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Ⅰ.阅读理解
WhilefamousforeignarchitectsareinG
vitedtoleadthedesignsoflandmarkbuildG
ingsinChinasuchasthenewCCTVtower
andtheNationalCenterforthePerforming
Arts,manyexcelentChinesearchitectsare
making greateffortstotakethecenter
stage.
TheireffortshavebeenprovenfruitG
ful.WangShu,a49GyearGoldChinesearchiG
tect,wonthe2012 Pritzker Architecture
Prize-whichisoftenreferredtoastheNoG
belPrizeinarchitecture-onFebruary28.Heis
thefirstChinesecitizentowinthisaward.
WangservesasheadoftheArchitecG
tureDepartmentattheChinaDepartment
attheChinaAcademyofArt(CAA).His
officeislocatedattheXiangshancampus
(校园)oftheuniversityinHangzhou,ZheG
jiangProvince.ManybuildingsonthecamG
pusarehisoriginalcreations.
ThestyleofthecampusisquitedifferG
entfromthatofmostChineseuniversities.
Manyvisitorswereamazedbythecomplex
architecturalspaceandabundantbuilding
types.Thecurves(曲线)ofthebuildings
perfectlymatchtheriseandfal ofhils,
formingauniqueview.
Wangcolected morethan7 milion
abandoned bricks of different ages.He
askedtheworkerstousetraditionaltechG
niquestomakethebricksintowals,roofs
andcorridors.Thiscreationattractedalot
ofattentionthankstoitsmixtureofmodG
ernandtraditionalChineseelements.
Wangs worksshow a deep underG
standingofmodernarchitectureandagood
knowledgeoftraditions.Throughsucha
balance,hehadcreatedanewtypeofChiG
nesearchitecture,said Tadao Ando,the
winnerofthe1995PritzkerPrize.
Wangbelievestraditionsshouldnotbe
sealedinglassboxesatmuseums.“Thatis
onlyevidencethattraditionsonceexisted,”
hesaid.
“ManyChinesepeoplehaveamisunG
derstandingoftraditions.TheythinktradiG
tion meansoldthingsfrom thepast.In
fact,traditionalsoreferstothethingsthat
havebeendevelopingandthatarestilbeG
ingcreated,”hesaid.
“Today,many Chinese people are
learningWesternstylesandtheoriesrather
thanfocusingonChinesetraditions.Many
peopletendtotalkabouttraditionswithout
knowingwhattheyrealyare,”saidWang.
ThestudyoftraditionsshouldbecomG
binedwithpractice.Otherwise,therecreaG
tionoftraditions wouldbeartificialand
empty,h