阅读短文。按要求完成各题。

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 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 6ve years．In l962，he designed the World Trade Center in New York．It is very famous．

    In l993，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 l986．He designed more than 300 buildings．People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very longtime．  

1．根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空限填一个单词）。

      In the first paragraph the writer of the passage tells us when and where Minoru Yamasaki ___________ ____________．

2．根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空限填一个单词）。

    The buildings that Minoru Yamasaki designed are different from the other architects’ because his buildings always make people feet __________ and _____________．

3．根据短文内容回答问题。

      From which sentence in the passage can we know Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings?

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4．把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。

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5．根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子（限8个词以内）回答问题。

      Minoru Yamasaki was a well—known American architect．What is he famous for?

       _________________________________________________________________________

 Life in Britain 

Homes and families:    Many British people live in houses, not flats. Most houses have gardens.

Daily life:    Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning, and finish at about five or six in the afternoon. Most people don’t go home for lunch. They just have a quick meal.

School life :   Children start school at about 9 a.m. and finish at about 3:30 p.m. Most children have lunch at school. All children go to school when they are six or seven.

Shops   Most shops open at about 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Usually they don’t close for lunch.

1 The buildings that British people live in are ______

     A. gardens        B. houses       C. rooms        D. flats

2 Most children have lunch _______

A. at school.  B. at home.     C. in the shop. D. in the garden.

3 How old do the children start to go to school in Britain? ______

A. Four.  B. Four or five.  C. Twelve or thirteen.   D. Six or seven.

4 Can you buy things in the shops at lunch time ?

A. Yes. They don’t close for lunch.         B. No. Shops open at 1 p.m. 

C. Yes. But there is no people in the shop.    D. No. They close for lunch.

5 What do the most office workers do at about nine in the morning?

A. Have breakfast.   B. Go to school.   C. Drink coffee.     D. Start work.

   

 Life in Britain 

Homes and families:    Many British people live in houses, not flats. Most houses have gardens.

Daily life:    Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning, and finish at about five or six in the afternoon. Most people don’t go home for lunch. They just have a quick meal.

School life :   Children start school at about 9 a.m. and finish at about 3:30 p.m. Most children have lunch at school. All children go to school when they are six or seven.

Shops   Most shops open at about 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Usually they don’t close for lunch.

1 The buildings that British people live in are ______

     A. gardens        B. houses       C. rooms        D. flats

2 Most children have lunch _______

A. at school.  B. at home.     C. in the shop. D. in the garden.

3 How old do the children start to go to school in Britain? ______

A. Four.  B. Four or five.  C. Twelve or thirteen.   D. Six or seven.

4 Can you buy things in the shops at lunch time ?

A. Yes. They don’t close for lunch.         B. No. Shops open at 1 p.m. 

C. Yes. But there is no people in the shop.    D. No. They close for lunch.

5 What do the most office workers do at about nine in the morning?

A. Have breakfast.   B. Go to school.   C. Drink coffee.     D. Start work.

   

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (渗) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are these which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end with injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.

1.It is more important to ________.

A. put out the fire in the burning house  B. Know the ways to escape the fire

C. jump off a burning house           D. keep the door closed

2.It is possible to escape through the windows ________.

A. if you have a long rope         B. if you are strong enough

C. if you live on a lower floor      D. if there are some bushes on the ground

3.Which of the following escaping way is NOT right?

A. You can escape through stairways.   

 B. You can choose fire escapes.

 C. Escape from the windows which open onto a roof.

D. Use a life to come down at once.

4.Open the window so that ________ if the building is on fire.

           A. you can get fresh air            B. you can call for help

           C. you can easily jump off          D. you can be seen first

5.The best title for the passage is ________.

           A. Escaping from the Windows    B. Save Yourself in the Burning House

           C. Knowledge on Fire            D. Waiting for Help

 

>【题文】
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury (伤害).
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips (手指尖) will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (泄露) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof (屋顶). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.
【小题1】 It is important to _____________________.

A．know the ways to escape a fire	B．put out a fire in a burning house
C．jump out of a burning house	D．keep the door closed

【小题2】62. It is possible to escape through the windows _______________________.

A．if you are strong enough

B．if there are some bushes on the ground

C．if you live on a lower floor

D．if you have a long rope

【小题3】63. Which of the following ways of escaping is NOT right?

A．You can escape through stairways.

B．Use a lift to come down at once.

C．Escape through the windows which open onto a roof.

D．You can choose fire escapes.

【小题4】 Keep your head low at the window so that _________ if the building is on fire.

A．you can get fresh air	B．you can call for help
C．you can easily jump off	D．you can be seen first

【小题5】The best title for the passage is _____________.

A．Escaping through the Windows	B．Save Yourself from A Burning House
C．Knowledge on Fire	D．Waiting for Help