Question

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑師). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. He slept in a room with 100 other men.

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 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 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 five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸彈爆炸) in it. 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 on Jun,2 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.

The title	A     66     American architect
Be born	In   67   in Seattle, Washington
In college	Studied  architecture  in college
	Worked in a fish factory to  68   for college
	69    a room with 100 other men
His design of buildings	Made people feel   70  and happy
	Had   71   opinions about his buildings
	The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion
Successful  career	Was not the   72    as other architects
	Didn’t begin his successful career    73   he started his own company
	Won    74    Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life
Date of  75	Died on Jun,2  1986

66. __________ 67. __________ 68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________

71. __________ 72. __________ 73. __________ 74. __________ 75. __________

Answer 1

66. famous/well-known/great   67. 1912  68. pay  69. Shared  70. peaceful

71. strong              72. same        73. until                 74. three                75. death