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Chinese-American architect, I. M. Pei, has brought the past into the present. He designed and built a large pyramid as theEgyptians did in the past. However, he used new high technology materials and processes. Pei’s pyramid is the new mainentrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.Pei used pioneering techniques to develop the pyramid’s glass curtain wall. The pyramid is made of the specialhigh-strength optical-quality glass that makes such walls possible. The see-through glass walls give the structure a sense oftransparency and lightness. Many other elements of the pyramid are also technologically advanced.Pei’s glass pyramid is the first modern addition to the Louvre, which was originally a palace for the kings of France andnow houses one of the world’s largest and most important art collections.The pyramid has been criticized by people who are puzzled by the unexpected combination of this high-tech pyramid andthe surrounding nineteenth-century stone buildings in a traditional style. However, Pei felt the project was a chance to integrateartistic design with his commitment to urban renewal—a plan to renew the city and help it meet current needs. Pei explainedhis choice of the pyramid as the “simplest geometric shape, the best.” The new addition to the Louvre is not merely an entrance;it is built above a huge below-ground network of services and passages. Pei hoped to revitalize the Louvre and give it new lifeand energy. His goal was to make it easy for people to enter the Louvre and to make the Louvre a part of the life of present-dayParis.
57. Why did Pei choose a pyramid as an addition to the Louvre?
(A) The Louvre held a huge collection of Egyptian art.
(B) French government wanted Pei to choose this figure.
(C) Pei himself thought that the figure was simple and beautiful.
(D) High-tech materials allowed Pei to experiment with the figure.
(E) Pei hated old royal regimes and wanted to disgrace the Louvre with the modern addition.

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答案：C
難度：困難0.333333
統計：A(0),B(0),C(1),D(0),E(1)

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