The Danish (丹麥) architect of the iconic Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, has died at the age of 90, after suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Utzon, an award-winning architect, put "Denmark on the world map with his great talent," said Danish Culture Minister Carina Christensen. Having won a competition in 1957 to design the building, he left the project before it opened in 1973. Mr. Utzon never visited the completed landmark, after disputes about costs. He had quarreled with the Australian client and the costs overran by 1,000%. Even decades later, he declined invitations to return to Australia, but did design, with his son, a new wing which opened in 2006. In 1998 he said, "It's part of education–I can't be bitter about anything in life."

Most of the interior（內(nèi)部）of the opera house was not completed according to his plans after government-appointed architects took over the job.
The Sydney Opera House planned to dim the lights on the sail-shaped roof on Sunday to mark Mr. Utzon's death.
The chairman of Sydney Opera House Trust, Kim Williams, said, "Jorn Utzon was an architectural and creative genius who gave Australia and the world a great gift. Sydney Opera House is core to our national cultural identity and a source of great pride to all Australians. It has become the most globally recognized symbol of our country."
Mr. Utzon also designed the National Assembly of Kuwait and several prominent buildings in Denmark.
Danish Minister of Culture Carina Christensen paid tribute to him, saying, "Jorn Utzon will be remembered as one of the Danes who in the 20th century put Denmark on the world map with his great talent."
Mr. Utzon won several international awards, including the Alvar Aalto Medal for architecture and France's Legion of Honour.
In 2003 he won the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize for his design of the opera house.
小題1: Which of the following is true about Mr. Jorn Utzon?
A．He was born in Demark and worked in Australia.
B．He left Australia before his design was completed.
C．He refused to go back to visit the Opera House all his life.
D．He disagreed with the government client on the building materials.
小題2:From the above passage we may NOT know ______.
A．what Mr. Utzon has contributed to the world
B．the exact time of Mr. Utzon’s birth and death
C．whether he had a family or not
D．when Opera House was completed
小題3: What did the Opera House plan to do to mark its designer’s death?
A．A memorial party would be held on Sunday.
B．Another award would be given out to Mr. Utzon’s son.
C．The lights on the roof of Opera House would become less bright.
D．Another wing would be designed to remember Mr. Utzon.
小題4: The most proper title of the above passage might be ______.
A．Sydney Opera House architect dies
B．Life of Mr. Utzon, a Great architect
C．Designer and builder of Opera House
D．Awards of the Opera House Architect

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文介紹了丹麥建筑師學(xué)家Jorn Utzon在一次國際性的為悉尼設(shè)計歌劇院的比賽中獲勝。但是不是所有人都為此激動。Utzon 在1966年與當?shù)卣l(fā)生爭執(zhí)，引起公眾對建筑設(shè)計的批評風(fēng)暴后，退出了歌劇院工程。這項工程指導(dǎo)7年后才完成，Utzon也再也沒有回到澳大利亞去看過他的作品。在2003年被授予建筑學(xué)獎。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)he declined invitations to return to Australia,他拒絕回到澳大利亞，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Jorn Utzon, has died at the age of 90,短文中沒有給出確切的出生年月和他去世的時間，故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The Sydney Opera House planned to dim the lights on the sail-shaped roof on Sunday to mark Mr. Utzon's death. 故選C
小題4:標題歸納題。根據(jù)The Danish (丹麥) architect of the iconic Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, has died at the age of 90, after suffering a heart attack.
故選A。
點評：定位詞和主題句是英語閱讀理解解題方法的最重要的兩個要素，前者適用于解答細節(jié)理解題，后者用于解答主旨大意題。通過定位詞解題，就是說我們在閱讀題干的時候迅速的把題干中有標記意義的詞或詞組劃記出來，然后用這個詞回到原文當中定位。并不是所有的我們在題干中找到的定位詞在原文中都會對應(yīng)出現(xiàn)，有些情況下，原文中出現(xiàn)的只是題干定位詞的轉(zhuǎn)換形式。在這種情況下，劃出定位詞并在腦中留下印象也有利于我們在瀏覽文章是迅速發(fā)現(xiàn)文中定位詞的對應(yīng)形式，從而找到題目答案的位置。
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A．The meaning of true love.
B．The meaning of giving up necessarily.
C．The meaning of being kind to teachers.
D．The meaning of believing in teachers.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

It was black in the evening. Andy, a 12-year-old boy was unwilling to go outside. But his mother, Lilly, was worried about his father and  36  he go.
About an hour ago, the husband said he had to  37 his car outside their house. ___38  enough, it seemed that the wife hadn’t heard a single  39 for a long time.
“Go and have a look. What on earth is he doing?” she said to Andy.
The boy walked out and called into the darkness “Dad?”
“Andy?”  40 was his father, who spoke slowly, in a strange way. Actually, his voice sounded  41 .   
That evening, when the man had to get  42 the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car. 43   , the man didn’t place the blocks in front of the car’ s front tires to keep it from  44  forward off the forks, which was exactly  45 it did afterwards.
Little Andy saw his dad’s feet  46 out from beneath the car.  47 to take a full breath, his father sank into a sleepy, half-alive  48 .
“Keep calm, mum. Everything will be all right.” The boy  49 the scared mother.
He climbed on and tried to do something to help. Finally, the car started to come off the ground and hung in the   50 .
After a few minutes, the policemen were sent for. Luckily, the father, who  51 under the car, could still breathe, alive.
It wasn’t  52 his dad was carried into an ambulance heading for the hospital that the little boy  53  and couldn’t help crying.
Andy says one satisfying change has come out of the  54 : he is able to spend more time with his dad, who hasn’t touched a car 55 his car fell on him.
小題1:
A．statedB．demandedC．declaredD．a(chǎn)nnounced
小題2:
A．cleanB．buyC．fixD．sell
小題3:
A．StrangelyB．InterestinglyC．FortunatelyD．Naturally
小題4:
A．wordB．voiceC．noiseD．sound
小題5:
A．HeB．ThisC．ThereD．It
小題6:
A．usualB．differentC．calmD．upset
小題7:
A．intoB．ontoC．beneathD．a(chǎn)bove
小題8:
A．SomehowB．AnyhowC．SomewhatD．Anyway
小題9:
A．sinking B．rollingC．drivingD．running
小題10:
A．whatB．howC．whyD．which
小題11:
A．bringingB．movingC．stickingD．taking
小題12:
A．UnableB．UnlikelyC．LikelyD．Able
小題13:
A．circumstanceB．environmentC．stateD．position
小題14:
A．encouragedB．comfortedC．requiredD．persuaded
小題15:
A．shadeB．skyC．windD．a(chǎn)ir
小題16:
A．sleptB．satC．stoodD．lay
小題17:
A．untilB．unlessC．whenD．while
小題18:
A．broke outB．broke downC．broke upD．broke off
小題19:
A．matterB．a(chǎn)ffairC．a(chǎn)ccidentD．event
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．beforeC．whenD．since

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