Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师 Wap版

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Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). 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(设计) 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（和平） 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 (奖)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 (炸弹爆炸) 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 【小题1】 American architect
Be born	In 【小题2】． in Seattle, Washington
In college	Studied architecture in college
	Worked in a fish factory to pay for college
	In a room with 100 other men and often stayed up very late until midnight
His design of buildings	Made people feel peaceful and ____【小题3】_____
	Had strong opinions about his buildings
	The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion
Successful career(生涯)	Was not the same as other architects
	Didn’t begin his successful career 【小题4】 he started his own company
	Won 【小题5】 Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life
Date of death	Died in 1986

答案：【小题1】well-known
【小题2】1912
【小题3】happy
【小题4】until /before
【小题5】three

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国著名建筑师雅马萨奇的一生。雅马萨奇非常的执着自己对建筑的观点，即使失去工作他也不会改变自己的设计观点。
【小题1】根据Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师).可知填： well-known
【小题2】根据He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington.可知填：1912
【小题3】根据His buildings give people a feeling of peace（和平） and happiness.，故填happy.
【小题4】根据Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company.可知填：until
【小题5】根据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.描述，可知他赢得三项大奖，故填：three
考点：人物传记类短文阅读。

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