Most of us know about the Nobel Prize,especially the Nobel Peace Prize,but few of us know anything about the man who set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. He was a great scientist and inventor himself. Besides,he had a big business. His business may surprise you. He made and sold explosives. His companies even made and sold weapons. Isn’t this something that surprises you? The man who made money from weapons should set up the Peace Prize?

    Though Alfred Nobel had a lot of money from weapons,he hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world. He was one of the richest in Europe. When he died in 1896,he left behind him a lot of money and his famous will. According to his will,most of his money was placed in a fund (基金). He wanted the interest from the fund to be used as prizes every year. We know them as the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for their work,not the country they came from.

    Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. He made money all is own efforts,but he let the world share his wealth,ftis inventions and wealth stay with the world forever.

71. What was Alfred NobePs business?

His business was.

72. Why did Alfred Nobel set up the Nobel Peace Prize?

Because.

73. Where did the Nobel Prizes come from?

It came from.

74. According to the passage,Alfred Nobel chose the winners,didn't he?

75. What does the word ‘interest’ here mean in Chinese?

It means "".

one,   fill,   quick,   write,   except,   interest,  you,   come,  story,   young 

   Just look at how much young writers like Han Han and Guo Jingming are loved,and then we may know writing has become a fashion among today's teenagers.

    Gao Can,a 13-year-old girl,is the 61 member of the Association of Writers of Shaanxi. She writes fairy tales,short 62 and most of all,poems. Gao said she began poem writing when she was in primary school. Once the teacher asked the class to 63 a composition called " If I were. . . " Gao had an idea,M Why not make it a poem?" That was her 64 poem. So far,hundreds of her poems have 65 out.

     "Writing poems is not difficult at all. Just express 66 what you do,what you see or what you think,M said Gao. " I don't have enough life experience,so I write about nature,about things I feel inside. "

    However,teenagers these days seldom write poems or read them because exams want any kind of articles 67 poems.

    But like Gao,there are still students who like poems. Hu Jingzhi is one of them. The 14-year-old boy said he was 68 in poem writing. 

But it was annoying that he couldn’t find poem collections in nearby bookshops.Gao agreed with Hu. She said today's bookshops were 69 with books on ” how to give a successful speech”," how to know what others think" or "how to make money 70"

    "Poems won’t teach you how to make money,but the beautiful words clear your mind and activate your imagination," said Gao. M At least read poems — for the nice things in life."

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