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Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑師). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. His parents came from Japan. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. Often he worked from four o'clock in the morning until midnight. He slept in a room with 100 other men. Later in life, Yamasaki remembered these times and was always good to his workers.

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 used a new design for the buildings. These buildings are now the Century Plaza Hotel, and Tower in Los Angeles, California.

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 always designed buildings to please people. 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. It is very famous.

In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸彈爆炸) in the World Trade Center. 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 in 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 well-known 【1】 architect
Be 【2】	In 1912 in Seattle, Washington
In college	Went to 【3】 architecture in college
	Worked in a fish factory to 【4】 for college
	【5】 a room with 100 other men and often stayed up very late until midnight
His design of buildings	Made people feel peaceful and 【6】
	Had 【7】 opinions about his buildings
	The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion
Successful career（事業(yè)）	Was not the 【8】 as other architects
	His success didn’t begin until he started his own 【9】 .
	Won 【10】 Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life
Date of death	Died in 1986

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】American

【2】born

【3】study

【4】pay

【5】shared

【6】happy

【7】strong

【8】same

【9】company

【10】three

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Minoru Yamasaki是美國著名的建筑師，他的建筑理念，就是給人們和平和幸福感，他的一生共設(shè)計了300多個建筑，其中最出名的就是世界貿(mào)易中心大樓。

【1】句意：一個非常著名的美國建筑師。根據(jù)短文第一段Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑師).可知，應(yīng)填A(yù)merican。

【2】句意：1912年出生于華盛頓西雅圖。根據(jù)短文第一段 He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. 可知，應(yīng)填born。

【3】句意：在大學(xué)去研究建筑。根據(jù)短文第一段Minoru went to college to study architecture.可知，應(yīng)填study。

【4】句意： 在魚工廠工作來付大學(xué)的學(xué)費。根據(jù)短文第一段Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. 可知，應(yīng)填pay。

【5】句意：和其他100個人在一個房間，經(jīng)常熬夜到深夜。根據(jù)短文第一段Often he worked from four o'clock in the morning until midnight. He slept in a room with 100 other men.可知，應(yīng)填shared。

【6】句意：使人們感到和平和快樂。根據(jù)短文第三段 His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. 可知， make sb.+形容詞，使某人……,故應(yīng)填happy。

【7】句意：對于他的建筑有強烈的意見。根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings.可知，應(yīng)填strong。

【8】句意：不和其他的建筑師一樣。根據(jù)短文第三段Yamasaki was different from other architects.可知，應(yīng)填same。

【9】句意：知道開了自己的公司，他才獲得成功，根據(jù)短文第四段 But his success began when he started his own company.可知，應(yīng)填company。

【10】句意：在1962年前，因為他的著名設(shè)計贏得了3項獎勵，在他的一生中設(shè)計了300多個建筑。根據(jù)短文第四段 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，1956年，因他設(shè)計的密蘇里圣路易斯機場，他獲得了建筑師的第一個榮譽獎。在接下來的五年他又贏得了兩個獎項，故應(yīng)填three。