taj, tourists are asked to take off their shoes during their visit.

7. Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to______.

  A. do wonders        B. memorize his wife   C. show his great power      D. give his wife great honor

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

  A. It is a symbol of India.                            

  B. It took over 20 years to set up the Taj Mahal.

  C. All workers building the Taj Mahal came from Central Asia.

  D. The Taj Mahal was built with white marble stones.

9. Which of the following is true?

  A. Shah Jahan lived a hard life in his last few years.

  B. Shah Jahan lost his life just because of old age.

  C. Shah Jahan was not popular with his people at that time.

  D. Shah Jahan treated his son bad when he was young.

10. The writer of the passage______.

  A. has never visited the Taj Mahal          

  B. thinks highly of the Taj Mahal

  C. doesn’t think the Taj Mahal worth a visit

  D. thinks the Taj Mahal is more grand than other buildings in the world

Researches show what we already suspected: Three out of four babies who died of SIDS(婴儿猝死) involved co-sleeping. We’ll say it again. The safest course is not to sleep with babies.

We know the argument: Bad parenting, not co-sleeping, is to blame for the dozens of babies’ deaths. Some parents stick to co-sleeping because it helps them bond with their newborns. They say those who give co-sleeping a bad name either had been drinking, used drugs or were too tired to notice that they rolled over on their children.

But, most of the cases did not involve drugs or alcohol. There’s a “but” here, however. Submitting to a test for drugs or alcohol in these cases is voluntary, so it’s difficult to know with certainty.

Organizations like the Black Health Coalition and others have explained the safe way to co-sleep. While we understand those arguments, we also know that mistakes can happen and that it only takes one time for something to go terribly wrong. The risk outweighs the benefit.

In all likelihood, parents will continue to co-sleep, and some will do so without ever having an incident, but babies are too vulnerable(易受伤的) for parents to take such chances. Therefore, the best place for babies to sleep is in their own beds, on their backs, with no pillows, blankets or toys. No parent wants a tragedy(悲剧) to occur. The best way to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen is to allow babies to sleep alone in their own cribs(摇篮).                                         

According to the author, most of the SIDS cases happened because of ________.

A. drugs

B. co-sleeping

C. drinking

D. bad parenting

Some parents think sleeping with their babies can ________.

A. keep the babies healthy

B. give co-sleeping a good name

C. prevent themselves from drinking

D. develop a good relation with their babies

The author holds the opinion that ________.

A. parents can sleep with babies, but cautiously

B. co-sleep helps to bring babies closer to parents

C. parents can’t take chances to sleep with their babies

D. accidents only happen to those careless parents

Which of the following best describes the structure of the text?

A.   ①                       B.  ①②                       C.   ①                    D.   ①

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②③ ④                    ③④                   ②③④            ②③④⑤

↘ ↙                                  ↓                   ↘↓↙

⑤                              ⑤                    ⑤

There was such a long queue for fried chicken at KFC that we_____ gave up.

A. eventually       B. unfortunately        C. generously       D. purposely