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Oscar Niemeyer was considered one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. He wasbest known for his design of government buildings for Brasília. Also iconic was his collaboration with otherarchitects on the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Niemeyer’s exploration of the aestheticpossibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works helpedshape a distinct national architecture and a modern identity for Brazil. Yet his influence extended far beyond hiscountry.Born in Rio de Janeiro, Niemeyer worked at his father’s typography house after graduating from school. Hisfirst major project was a series of buildings for a planned suburb. In 1956, he designed the civic buildings forBrazil’s new capital in the center of the country, far from any existing cities. Brasília, a sprawling new capitalcarved out of the Brazilian savanna, became an emblem of Latin America’s leap into modernity. Niemeyer’s workreceived critical acclaim and drew international attention. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Niemeyer became oneof Brazil’s most prolific architects, working both domestically and overseas. Over a career of 78 years he designedapproximately 600 projects.Allied with the far left for most of his life, he suffered career setbacks during the rule of Brazil’s right-wingmilitary dictatorships of the 1960s and ’70s. As modernism later came under attack for its sometimes dogmaticapproach to history, his works were marginalized. A socialist and atheist from an early age, Niemeyer had spenttime in both Cuba and the Soviet Union during his exile.Still, Mr. Niemeyer never stopped working. He churned out major new projects through his 80s and 90s. Andas the cold-war divide and architecture’s old ideological battles faded from memory in recent years, a youngergeneration began embracing his work. On December 5, 2012, Niemeyer died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 104, tendays before his 105th birthday.
46. What is the passage mainly about?
(A)The ideology of modernistic architecture.
(B)City planning and architecture in Brasília.
(C)The evolution of Latin American architecture.
(D)The life and career of a Brazilian architect.

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答案：D
難度：適中0.660377
統計：A(6),B(7),C(3),D(35),E(0)

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