Question

Alfred Nobel, a Swedish - born chemist, who died in 1896, at one time believed that his invention of explosives (炸藥) could bring wars to an end, But later he found he was wrong.

Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. With only one year of formal schooling, he became a chemist and inventor by age of 16.

He was also a linguist, speaking English, Russian, German and French besides Swedish. He wrote poetry(詩歌). He began his work with producing liquid nitroglycerin (硝酸甘油) for use in mining and construction. He then discovered that liquid nitroglycerin could be dried. He called it dynamite, after the Greek word dynamis, meaning "power". Then he became rich. When he died, his estate (財產) was worth about 89 million.

Nobel never married, and he left most of his estate to those who have been known as Nobel Prizes. The money is invested (投資) and the interest (利息) is given out as yearly prizes for persons who have done something special for mankind in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, and peace.

Prizes were first awarded in 1901. Over the years, many great people such as Albert Einstein in physics, Marie Curie in chemistry, Martin Luther King, Jr. for peace and Mo yan for literature got the awards.

1.From the passage we can guess the underlined word "linguist" is a person who_______.

A. can speak a foreign language

B. writes good poetry

C. knows several foreign language well

D. makes many inventions

2.Alfred Nobel believed_______.

A. he would become the richest person of the world

B. his invention could stop wars in the world

C. the Nobel Prizes could be world - famous

D. no one could use his invention to start wars

3.All the questions have been answered Except_______.

A. who chooses the Nobel Prize winners

B. when were Nobel Prizes first awarded

C. who could win Nobel Prizes

D. what else was Nobel interested in besides chemistry

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：阿爾弗雷德·諾貝爾的瑞典化學家出生,1896年去世,同時認為他的發明的炸藥可以結束戰爭,但后來他發現他錯了。諾貝爾1833年出生在瑞典。他也是一位語言學家,說英語,俄語,德語和法語除了瑞典。他寫詩歌。諾貝爾從未結婚,他離開了，他的大部分財產留給那些被稱為諾貝爾獎。資金投資和利息給出了作為年度獎勵那些為人類做了一些特別領域的物理學、化學、生理學、醫學、文學、和平。在1901年第一次頒發。多年來,許多偉大的愛因斯坦等人在物理、化學居里夫人,馬丁·路德·金為和平與莫言文學得到了獎項。

1.linguist, speaking English, Russian, German and French besides Swedish.句意：他也是一位語言學家,說英語,俄語,德語和法語除了瑞典。后面例舉了多個語言，因此說明稱他為語言學家，也就是說會幾門外語并且說得好。故選C

2.阿爾弗雷德·諾貝爾相信什么？分析原句：t one time believed that his invention of explosives (炸藥) could bring wars to an end句意：同時認為他的發明的炸藥可以結束戰爭。故選 B

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考點：人物傳記類閱讀。