Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect.He was born in 1912 in Seattle，Washington.His parents came from Japan.Minoru went to college to study architecture.Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college.Often he worked from four o'clock in the morning till midnight.He slept in a room with 100 other men.Later in life，Yamasaki remembered these times and was always good to his workers.
    Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work.Once he woke up at three o'clock in the morning.He remembered a building was in his dream.He got up and started to draw.He used a new design for the buildings.These buildings are now the Century Plaza Hotel，and Tower in Los Angeles，California.
    Yamasaki was different from other architects.His buildings usually make people feel peaceful and happy.Many of his designs have pools of water，flowers，and windows on the roof to let in light.He always designed buildings to please people.He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.
    Yamasaki worked for several companies.But his success began when he started his own company.In 1956，he won the Architect's First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St.Louis，Missouri.He won two more awards over the next five years.In 1962，he designed the World Trade Center in New York.It was very famous.
    Yamasaki had strong opinions （主見(jiàn)） about his buildings.They had to be built his way.He believed in himself all the time.He refused （拒絕） to change the design of his buildings，even if he lost a job.
    Minoru Yamasaki died in 1986.He designed more than 300 buildings.People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.

（1）How could Yamasaki pay for college？

By working in a fish factory every summer.

By working in a fish factory every summer.

（2）Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work，didn't he？

Yes，he did.

Yes，he did.

（3）How do the buildings Yamasaki designed make people feel？

His buildings usually make people feel peaceful and happy.

His buildings usually make people feel peaceful and happy.

（4）What else do many of his designs have besides windows on the roof？

Pools of water and flowers.

Pools of water and flowers.

（5）What made Yamasaki win the Architect's First Honor Award in1956？

His design of an airport in St.Louis，Missouri.

His design of an airport in St.Louis，Missouri.