2023年江苏省高中学业水平合格性考试英语模拟试卷试题（含答案1）.pdfVIP

2023年江苏省普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟四 英语 第一部分单项选择题(共两节，满分70分) 第一节阅读理解(共15小题，每小2分，满30分) A TheTaj Mahal(泰姬陵)isalove story,a sad andbeautiful one.Ifit didn’t exist,we wouldeasily imaginethatthe story ofitsconstructionwassimply afairy tale.Threehundred yearsago,therelived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan.Hiswifewasabeautifuland brightwomanwhomheloved greatly.HertitlewasMumtazl Mahal:itsshortenedform Taj Mahal,means“prideofthepalace”.In theyear 1630this belovedwifeoftheemperor died.Hewassobrokenheartedthathethought ofgivingup his throne(王位).Hedecidedout ofhislove forhiswife,tobuildherthemostbeautifultomb thathehadever seen. He summonedthebest artistsandarchitectsfrom India,Turkey,Persia andArabiaand finally,thedesignwascompleted.It tookmorethantwenty thousandmenworking over a periodof 18yearstobuildtheTaj Mahal,oneofthemostbeautifulbuildingsin theworld. Thebuildingitself standson amarbleplatform 29meterssquareand6—7metershigh. Towersrise from each ofthe four comers.TheTaj Mahalitself soarsanother 61metersinto theair.It isan eight-sidedbuildingmadeofwhitemarble. Theemperorplannedtobuild an identical(相同的)tomb ofblackmarble forhimself on theother sideoftheriver connectedby asilverbridge.However,hissonputhim into aprison in thepalacebeforehecouldfinish,andfortherest ofhislife,hecould only gazeacrossriver atthetomb ofhisbelovedwife. 1．WhywastheTaj Mahalbuilt accordingtothepassage?Because________. A．Shah Jahanwasheartbroken afterthedeath ofhiswife B．Shah Jahan lovedhiswifegreatly C．hiswifewasabeautifulandbrightwoman D．hiswifewasthe“prideofthepalace” 2．From thepassagewecan know________. A．theTaj Mahalwascompleted quickly owingtotheeffortsofthebest artistsandworkers B．alot ofpeopletookpart in thebuildingoftheTaj Mahal C．theTaj Mahaland Shah Jahan’sown tomb werebuilt atthe sametime 试卷第1页，共7页 D．theTaj Mahalisthemo