晚练册 第12周-【晨读晚记】2023-2024学年高二上学期英语阅读强化训练

Week Twelve 第12周 晚练 的阅读理解A Maya Lin,designer and sculptor,has created some of the most iconic works and spaces with the belief that art can address important issues.Her latest projects are no different,from museums to sculptures for Presiden- tial centers. Lin,62,grew up in Ohio,the daughter of college professors who were Chinese immigrants.As a 21-year- old student at Yale University,she gained national fame when her entry won a design competition for the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,DC.Her winning design-two black granite walls carved with the names of US service members who died in the Vietnam War(1954-1975)or remain missing- is considered one of the most influential in modern architecture. Lin went on to design the 1989 Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery,Alabama,and dozens of other pro- jects globally,all with social and environmental justice in mind.She told The Wall Street Journal she uses facts in her art.She said,"I am going to present you with what the story is,but I am not going to draw the conclusion for you."Currently underway is Lin's plan for the new Museum of Chinese in America in New York City.Lin said she wants it to be a celebration of Chinese American stories and contributions to the country. Lin is also designing a sculpture to honor former President Barack Obama's mother,who died in 1995,at the Obama Presidential Center in Illinois.When Obama awarded Lin the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.he called her work"physical acts of poetry,each reminding us that the most important element in art or architecture is human emotion." (福建省三校协作期中考试) What is Maya Lin's principle to make her creation? A.Art is to lead to reputation. B.Art is a physical act of poetry. C.Art can be a way to address affairs. D.Art is to create something distinguished. What is expressed in her work for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? A.The influence of the Vietnam War on America.B.US soldiers'sacrifice in the Vietnam War. C.The bloody and cruel scenes of the V