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Most young architects—particularly those in big cities—can only dream about working in a building of their own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical—parts firm in Atlanta. From the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting (生銹的) walls.

In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned (放棄) years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition (拆除), pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building, The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there—the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said. “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation (裝置) in there—a slow-motion show.”

Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (緩沖) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical (機(jī)械的) room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.

Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.

1.According to the passage, it is for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.

A. easy B. unnecessary

C. unrealistic D. common

2.Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell .

A. pulled rubbish out through the roof

B. removed the skylights from the bathroom

C. presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery

D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building

3.It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell .

A. benefited a lot from pulling down the roof

B. turned more old buildings into art galleries

C. got inspiration from decorating their old building

D. paid more attention to the outside of the gallery

4.The main idea of the passage is that .

A. people can learn a lot from their failures

B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building

C. people should not judge things by their appearance

D. creative people can make the best of what they have

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了兩位年輕建筑師在離城市中心較遠(yuǎn)的地方找到了一家工廠，并把它設(shè)計(jì)為自己的工作室，運(yùn)用自己所學(xué)的知識(shí)，給工作室裝修了一番并在此過(guò)程中學(xué)到了許多。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段第一句Most young architects—particularly those in big cities—can only dream about working in a building of their own.可知年輕的建筑師想要有自己的工作室只是夢(mèng)想，所以是不現(xiàn)實(shí)的。故選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition, pulling rubbish out through the roof”（把垃圾清出屋頂）可知A正確；而由第三段的第一句判斷出B錯(cuò)；由第二段的倒數(shù)第一二句判斷出C錯(cuò)；由第三段的倒數(shù)第一句判斷出D錯(cuò)。故選A。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work.可知他們裝飾房子獲得的經(jīng)驗(yàn)影響了他們，故C選項(xiàng)從裝飾房子中獲得了靈感是正確的。故選C。

4.主旨大意。根據(jù)第四段的“It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.”得知：本文的主旨在于建造自己的工作室給這些年輕建筑師一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)去展示他們?cè)鯓影焉僮兊枚�，即有�?chuàng)造性的人可以很好的利用和享受他們所擁有的，故選D。

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