福建省翻译考试初级英语翻译笔译题(1)_第8页

　　Questions 11~15

　　A million visitors go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaudi's church. This unusual church has a strange history. Gaudi was born in Spain in 1852. He was very poor but he wanted to be an architect. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed classes because he had to work —— but one day he designed a very unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris. People began to give him work. He designed houses，offices and gardens. They were all very unusual. He was soon rich and famous. Then a rich bookseller said，“Will you build a church for the poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops，too.They will help the people.”“I will do it，”said Gaudi. He worked for forty years，but he could not finish the church. It was too big. He needed ￡ 10，000，000. He gave all his money to the church. He was poor again when he died in 1926，and only the front of the church was finished. But architects, engineers and visitors from all over the world come to see it. It is very strange，very modern and revolutionary.　11. Gaudi was soon rich and famous because _______.

　　(A) he was an architect and lived in Spain

　　(B) he had no money when he was a young man

　　(C) his designs were different from others'

　　(D) his work was to design houses，offices and gardens

　　12. To build the church，Gaudi needed __________.

　　(A) ten thousand pounds

　　(B) a hundred thousand pounds

　　(C) one million pounds

　　(D) ten million pounds

　　13. Gaudi never finished the church because ______.

　　(A) it was too big and cost too much

　　(B) the bookseller died later

　　(C) he had no time to design the rest of it

　　(D) he had to design many schools and workshops

　　14. How old was Gaudi when he died?

　　(A) 26

　　(B) 40

　　(C) 52

　　(D) 74

　　15. The best title for this article is ________.

　　(A) Gaudi —— a Rich and Famous Architect

　　(B) An Architect with Some Success

　　(C) Antonio Gaudi and His Church

　　(D) How to Design a Big Church