A Nobel Prize is considered by most people one of the
highest international honours(荣誉) a person can receive.
As you know, the prizes were started by a Swede
called Alfred Nobel. He was born in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Alfred
Nobel was a great scientist. He made two important inventions, and so he became
very rich. Although he was rich, Nobel was not a happy man. He never married or
had children. Also, he was a sick man during his large part of life. When he
died at the age of 63, he left a fund of $9,000,000. The money was to be used
in giving prizes to those who made great achievements in physics, chemistry(化学), medicine and literature(文学), and for world peace.
The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10, 1901, five years after Nobel’s death. Since then many famous people from all over the world have been given Nobel Prizes for their achievements.
Each prize has three parts. The first part is a gold medal. Second, a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a certificate saying that he has been given the prize. The third part of the prize is a large amount of money-about $40,000.
Often a prize is given to just one person, but not always. Sometimes a prize is shared. It may be given to two or more people who have worked together. It is also sometimes true that a prize is not given at all if there is no great achievement. In 1972, for example, no Nobel Peace Prize was given.
1.When was Alfred Nobel born?
A. In 1938. B. In 1833. C. In 1896. D. In 1906.[
2.What kind of person would you say Alfred Nobel was?
A. He was a rich, happy and lucky man.
B. He was a poor, unhappy and unlucky man.
C. He was a rich, but unhappy and unlucky man.
D. He was a poor, but happy and lucky man.
3.When he died, Nobel left a large amount of money ________.
A. to his wife
B. to his children
C. for helping the poor people in Sweden
D. for setting five prizes
Starting a stamp collection is easy and not very expensive. Before you start, you need to decide what kind of stamps you want to collect. Most people collect stamps that they are interested in: a certain country or an animal, a famous person or even a sport. Whatever you choose, you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps: you will learn about people, geography, building, history and culture.
You can collect stamps from letters, ask your friends to let you have their old stamps, or you can buy used stamps. When you get a letter with a stamp on it, carefully cut out the stamp. Leave lots of space around the stamp so that you will not damage it. Put the stamp in water and wait until you can safely remove the stamp. Carefully remove the stamp off the letter. Place the wet stamp between two clean pieces of paper. A stamp can get wrinkled(褶皱的) when it dries, so put some books on top.
1.What does the writer think of collecting stamps?
A. Hard B. Expensive C. Useful D. Boring
2.What does the underlined work “damage” mean?
A.损坏 B.保存 C.利用 D.删除
3.What’s the correct order when we try to get a stamp on a letter?
①Remove the stamp off the letter.
②Place the wet stamp between two pieces of paper.
③Cut out the stamp.
④Put the stamp in water.
⑤Put some books on top.
A. ①→②→⑤→③→④ B. ③→④→①→②→⑤
C. ④→①→②→⑤→③ D. ③→①→④→②→⑤
完形填空（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
Jim, a successful businessman, told 
the
experience of his childhood.
When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. It was the first time that he had heard such kind words. He watched her she went far away, and then he whistled（低语）to his dog and went directly to the river .
“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then in a low he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say anything unkind to you .” Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at
himself in the river.
He saw but a dirty boy.
He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a nice
boy. He was amazed. From then on, he started a new life.
After telling this, the businessman said, “This is the
very place in which that kind woman planted the first seed of kindness in my
heart.” What a great it
has!
1.A. kindness B. interest C. illness D. worries
2.A. exciting B. interesting C. strange D. friendly
3.A. find it B. pick it up C. look it up D. give it up
4.A. until B. after C. since D. because
5.A. far B. nearby C. near D. nearly
6.A. sound B. noise C. voice D. hear
7.A. too B. at all C. any long D. any more
8.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
9.A. clean B. dirty C. sad D. angry
10.A. present B.
dream C.
advice D.
power
---- I’ll be away on holiday. Would you mind looking after my parrot?
---- Not at all. _______________.
A. I’ve no time. B. I’d be glad to. C. I’d rather not. D. You can leave.
You’d better not read today’s newspaper because there is _____ .
A. something important B. anything new C. important thing D. nothing special
---- You’d better hurry up, my boy.
---- Just a moment. It won’t _____ me long to change my clothes.
A. spend B. take C. cost D. pay
