Question

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(炸藥). 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(利潤) 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 by his own efforts, but he left the world share his wealth. His inventions and wealth stay with the world for ever.

1.Alfred Nobel did the following EXCEPT ______________

A. choosing the winners of Nobel Prize

B. making and selling weapons

C. setting up the Nobel Prize

D. making and selling explosives

2.Nobel wanted to set up the Nobel Peace Prize because _____.

A. he made enough money

B. he hated war

C. he wanted to get more interest from the fund

D. he liked to live in a peaceful world

3.Nobel Prizes come from _____.

A. all Nobel’s money in the fund

B. all Nobel’s money in his company

C. all the interest from the fund

D. some of the interest in the fund

4.Nobel was a (an) _____ person in the world.

A. interesting B. unselfish C. kind-hearted D. richest

5.Which statement of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. Nobel set up his company to sell clothes.

B. Most of Nobel’s money was used for the world wars.

C. Nobel Prizes are only for some people from some special countries.

D. Nobel worked hard in his life and saved lots of money for the world to share.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述了諾貝爾獎的設(shè)立者諾貝爾的事跡。諾貝爾是一個偉大的科學(xué)家和發(fā)明家，他擁有自己的公司，主要制售炸藥和武器。諾貝爾厭惡戰(zhàn)爭，他期望世界和平，在去世后，人們根據(jù)他的遺囑設(shè)立了諾貝爾獎。

1. man who set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. ...He made and sold explosives ...His companies even made and sold weapons.”可知，Alfred Nobel設(shè)立了諾貝爾獎，他有自己的公司，生產(chǎn)、售賣炸藥，甚至武器。諾貝爾獎是諾貝爾去世后根據(jù)他的遺囑設(shè)立的，A項錯誤，故選A。

2. hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world.”可知，諾貝爾討厭戰(zhàn)爭，他立下遺囑，把積蓄用于設(shè)立諾貝爾獎，故選B。

3. of his money was placed in a fund(基金). He wanted the interest(利潤) from the fund to be used as prizes every year.”可知，諾貝爾的大部分積蓄都放在了一個基金里，所得的利息用于各項獎項，故選C。

4. was one of the richest in Europe.”可知，諾貝爾是當(dāng)時歐洲最富有的人之一，排除D；根據(jù)最后一段“Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. ...he left the world share his wealth”可知，諾貝爾把一生都給了工作和研究以及人類的福祉，他甚至讓全世界的人都有機(jī)會分享他的財富，說明他是一個大公無私的人，故選B。

5. made and sold explosives(炸藥). His companies even made and sold weapons.”可知，諾貝爾建立的公司制作和銷售炸藥與武器，排除A；根據(jù)第二段“ he hated war... most of his money was placed in a fund(基金)”可知，諾貝爾討厭戰(zhàn)爭，他不可能把錢用在戰(zhàn)爭上。諾貝爾立下遺囑把積蓄用于獎勵對人類有貢獻(xiàn)的人，排除B；根據(jù)第二段“Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for their work, not the country they came from.”可知，每個人都有可能因自己所從事的工作而榮獲諾貝爾獎，排除C；故選D。

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