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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

  famous/ well-known/ great 

 1912

 pay

  Shared

 peaceful

 strong  

  same 

 until

 three

  death

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了美国建筑大师雅马萨奇的生平、他设计的建筑以及他一生中的成就等各个方面。

 根据Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect 可知，本空应该填well-known，也可以填意思相近的famous和great。

 根据He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington可知，此处应填1912年。

 根据Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college可知，本空应填pay“支付”。

 根据He slept in a room with 100 other men. “他和其他100人睡在一间房中。”本题只有一个空，故不能填slept in；应该填shared“分享”。

 根据His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness可知，他的建筑给人一种和平和快乐的感觉。根据happy可知，本空应该填peace的形容词peaceful。

 根据Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings.可知，雅马萨奇对自己的建筑有强烈的观点。故填strong。

 根据Yamasaki was different from other architects可知，雅马萨奇和其他建筑师是不同的，故填same。

 根据But his success began when he started his own company.可知，直到开设了自己的公司，他的成功才开始。”“直到……才”用not ……until。故填until。

 通过阅读第三段可知，在1962年前，他共获得三次大奖。所以本题填three。

 根据Died on Jun,2  1986可知，这是他死亡的日期，故填death。

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