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NIVEL: Intermedio
30 minutos
Lee este articulo en español
THE TAJ MAHAL
 
En la prueba del cloze debes seleccionar la palabra correcta a partir de una
de las cuatro opciones y poner la palabra en el espacio enumerado.
Consejos:
1. Lea el artículo completo rápidamente para entender el tópico.
2. Lea cada párrafo cuidadosamente.
3. Y entonces adicione la palabra correcto (NO la letra)
Una regla general: tomate al menos cinco minutos al final de
la prueba para verificar tus respuestas. ¡No es un crucigrama!
The Taj Mahal, in Agra, India, is the greatest tribute (1) …….…………… man ever paid to the memory of his wife.
Emperor Shah Jehan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal, died in 1630 and he
(2) …………………… to build (3) ……….………. tomb and mosque.
It took 20,000 (4) ………………… and 22 years to complete. A whole town, Mumtazabad, was quickly (5) ……………..…….……for all the workers on the construction (6) ………….………….. to live in.
 
Photo: Tripadvisor.com Agra Fort. Photo: indiacatalog.com
Shah Jehan himself would (7) …….….………… nothing less than perfection and (8) ………………..… a strong influence on all (9) ……….……… of the work.
Its architecture was very (10) ……..….........…….. from previous Indian temples (11) ……….………… the designers and architects were
(12) …..…………….. in from all the great (13) …………....…….. of the orient.
In addition, the (14) ……..………….. used were brought from all parts of Shah Jehan’s Mughal (15) …….…………… White marble, red sandstone, turquoise, jade, crystal, pearls, sapphires, were used on a scale never
(16) ………………… before. More than forty varieties of jewels were used.
The principal architect of the Taj Mahal was Ustad ‘Isa, a (17) ……………… that should be better known to us today. The famous building is part of a vast complex of palatial buildings, gardens and pools that attracts nearly one and a half million visitors each year.
It is not clear (18) …………....…....... the name ‘Taj Mahal’ means, but it is usually (19) ……..…………….. as ‘Crown of the Palace’.
Shah Jehan moved the center of his empire from Agra in 1638 when
(20) …………..…….. new capital city was built in Delhi. He died in 1658.
CHOICES:
1. a) all, b) what, c) other, d) any
2. a) want, b) think, c) resolved, d) took
3. a) what, b) when, c) under, d) this
4. a) workers, b) waiters, c) architects, d) police
5. a) built, b) housed, c) imagined, d) destroyed
6. a) site, b) money, c) overtime, d) river
7. a) hope,b) accept, c) pay, d) except
8. a) has, b) heard, c) had,d) head
9. a) insects, b) aspects, c) outlooks, d) days
10 a) similar, b) after, c) strange, d) different
11 a) because, b) beside, c) although, d) reason
12 a) running, b) brought, c) living, d) thrown
13 a) cities, b) shops, c) kitchens, d) boxes
14 a) matches, b) mattress, c) materials, d) mates
15 a) housing, b) empire, c) residence,d) pocket
16 a) eaten, b) lost, c) valued, d) seen
17 a) name, b) shop, c) city, d) picture
18 a) how, b) what, c) when, d) where
19 a) seen, b) spelt, c) worn, d) translated
20 a) them, b) those, c) India’s, d) these
Respuestas:
1d, 2c, 3d, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7b, 8c, 9b, 10d, 11a, 12b, 13a, 14c,
15b, 16d, 17a, 18b, 19d, 20c.
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