be considered to be

　　The Taj Mahal ❶is_considered_to_be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late ❷style of Indian architecture.It is at Agra in northern India.It ❸lies beside the River Jumna in the middle of gardens with quiet pools.

　　The Taj Mahal was built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jehan, who ❹ruled India in the seventeenth century.It is in memory of his favourite wife, Arjumand Banu Bagam, known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631.The building, which was ❺completed between 1632 and 1638, was ❻designed by a local Muslim ❼architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori.The whole building, with gardens and gateway ❽structures,_was completed in 1653.The Taj Mahal stands at one end of the garden tomb with ❾marble path.The room is softly lighted by the light that passes through double screens of carved marble set high in the walls.The building now is kept ❿in_good_condition.

课下作业（二） 高考语篇提能练

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　(2019·福建宁德期末)My parents, during the hard times, were forced to go on home relief. We __1__ on the first floor of a walk­up building in New York.

　　A few days before Christmas, I __2__ a kitchen window to see my father sitting on the ground, __3__， with tears in his eyes. The mailman was __4__ our building and asked my father what was wrong.

　　I heard my father say he had __5__ his food tickets and that the rent was __6__. He had tried to work as a laborer, __7__ he wasn't strong enough, and the work had been too __8__ for him. I was scared, having seen newspaper pictures of people being __9__ on the street with all their __10__.

　　"Ike, how much do you need？" the mailman asked. My dad said he needed $33 for the __11__， and the mailman took out $10 __12__ and handed it to my father.

　　My dad said, "I don't know when I'll be able to pay you back." The mailman __13__ an arm around my father and said it would be okay whether my dad paid him back or not.

　　The mailman noticed me and said, "Isaac, __14__ won't be this way forever. If you or your son will __15__ today, there will be times when __16__ needs your help. Help them within your __17__ and tell them what happened today. This will be my __18__. Merry Christmas."

　　__19__ he lives, my father helps others when he can, and I've done my best to do my part in paying his __20__ back.

　　语篇解读：处于艰难时期的作者的父亲得到了一位邮递员的帮助，在邮递员的倡议下，作者决定在以后的生活中尽力去帮助需要帮助的人，将邮递员的慷慨传递下去。

1．A.slept　　　　　　　　 B．lived