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On this vivid planet, it appears colorful with many world famous buildings. Among these largest artificial
articles in the world, many were designed by the same architect-Ieoh Ming Pei.
Pei, the 1983 Laureate of the Pritzker, Architecture Prize, is a founding partner of I. M. Pei & Partners
based in New York City. He was born in China in 1917, the son of a banker. He came to the United States in
1935 to study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Graduate School of
Design (M. Arch. 1946).
From 1945 to 1948, Pei taught at Harvard. In 1948 he accepted the newly created post of director of
Architecture at Webb & Knapp, Inc., and this association resulted in major architectural and planning projects
in big cities. In 1958, he formed the partnership (合伙人)of I. M. Pei & Associates, which became I. M. Pei
& Partners in 1966. The partnership received the 1968 Architectural Firm Award of The American Institute of
Architects.
Pei has designed over forty projects in the world, twenty of which have been award winners. His
outstanding projects have included the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Library near Boston; the Fragrant Hill Hotel near Beijing, China.
Pei is now a member of the National Council on the Arts, and before served on the National Council on the
Humanities. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the Royal Institute of British
Architects, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a member of the
Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As a student, he was awarded the MIT Traveling Fellowship, at Harvard. He later won a lot of honors. In
1982, the deans of the architectural schools of America chose I. M. Pei as the best designer of significant
non-residential (非住宅的) structures.
1. ______ of Pei's structures have won awards.
A. More than forty
B. Over twenty
C. None
D. Twenty
2. When was I. M. Pei chosen as the best designer of significant non-residential structures?
A. In 1983.
B. In 1982.
C. In 1968.
D. In 1948.
3. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. Ieoh Ming Pei was born in America.
B. Ieoh Ming Pei studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he was young.
C. Ieoh Ming Pei got a degree for architecture in 1948.
D. Ieoh Ming Pei got a Harvard undergraduate Degree in 1946.
4. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Ieoh Ming Pei's Life and Background
B. A Famous Professor-Ieoh Ming Pei
C. An Unusual Architect-Ieoh Ming Pei
D. A Great Architect of Residential Structures
