课时检测训练20 选择性必修第一册 Unit 2 Onwards and upwards-【勤径学升】2024高考英语一轮总复习（外研版）

课时检测训练20选择性必修第一册 Unit 2 Onwards and upwards ,对应答案P436 I.阅读理解 versions.Another famous piece,the Conoid chair. has two legs supported by blade-like feet.Always, (2022·重庆名校联盟第一次联考)Ge0rge Nakashima's designs were precise and graceful, Nakashima always insisted that he was a simple marked by simplicity that revealed his love for the woodworker.not an artist.Even though major wood. museums exhibited his works and the director of As the years passed,Nakashima's reputation the American Craft Museum called him a national grew and his works received many awards.His treasure,Mr.Nakashima rejected the label of an children Mira and Kevin,now adults,joined the artist.For almost fifty years he simply went on team of craftspeople in their father's studio. shaping wood into beautiful chairs,tables,and Nakashima's dream of integrating()work and cabinets. family has come true. Nakashima had a clear goal.He intended each 1.Which of the following best describes Nakashima? piece of furniture he made to be as perfect as A.Generous and outgoing. possible.Even making a box was an act of B.Creative and modest. creation.because it produced an object that had C.Capable and friendly. never existed before.Initially Nakashima used D.Honest and simple. local wood,sometimes from his own property. 2.What can we learn about Nakashima from Later,he traveled to seek out English oak, Paragraph 4? Persian walnut,African zebra wood and Indian A.He made chairs exclusively for his family. teak.He especially liked to find giant roots that B.His chairs were of the same style. had been dug out of the ground after a tree was C.He loved his daughter Mira most. taken down.Nakashima felt that making this D.His works were mostly simple but beautiful. wood into furniture was a way of allowing the tree 3.Why was Nakashima called a national treasure? to live again. A.Because he loved both his work and family. Most furniture makers prefer perfect boards, B.Because the wood materials he used were but Nakashima took ple