阅读专练-【赢在起跑线】2023-2024学年九年级英语寒假作业

月日星期 天气 快乐赛假 阅读专练 A 根据短文内容，判断正误（正确“T”,错误“F”)。 An old man built a model of the Taj Mahal()with thousands of matches for his wife.It took him about eight months to build it.Everybody knows about the Taj Mahal in India. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.Over three hundred years ago,Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal as a burial place to remember his wife.Shah Jahan wanted it to be wonder- ful.He did not care about time or money.He brought workmen from all Asia together.Although over 20,000 men worked on the building,it took them about twenty-two years to finish it. The building stands on a platform of red sandstone.Four thin white towers rise from the corners of the platform.A large dome (rests at the center of the building.Around this large dome there are four smaller ones.It has eight sides and many arches.So people can enter the great building easily. There is a beautiful garden around the Taj Mahal.The green trees make the marble look even whiter.In front of the building there is a long,narrow pool.Look into this pool,and you can see all the beauty of the Taj Mahal from the water. The Taj Mahal is the most beautiful at sunset.The marble picks up the color of the sunset. and the white building turns into a great red one.In 2007,the Tai Mahal became one of the New Seven Wonders in the world. ()1.It took about twenty-two years to build the model of the Taj Mahal. ()2.There are four smaller domes around the large one. ()3.When the sun rises,the Taj Mahal is the most beautiful. ()4.The Taj Mahal is one of the New Seven Wonders in the world. )5.Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to show the deep love to his wife. B 根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Are you shy?If you are,you are not alone.In fact,close to 50 percent of people are shy.Al- most 80 percent of people feel shy at some point in their lives.These days,shyness is becoming more and more common.Now,scientists are trying to understand shyness.They have some interesting ideas about why people are shy.