Question

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词）

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. He slept in a room with 100 other men.

Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw.  

Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.

Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in it. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.

Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.

Minoru Yamasaki died on Jun,2 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.

The title    A     1.  American architect

Be born  In   2.  in Seattle, Washington

In college Studied  architecture  in college

         Worked in a fish factory to  3.  for college

            4.  a room with 100 other men

His design of buildings       Made people feel   5. and happy

         Had   6.  opinions about his buildings

         The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion

Successful  career   Was not the  7.   as other architects

         Didn’t begin his successful career    8.  he started his own company

         Won   9.    Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life

Date of  10.     Died on Jun,2  1986

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.famous/ well-known/ great

2.1912

3.pay

4.Shared

5.peaceful

6.strong

7.same

8.until

9.three

10.death

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要为我们介绍了美国著名的建筑师Minoru Yamasaki。他1912年出生在美国的西雅图。他的设计给人一种和平和幸福的感觉，他设计了纽约的世贸中心的大楼。他是一个很有特点的建筑师，对于他自己的设计，他很有自己的想法，不容许改变。他逝世于1986年。

1.由文章的大意可知，这篇短文主要为我们介绍了美国著名的建筑师Minoru Yamasaki。他是一位很有特点的建筑师，纽约的世贸中心大楼就是他设计的。他一生中一共设计了300多座建筑。故这篇短文的题目应该是A famous American architect，一位著名的美国建筑师。

2.根据文章的开头He was born in 1912可知，他出生于1912年。故填1912.

3.根据文章的第一段中Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college.可知，每年夏天，他都在一个鱼厂工作，为了交大学的费用。pay for college 为大学交学费。

4.根据文章第一段的最后一句话He slept in a room with 100 other men可知，他和另外100个人睡在一个房间里。这里的意思就是说他和另外100个人共同分享一个房间。share 是一个动词，意思是分享。

5.根据文章第三段His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness.可知，他的建筑物给人们一种和平和幸福的感觉。也就是说他设计的建筑使人们感到和平和幸福。故填peaceful。

6.根据文章的第五段第一句话Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings可知，Yamasaki对自己设计的建筑有强烈的观点。故填strong。

7.根据短文第三段的第一句话Yamasaki was different from other architects.可知，Yamasaki是和其他建筑师们不一样的。这句话中的be different from 是和…不同的意思。在本题中它使用的短语是be the same as，和…一样，放在了否定句中，所以和原文意思一样。

8.根据短文中But his success began when he started his own company.可知，Yamasaki在创办了自己的公司的时候，他的事业才开始成功。即直到创办了自己的公司，才开始了成功的事业。not…until 直到…时候，才…。

9.根据短文中In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years.可知，在1956年，Yamasaki因为设计了圣路易斯的飞机场而获得了一个奖，在接下来的5年里，他又获得了另外两个奖，因此一共是三个。故填three。

10.根据短文最后一段的第一句话Minoru Yamasaki died on Jun,2 1986.可知，Yamasaki逝世于1986年6月2日。故这个时间是他去世的日期。故填death，名词，死，逝世。

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