题目内容
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式,最多不超过3个单词。
Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden and then moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father made a strong position for 1. in the engineering industry, but unfortunately went bankrupt few years later. Nobel had never been to school 2. university, but had studied 3. (private) and became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, 4. (speak) Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. Unlike his father, he had better luck in business and showed more 5. (finance) sense. He was quick to see industrial chances for his scientific inventions and 6. (build) up over eighty companies in twenty different countries. But his main concern was never with making money or even with making scientific 7. (discover). Instead, he was always searching for a 8. (mean) for life. In 1896, Nobel died in Italy. In his will, he left money 9. (provide) prizes for outstanding work in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, Literature and Peace. And so, the man is remembered and respected long 10. his death.
