Question

Alfred Nobel, a Swedish - born chemist, who died in 1896, at one time believed that his invention of explosives (炸药) 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(诗歌). 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 (财产) 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 (投资) 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】

试题分析：阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔的瑞典化学家出生,1896年去世,同时认为他的发明的炸药可以结束战争,但后来他发现他错了。诺贝尔1833年出生在瑞典。他也是一位语言学家,说英语,俄语,德语和法语除了瑞典。他写诗歌。诺贝尔从未结婚,他离开了，他的大部分财产留给那些被称为诺贝尔奖。资金投资和利息给出了作为年度奖励那些为人类做了一些特别领域的物理学、化学、生理学、医学、文学、和平。在1901年第一次颁发。多年来,许多伟大的爱因斯坦等人在物理、化学居里夫人,马丁·路德·金为和平与莫言文学得到了奖项。

1.linguist, speaking English, Russian, German and French besides Swedish.句意：他也是一位语言学家,说英语,俄语,德语和法语除了瑞典。后面例举了多个语言，因此说明称他为语言学家，也就是说会几门外语并且说得好。故选C

2.阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔相信什么？分析原句：t one time believed that his invention of explosives (炸药) could bring wars to an end句意：同时认为他的发明的炸药可以结束战争。故选 B

3.

考点：人物传记类阅读。