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Questions 32-40 　　Considered the most influential architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was born in the small rural community of Richland Center, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin at the age of 15 as a special student, studying engineering because the school had no course in architecture.  At the age of 20 he then went to work as a draughtsman in Chicago in order to learn the traditional, classical language of  architecture. After marrying into a wealthy business family at the age of 21, Wright set up house in an exclusive neighborhood in Chicago, and after a few years of working for a number of architectural firms, set up his own architectural office.

　　For twenty years he brought up a family of six children upstairs, and ran a thriving architectural practice of twelve or so draughtsmen downstairs. Here, in an idyllic American suburb, with giant oaks, sprawling lawns, and no fences, Wright built some sixty rambling homes by the year 1900. He became the leader of a style known as the "Prairie" school - houses with low-pitched roofs and extended lines that blended into the landscape and typified his style of "organic architecture".

　　32. With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?

　　(a) the development of modern architecture in America

　　(b) the contributions of  the "Prairie" School  to modern architecture

　　(c) the life and achievements of a famous architect

　　(d) the influence of the style of "organic architecture"  in America

　　33. Frank Lloyd Wright first worked as a draughtsman because

　　(a) for twenty years he lived above his shop and employed draughtsmen

　　(b) to learn the language of architecture

　　(c) that is what he studied at the University of Wisconsin

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