Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _21_ his brother for him and carried an article _22_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. Alfred

Nobel，who became  _23_  by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died yesterday. ”Nobel was _24_ to find out not that he had died，but that，when his time was up，he would be thought of only as one who profited from _25_ and destruction.

To make sure that he was _26_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _27_ to give the largest part of his money to _28_ the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to people who made great _29_ to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences. So _30_ ，Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about.

A. found      B. misunderstood   C. mistook      D. judged

A. introducing     B. announcing C. implying    D. advertising

A. famous    B. sick    C. rich    D. popular

A. upset       B. anxious      C. excited       D. pleased

A. death       B. disease       C. trouble       D. attack

A. repaid     B. described    C. supported   D. remembered

A. book       B. article C. will    D. contract

A. establish  B. form   C. develop      D. promote

A. additions B. sacrifices    C. changes      D. contributions

A. generally      B. basically     C. usually       D. certainly

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】B

【小题3】C

【小题4】A

【小题5】A

【小题6】D

【小题7】C

【小题8】A

【小题9】D

【小题10】B

解析:

【小题1】因mistake A for B （将A误以为B）是固定搭配。

【小题2】由常识可知，报社应是“发布”消息，故用announce （give information about）。

【小题3】由首句became a millionaire可知。

【小题4】根据常识，看到自己本来死却报道死了这样的消息，特别是说自己通过kill more people faster来发财的评论，应当是“不高兴，苦恼（unhappy or annoyed）”，不可能是“兴奋的（excited）”“高兴的（pleased）”“渴望的（anxious）”。

【小题5】与destruction（毁灭）并列并且上文death原词复现故选出A。

【小题6】由后文设立奖金可知，是为了改变自我形象，要设法“被别人充满爱与尊敬地铭记（be remember with love and respect）”。

【小题7】由最后一句Nobel had to die before he realized…可知，是在“遗嘱（will）”中作的安排。

【小题8】根据与名词the Nobel prizes的搭配，又结合常识，应当是“设立”诺贝尔奖金。

【小题9】奖金应当是将给那些为世界和平、文学和科学等领域做出过巨大贡献的人。make contributions to…（对……作出贡献）是固定搭配。

【小题10】这个题最有争议了。我认为这句话不可以直译为：诺贝尔在认识到他的人生的真正意义之前就不得不死去了。这不仅不合情理，也很明显与作者所设置的写作背景不符。语言是非常灵活的，我们不妨来意译：好在诺贝尔认识到了自己人生的真谛，否则他就是行尸走肉，灵魂早已死去。而这句话，则是作者对诺贝尔的评语。可以读得出来，作者对诺贝尔的晚年还是抱赞赏态度的。