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1、卢浮宫从出身名门的贵族，到成为享誉全球的建筑大师，贝聿铭始终保持着他贵族般的儒雅和谦逊。而他的一生，正如他对建筑与生命的感悟一样：木欣欣以向荣，泉涓涓而始流，善万物之得时，感吾生之行休。阅读短文并回答问题I.M.Pei,whosemoderndesignsandhigh-profileprojectsmadehimoneofthebest-knownandmostprolificarchitectsofthe20thcentury,hasdied.Hewas102.AspokesmanforPei’sNew Yorkarchitecturefirmconfirmedhisdea
2、thtotheAssociatedPress.Pei,whoseportfolioincludedacontroversialrenovationofParis’LouvreMuseumandtheRockandRollHallofFameinCleveland,diedovernight,hissonChienChungPeitoldthe NewYorkTimes.IeohMingPei,thesonofaprominentbankerinChina,lefthishomelandin1935,movingtotheUSandstudyingarchitectureatth
3、eMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandHarvard.AfterteachingandworkingfortheUSgovernment,hewenttoworkforaNewYorkdeveloperin1948andstartedhisownfirmin1955.Themuseums,municipalbuildings,hotels,schoolsandotherstructuresthatPeibuiltaroundtheworldshowedprecisiongeometry（几何结构）andanabstractqualitywi
4、thareverenceforlight.Theywerecomposedofstone,steelandglassand,aswiththeLouvre,Peioftenworkedglasspyramidsintohisprojects.TheLouvre,partsofwhichdatetothe12thcentury,provedtobePei’smostcontroversialwork,startingwiththefactthathewasnotFrench.Afterbeingchosenforthejobbythethenpresident,FrançoisM
5、itterrand,amidmuchsecrecy,Peibeganbymakingafour-monthstudyofthemuseumandFrenchhistory.Hecreatedafuturistic（极其现代的）70ft-tallsteel-framed,glass-walledpyramidasagrandentranceforthemuseumwiththreesmallerpyramidsnearby.ItwasastrikingcontrasttotheexistingLouvrestructuresinclassicFrenchstyleandwasre
6、viledbymanyFrench.AFrenchnewspaperdescribedPei’spyramidsas“anannextoDisneyland”whileanenvironmentalgroupsaidtheybelongedinadesert.PeisaidtheLouvrewasundoubtedlythemostdifficultjobofhiscareer.Hesaidhehadwantedtocreateamodernspacethatdidnotdetract（减损）fromthetraditionalpartofthemuseum.“Contempo
7、raryarchitectstendtoimposemodernityonsomething,”hesaidina NewYorkTimes interviewin2008.“Thereisacertainconcernforhistorybutit’snotverydeep.Iunderstandthattimehaschanged,wehaveevolved.ButIdon’twanttoforgetthebeginning.Alastingarchitecturehastohavero
