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 h

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 h
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,Missourt.He won two more awards over the next five years.In 1962,he designed the World Trade Center in New York.It is very famous.
In 1993,a bomb exploded（炸弹爆炸）in the World Trade Center.But the buildings didi 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 1986.He designed more than 300 buildings.People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.
1.根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空限填一词）
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（每空限填一词）
The buildings that Minoru Yamasaki designed are different from the other architects’ because his buildings always make people feel __________ 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?____________________________________________________________________
4.把短文中划线的句子译成汉语._______________________________________________
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?
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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 h
1.was born
2.peaceful;happy
3.He refused to change the design of his buildings,even if he lost a job.
4.在接下来的五年时间里,他又赢得了两项大奖.
5.He is famous for his design and buildings.