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Ieoh Ming Pei, one of the last great modernist architects, has died aged 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.
Pei was born in China in 1917 into a wealthy family. His father was a banker. His artistic mother—a calligrapher and musician—had the greater influence on him. Despite not speaking English, he moved to the US at the age of 18 to study at Pennsylvania, MIT and Harvard. He worked as a research scientist for the US government during World War Two, and went on to work as an architect, founding his own firm in 1955. He carried on working well into old age, creating one of his most famous masterpieces—the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar—in his 80s.
He has designed buildings, hotels, schools and other structures across North America, Asia and Europe. His other work includes Dallas City Hall and Japan’s Miho Museum. His style was influenced by his love of Islamic architecture. His favoured building materials were glass and steel, with a combination of concrete.
He won a variety of awards and prizes for his buildings, including the AIA Gold Medal, the Praemium Imperiale for Architecture. In 1983, Pei was given the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize for giving the 20th century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms. He used his $100, 000 prize money to start a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study architecture in America. In person, Pei was always neatly dressed, good-tempered, charming and unusually modest.
【文章大意】文章主要介绍了享誉世界的现代主义建筑大师贝聿铭的生平事迹。
24. What do we know about Pei and his work on the Louvre Museum?
A. The French approved of his designs at first.
B. Pei was the only foreign expert employed by the Louvre.
C. Pei made use of glass in his designs.
D. Pei retired after completing the work.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句His glass pyramid outside the Louvre, completed in 1989, is now one of Paris’ most famous landmarks. (卢浮宫外的玻璃金字塔于1989年完工, 现在是巴黎最著名的地标之一。)可知贝聿铭在他的设计中使用了玻璃。
25. Which is the correct order of time for the following facts in the passage?
①He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
②He founded his own firm.
③He created the Museum of Islamic Art.
④He worked as a research scientist.
A. ①③②④ B. ④①②③
C. ④②①③ D. ①④③②
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段中He worked as a research scientist for the US government during World War Two, and went on to work as an architect, founding his own firm in 1955. (二战期间, 他曾为美国政府担任研究科学家, 1955年, 他创办了自己的公司, 之后成为一名建筑师。)可知贝聿铭为美国政府担任研究科学家, 之后1955年成立了自己的公司; 根据最后一段中In 1983, Pei was given the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize for giving the 20th century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms. (1983年, 贝聿铭被授予第五届普利兹克建筑奖, 以表彰他为20世纪创造了一些最美丽的室内空间和外部形式。)可知贝聿铭在66岁时被授予普利兹克建筑奖; 根据第三段最后一句He carried on working well into old age, creating one of his most famous masterpieces—the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar—in his 80s. (他一直工作到晚年, 80多岁时创作了他最著名的杰作之一——卡塔尔多哈的伊斯兰艺术博物馆。)可知贝聿铭80多岁创作了卡塔尔多哈的伊斯兰艺术博物馆。故顺序为④②①③。
26. What words can be used to describe Pei according to the passage?
A. Productive and humorous.
B. Generous and modest.
C. Determined and outgoing.
D. Attractive and responsible.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第二句He used his $100, 000 prize money to start a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study architecture in America. (他用10万美元奖金为在美国学习建筑的中国学生设立了一个奖学金基金。)可知贝聿铭是非常慷慨大方的; 以及文章最后一句In person, Pei was always neatly dressed, good-tempered, charming and unusually modest. (就个人而言, 贝聿铭总是衣着整洁, 脾气好, 富有魅力, 而且非常谦虚。)可知贝聿铭很谦虚。故选B。
27. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Louvre Pyramid Architect Dies Aged 102
B. Prizes Awarded to Pei
C. Landmarks Created by Pei
D. A Famous Architect Passed Away
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。根据文章第一段第一句Ieoh Ming Pei, one of the last great modernist architects, has died aged 102. (贝聿铭, 最后一位伟大的现代主义建筑师之一, 去世了, 享年102岁。)以及文章主要为介绍贝聿铭的生平事迹可知A选项符合题意。
