四、阅读理解
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist who lived from 1833 to 1896. Alfred and his brother made explosives (炸药), but in 1864 there was an accident in the laboratory and Alfred's brother was killed. Alfred then decided to spend his life trying to make explosives safer to use.
One of the strongest explosives at that time was nitroglycerin (硝化甘油). This explosive, which looks like oily water, is very dangerous to use or even to carry. Nobel wanted to study nitroglycerin so he could find a way to make it safer, but the Swedish government would not let him make any more explosives in his laboratory. It was too dangerous. Nobel had the idea of taking nitroglycerin out on a boat in the middle of a lake and working with it there.
When Nobel wanted to take the nitroglycerin he was working with from one place to another, he put it into small boxes. Then he put the small boxes into a larger box made of clay (黏土). One day, when he opened the large clay box, he found that nitroglycerin was coming out of one of the small boxes. To his surprise, the large clay box was still dry. This gave him the idea of mixing clay with nitroglycerin. The clay would take the oil out of nitroglycerin and make it safer. He called this new explosive “dynamite”.
Dynamite was very useful. Alfred Nobel made and sold so much of it that he became a very rich man. In his will he gave a lot of money to the Swedish Academy of Arts and Science. He wanted the money to be used to give prizes to people who did excellent work. The Academy called them “Nobel Prizes”. The winners get a lot of money.
Nobel wanted one of the prizes to be given to people who work for peace because he hated war and he did not want people to remember him as “the dynamite man”. Some very famous people have won the Nobel Peace Prize, including Nelson Mandela of South Africa. The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces won the prize in 1988. Nobel Prizes are given out on 10 December — the date that Nobel died.
()1. Alfred Nobel began studying nitroglycerin after he .
A. first made dynamite
B. made a lot of money
C. gave all his money to the Academy
D. had a bad accident in his laboratory
()2. Nitroglycerin is a very dangerous kind of .
A. dynamite
B. oil
C. clay
D. explosive
()3. The government would not let Alfred Nobel make explosives in his laboratory because .
A. they wanted him to go to the lake
B. Sweden is a very peaceful country
C. it was too dangerous
D. Nobel's brother had already made some
()4. The word “This” in Paragraph 3 refers to “”.
A. Nitroglycerin was coming out
B. The large clay box was still dry
C. The clay was mixed with nitroglycerin
D. The small boxes were put into a larger box
()5. Alfred Nobel became very rich because he .
A. won a lot of prizes
B. made and sold a lot of dynamite
C. knew how to make nitroglycerin
D. never gave any money away
()6. The story is mainly about .
A. the man who first made dynamite
B. laboratory accidents
C. the Swedish Academy
D. people who have won the Nobel Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist who lived from 1833 to 1896. Alfred and his brother made explosives (炸药), but in 1864 there was an accident in the laboratory and Alfred's brother was killed. Alfred then decided to spend his life trying to make explosives safer to use.
One of the strongest explosives at that time was nitroglycerin (硝化甘油). This explosive, which looks like oily water, is very dangerous to use or even to carry. Nobel wanted to study nitroglycerin so he could find a way to make it safer, but the Swedish government would not let him make any more explosives in his laboratory. It was too dangerous. Nobel had the idea of taking nitroglycerin out on a boat in the middle of a lake and working with it there.
When Nobel wanted to take the nitroglycerin he was working with from one place to another, he put it into small boxes. Then he put the small boxes into a larger box made of clay (黏土). One day, when he opened the large clay box, he found that nitroglycerin was coming out of one of the small boxes. To his surprise, the large clay box was still dry. This gave him the idea of mixing clay with nitroglycerin. The clay would take the oil out of nitroglycerin and make it safer. He called this new explosive “dynamite”.
Dynamite was very useful. Alfred Nobel made and sold so much of it that he became a very rich man. In his will he gave a lot of money to the Swedish Academy of Arts and Science. He wanted the money to be used to give prizes to people who did excellent work. The Academy called them “Nobel Prizes”. The winners get a lot of money.
Nobel wanted one of the prizes to be given to people who work for peace because he hated war and he did not want people to remember him as “the dynamite man”. Some very famous people have won the Nobel Peace Prize, including Nelson Mandela of South Africa. The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces won the prize in 1988. Nobel Prizes are given out on 10 December — the date that Nobel died.
()1. Alfred Nobel began studying nitroglycerin after he .
A. first made dynamite
B. made a lot of money
C. gave all his money to the Academy
D. had a bad accident in his laboratory
()2. Nitroglycerin is a very dangerous kind of .
A. dynamite
B. oil
C. clay
D. explosive
()3. The government would not let Alfred Nobel make explosives in his laboratory because .
A. they wanted him to go to the lake
B. Sweden is a very peaceful country
C. it was too dangerous
D. Nobel's brother had already made some
()4. The word “This” in Paragraph 3 refers to “”.
A. Nitroglycerin was coming out
B. The large clay box was still dry
C. The clay was mixed with nitroglycerin
D. The small boxes were put into a larger box
()5. Alfred Nobel became very rich because he .
A. won a lot of prizes
B. made and sold a lot of dynamite
C. knew how to make nitroglycerin
D. never gave any money away
()6. The story is mainly about .
A. the man who first made dynamite
B. laboratory accidents
C. the Swedish Academy
D. people who have won the Nobel Peace Prize
答案
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
