题目内容
12.Each year the Pritzker Architecture Prize (普立兹克建筑奖) goes to a star designer with a long list of attractive buildings around the world.This year's winner is a little different.Shigeru Ban has designed museums,homes and concert halls.But Ban is best known for a more simple kind of work:the temporary (暂时的) buildings for people who became homeless after disasters.
Ban may be the only designer in the world who makes buildings out of paper-cardboard paper tubes (管).Ban actually tested the strength of cardboard tubes,and said he was surprised by what he had discovered.He has used them to build temporary buildings in Japan,Haiti,China and elsewhere.
"After a disaster,the building material is going to be more expensive,"Ban explains."But the paper tube is actually not a building material.It is cheap and plentiful.We can get the material easily anywhere.And unlike costs for traditional building materials,the price of paper tubes doesn't jump after an earthquake or flood.The tubes are also lightweight,so you don't need heavy machines to work with them."
Ban started using cardboard paper tubes in the 1980s.At that time he had just graduated from the architecture school,and he was looking for a cheap substitute for wood.So he started reusing the paper cardboard tubes that were left over from rolls of paper in his office.
Ban was born in Tokyo and studied architecture in the U.S.before moving back to Japan to start his practice.Some of Ban's temporary buildings have become permanent (永久的),like the paper church he built after the 1995earthquake in Kobe,Japan.
40.The author uses the first paragraph toB.
A.raise an argument
B.give an introduction
C.give an example
D.offer a description
41.What is special about Shigeru Ban?D
A.He failed to get this year's architecture prize.
B.He graduated from the best architecture school in the U.S.
C.He is good at building houses for homeless people.
D.He builds special houses for special groups of people.
42.Why did Shigeru Ban choose cardboard paper tubes?A
A.Because they are cheap and easy to take away.
B.Because they are strong and last for a long time.
C.Because they are plentiful and look very beautiful.
D.Because they are common and hard to break.
43.What does the underlined word"substitute"probably refer to?C
A.A new way of building houses by using wood.
B.A new method of producing cardboard paper tubes.
C.A new kind of building material to take the place of wood.
D.A new machine to produce a new kind of building material.
分析 短文主要介绍了普立兹克建筑奖的获得者Ban的事迹.
解答 40.B,推理判断题,作者利用第一段就是对 Pritzker Architecture Prize 进行一个介绍,来引出今年的获奖者,故答案为B.
41.D,细节理解题,根据句子But Ban is best known for a more simple kind of work:the temporary (暂时的) buildings for people who became homeless after disasters.可知,Ban的特别之处在于为那些无家可归的人建暂时的住所,故答案为D.
42.A,细节理解题,根据句子It is cheap and plentiful和The tubes are also lightweight可知,他选择纸板管是因为它们又便宜又方便携带,故答案为A.
43.C,词义猜测题,根据后一句So he started reusing the paper cardboard tubes that were left over from rolls of paper in his office.可知,他再次利用办公室留下的纸板管来代替木材,故答案为C.
点评 解答任务型阅读理解题,首先对原文材料迅速浏览,掌握全文的主旨大意.因为阅读理解题一般没有标题,所以,速读全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速读的过程中,应尽可能多地捕获信息材料.其次,细读题材,各个击破.掌握全文的大意之后,细细阅读每篇材料后的问题,弄清每题要求后,带着问题,再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息.最后,要善于抓住每段的主题句,阅读时,要有较强的针对性.对于捕获到的信息,要做认真分析,仔细推敲,理解透彻,只有这样,针对题目要求,才能做到稳、准.
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44.A.bad | B.unusual | C.horrible | D.astonishing |
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48.A.bedroom | B.kitchen | C.yard | D.study |
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50.A.evaluate | B.bear | C.explain | D.remember |
51.A.advised | B.cheated | C.asked | D.informed |
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