题目内容
Frank Lloyd Wright probably is the greatest architect that the United States has ever produced. He was very gifted and had a natural ability to design buildings. His buildings were not only beautiful, but they were also practical and useful. They fit their purposes very well. Wright’s churches, for example, make people feel like thinking and praying. His office buildings make people enjoy working, and his houses make people feel comfortable at home. However, Frank Lloyd Wright’s beautiful, practical and useful buildings are not the only reason that he is famous. There is another reason.
Frank Lloyd Wright is called the greatest American architect because he started an American style in architecture. Most of the architecture in the United States before Wright was really European, not American. Wright’s buildings do not look like old European buildings. They have their own style. Wright’s ideas about style are still used in the United States and in other parts of the world.
The most important idea in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Style of Architecture is that a building must fit its purpose and the land around it. His houses are often called “grass-land houses” because their lines are similar to the lines on the grassland. Both the lines of the grassland and the lines of Wright’s house are parallel（平行的）to the horizon, the place where earth and sky seem to meet. They are horizontal lines. Most European style houses, in contrast, have many vertical lines that form 90°angles with the horizon.
46. Frank Lloyd Wright’s style in architecture was _________.
A. learned from some European countries
B. not only limited to the U.S
C. no longer popular
D. somewhat similar to the European style
47. Which of the following best describes the character of the houses that Wright designed?
A. They were very large and beautiful.
B. They were very comfortable.
C. They could be used as churches.
D. They were beautiful in design but not practical in use.
48. What’s the most important idea in Wright’s style?
A. Architectural design should match natural surroundings.
B. A building must have grassland around it.
C. American style in architect should be different from the European’s
D. Design should be more important than use.
49. Which of the following is NOT true about Wright’s “grass-land houses”?
A. The lines of “grass-land houses” are similar to lines on the grassland.
B. The lines of “grass-land houses” are horizontal.
C. The color of the lines of “grass-land houses” is green.
D. They are different from European style houses.
50. The best title for this passage would be _________.
A. The Differences between the American and European Styles in Architecture
B. “Grass-land”” houses Designed by Wright
C. How to Make Your Houses More Beautiful
D. The Influence of Wright on American Architecture
BBACD
小学课堂作业系列答案
金博士一点全通系列答案In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.
1. Bill Gates
Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
2. Steve Jobs
The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.
3. Frank Lloyd Wright
As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
【小题1】 What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?
| A．Hardworking students. | B．Very successful students. |
| C．Students failing to finish their school education. | D．Students from poor families. |
| A．People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs. |
| B．Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education. |
| C．If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day. |
| D．We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps. |
| A．is richer than any other man in the world |
| B．is well-known in Harvard University |
| C．finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree |
| D．is the only founder of Microsoft |
| A．The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it. |
| B．Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help. |
| C．Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist. |
| D．Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. |
| A．Successful people often have unordinary life experience. |
| B．College education is not so important to one’s success. |
| C．People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education. |
| D．Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work. |