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河南省南阳市邓州春雨国文学校2023-2024学年高三上学期

开学摸底英语试题

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学校姓名：班级：考号：

一、阅读理解

OnMarch15,2022,FrancisKéréwasawardedthePritzkerPrize,otherwiseknownas

theNobelPrizeforarchitecture,becomingthefirstAfricanarchitectevertoobtainthisprize.

Hispathtosuccesswasnotsmooth.Whenhewas7yearsold,FrancisKérélefthis

familyhometoattendschoolbecausehisvillage,GandoinBurkinaFaso,didnothaveoneof

itsown.Thirteenyearslater,hemovedtoGermanyonacarpentryscholarship,withadream

ofreturninghomeonedaytobuildtheclassroomsthatdidn’texistthen.Kéréachievedjust

that,becominganarchitectandcompletinghisfirstbuilding,GandoPrimarySchool,in2001.

Castingmudlikeconcreteandusinglocalmaterialsoverimportedones,Kéréproposed

aparticularvisionofstructurethatbothstrengthenscommunitiesandrespondstotheclimate

crisis.Assuch,Tuesday’sPritzkerPrizeannouncementisnotonlyanodofapprovalforhim,

butfor“vernacular”architecture—atermusedtodescribedesignsthatdirectlyrespondto

localclimates,materialsandbuildingtraditions—itself.Healsoletthewholevillage

participateinthedesign,encouragingthemtoconstructtheschool,usinglocalwoodtopress

thestonefloorsandlocalclaytomakebricks.Theresultwasawelcomingstructurewitha

“floating”roofthatallowsnaturalwindsinahotclimate,andwallopeningsthatbringlight

forstudentstolearnevenwithoutelectricity.Mr.Kéréshowedthevillagersthatideastodeal

withclimateorotherchallengesarealwaysathand.

Though,Kéréhassincedesignedbiggerprojects,includingmanynational-scaleprojects

differinginsize,hisapproachremainsgroundedinGando.“T