Frank Lloyd Wright probably is the greatest architect that the United States has ever produced．He was very talented and had a natural ability to design buildings．His buildings were not only beautiful but they were also functional．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, functional buildings are not the only reason why 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 those in old European 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 grass-land．Both the lines and lines of Wright’s houses are parallel(平行)to the horizon, the place where the earth and sky seem to meet．
(1)
The character of Wright’s buildings can be described as ________．
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A．
they were plain outside and well designed inside
B．
they were beautiful in design and practical in use
C．
they were spacious(宽敞的)and very functional
D．
they look like churches and office buildings
(2)
It can be concluded that before Wright’s time ________．
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A．
American architecture hadn’t formed its own style yet
B．
American architecture was fixed with modern style
C．
most American houses were designed by Europeans
D．
most houses were practical but no-good looking
(3)
What’s the most important idea in Wright’s style?
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A．
Architecture should show a variety of designs．
B．
A building must have a large grass-land around．
C．
Architecture design should fit its surroundings．
D．
The style of a building is the most important in design．
(4)
The style of Wright’s“grass-land houses”is that ________．
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A．
the houses appear to stand on the horizon
B．
the houses have many lines that are similar to the horizon
C．
the houses are built mainly on the grass-land
D．
the lines of the houses are similar to those on the grass-land
Humans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own．We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole socicties beyond our everyday lives．
This sense of wonder is universal look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy(幻想)litcrature or movies like The lord of the Rings, This sense of wonder drous us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe．But have we gone to far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the phcasure of other worlds that alrewly exist all around us?
Human beings, as biologists have suggested, possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms, However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lices．In a study of British schoolchildren, it was found that children bye age eight were much more familiar with hurmans for television shows and cideo games than with common wildlife．Without modern technology ,a amall pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals．When we lack meaningful interaction(交互)with the world around us, and sometimes ecen with our families and friends , we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen
The world of make-believe is not neccsanly bad, But when the world of famsity becomes the only outlet(出路)our sense of wonder ,then we are really missing something, We are missing a connection with the living world．Other wonderful worderful worlds exist all around us．But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough ,we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense , are really part of our own．
(1)
The popularity of The Lord of the rings proves ________
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A．
the close connestion between man and the fantasy world
B．
the wonderful achievements of fantasy literature
C．
the fine taste of moviegoers around the world
D．
the general existence of the sense of curiosity
(2)
What can we infer from the underlineed sentence in Paragraph 3?
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A．
People are fra less familiar with the world of fantasy．
B．
The world around us could serve as a sound of wonder．
C．
The world of fantasy can be mirred by a small and lively pond．
D．
Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder．
(3)
If our sense of wonder relics totally on the world of make-believe．we will ________．
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A．
fail to appreciate the joy in our lives
B．
be confused by the world of make-believe
C．
miss the chance to recognizc the fantas world
D．
be tranped by other worlds exsting all around us
(4)
What is the main purpose of the passage?
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A．
To show us the hidden beauty in our world．
B．
To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy wonder
C．
To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder
D．
To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe
