Question

閱讀下列短文，根據短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一詞）

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑師). 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 (炸彈爆炸) 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】

試題分析：這篇短文主要為我們介紹了美國著名的建筑師Minoru Yamasaki。他1912年出生在美國的西雅圖。他的設計給人一種和平和幸福的感覺，他設計了紐約的世貿中心的大樓。他是一個很有特點的建筑師，對于他自己的設計，他很有自己的想法，不容許改變。他逝世于1986年。

1.由文章的大意可知，這篇短文主要為我們介紹了美國著名的建筑師Minoru Yamasaki。他是一位很有特點的建筑師，紐約的世貿中心大樓就是他設計的。他一生中一共設計了300多座建筑。故這篇短文的題目應該是A famous American architect，一位著名的美國建筑師。

2.根據文章的開頭He was born in 1912可知，他出生于1912年。故填1912.

3.根據文章的第一段中Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college.可知，每年夏天，他都在一個魚廠工作，為了交大學的費用。pay for college 為大學交學費。

4.根據文章第一段的最后一句話He slept in a room with 100 other men可知，他和另外100個人睡在一個房間里。這里的意思就是說他和另外100個人共同分享一個房間。share 是一個動詞，意思是分享。

5.根據文章第三段His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness.可知，他的建筑物給人們一種和平和幸福的感覺。也就是說他設計的建筑使人們感到和平和幸福。故填peaceful。

6.根據文章的第五段第一句話Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings可知，Yamasaki對自己設計的建筑有強烈的觀點。故填strong。

7.根據短文第三段的第一句話Yamasaki was different from other architects.可知，Yamasaki是和其他建筑師們不一樣的。這句話中的be different from 是和…不同的意思。在本題中它使用的短語是be the same as，和…一樣，放在了否定句中，所以和原文意思一樣。

8.根據短文中But his success began when he started his own company.可知，Yamasaki在創辦了自己的公司的時候，他的事業才開始成功。即直到創辦了自己的公司，才開始了成功的事業。not…until 直到…時候，才…。

9.根據短文中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因為設計了圣路易斯的飛機場而獲得了一個獎，在接下來的5年里，他又獲得了另外兩個獎，因此一共是三個。故填three。

10.根據短文最后一段的第一句話Minoru Yamasaki died on Jun,2 1986.可知，Yamasaki逝世于1986年6月2日。故這個時間是他去世的日期。故填death，名詞，死，逝世。

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