Question

Choose the right sentences to complete the article.

The Taj Mahal is a love story, a sad and beautiful one.1.. 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. 2.. He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.

3.. 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. 4.. The Taj itself raises another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble.

The emperor planned to build the same tomb (墳?zāi)?of black marble for himself. 5.. 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.

A. It sets on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge.

B. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne.

C. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale.

D. Towers rise from each of the four corners.

E. He organized the best artists and architects(建筑師) from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete.

A. It sets on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge.

B. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne.

C. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale.

D. Towers rise from each of the four corners.

E. He organized the best artists and architects(建筑師) from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete.

Answer 1