Question

    I.M. Pei, the Chinese-American, who was regarded as one of the last great modernist architects, has died at the age of 102.

Although he worked mostly in the United States, Pei will always be remembered for a European project: His redevelopment of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the 1980s. He gave us the glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard, along with three smaller pyramids and a vast subterranean (地下的) addition to the museum entrance.

Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre in its long history, and initially his designs were fiercely opposed. But in the end, the French — and everyone else — were won over.

Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20^th century “some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms. His talent and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry.”

After studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955.

Designing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in 1964 established him as a name. His East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978 changed people’s ideas of a museum. The site was an odd trapezoid (梯形) shape. Pei’s solution was to cut it in two. The resulting building was dramatic, light and elegant — one of the first crowd-pleasing cathedrals of modern art.

Though known as a modernist, and notable for his forms based on arrangements of simple geometric (几何的) shapes, he once urged Chinese architects to look more to their architectural tradition rather than designing in a western style.

In person, I.M. Pei was good-humored, charming and unusually modest. His working process was evolutionary, but innovation (创新) was never an intended goal.

“Stylistic originality is not my purpose,” he said. “I want to find the originality in the time, the place and the problem.”

1.What can we learn about the result of redevelopment of the Louvre Museum?

A.It was criticized by the French.

B.It turned out to be a success.

C.It made the Louvre Museum look strange.

D.It changed the function of the Louvre Museum.

2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?

A.He is a master in applying materials.

B.He is skilled in writing poems.

C.He often combines poetry and construction.

D.He gets inspiration from poetry in designing.

3.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

b. Study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.

c. Design the National Gallery of Art.

d. Win the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize.

A.abcd B.bacd C.bcad D.dacd

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文之人物传记。文章主要讲述了被认为是最后一批伟大的现代主义建筑师之一的美籍华人贝聿铭的生平贡献。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段But in the end, the French — and everyone else — were won over.（但最后，法国人——以及其他所有人——都被说服了。）可知人们最终被说服。这说明人们认可了他的设计，他的设计最终证明是成功的。故选B项。

2.推理判断题。根据前一句内容：Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20th century “some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms.（1983年，他获得了第五届普利兹克建筑奖(Pritzker Architecture Prize)，被认为给了20世纪“一些最美丽的内部空间和外部形式”。）可知他的设计非常优美。划线句子是对之前句的进一步解释，即：他的建筑风格像诗歌那样优美。此句赞颂了他高潮的建筑造诣。A项：He is a master in applying materials.（他是应用材料的大师）符合合理推理。故选D项。

3.细节理解题之事件排序题。从第五段After studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955.可以看出b Study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.（在麻省理工学院和哈佛大学学习建筑。）最早发生。1964年发生了a事件Design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.（设计约翰·f·肯尼迪总统图书馆和博物馆。）1978 年发生c事件Design the National Gallery of Art（设计国家美术馆）。1983年发生d事件Win the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize.（荣获第五届普利兹克建筑奖。）因此正确的排序为：b a c d ，故选B项。