课时达标(二十一) Unit 1 Great scientists (见学用课时P49) Ⅰ 阅读理解 A 课标话题 人与社会·对社会有突出贡献的人物 体裁 记叙文 词 数 311 难度 (2019·河南省实验月考)Eight years before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was surprised to read an obituary(讣告) in the local newspaper.This was a strange obituary, for it told Alfred Nobel, the man who was reading it, that he was dead.The newspaper had confused Alfred with his brother, Ludvig, who had recently died. Nobel was shocked to read that he had passed away, and he was even more annoyed by the title of his obituary: The merchant of death is dead.Alfred was a very rich and successful armaments manufacturer(武器制造商)． This incident got him thinking about his reputation.What would people think of him after his real death? Would they really say “That was a man who profited from killing”？It was this thought that led him to leave his money—a huge amount of it—for the founding of the famous Nobel prizes.His aim was for his money to be used to support the ongoing quest(追求) for excellence in the sciences and literature, and the ideal of peace.Thousands of men and women have been honored since the first awards were given out in 1901.The awards let the world know about the developments that may have a huge effect on our lives. However, the prizes are controversial sometimes.There is often protest(抗议) at the award of the Peace Prize when not everyone thinks that the award?winners deserve the award.Even the award for literature has sometimes been criticized because the award committee often neglects important writers.The highly influential novelists James Joyce and Marcel Proust, for example, were never honored by the Swedish Academy. Still, for the most part the awards don't cause many complaints.Alfred Nobel founded the prizes to recognize those who have had “the greatest benefit to mankind” and few would disagree that most of the prizewinners—among them, Albert Einstein and Martin Luther King Jr—have made contributions that deserve to be honored and remembered. 语篇导读 1888年，Alfred Nobel偶然看到了一则“讣告”……他由此开始反思，并设立了诺贝尔奖，以奖励在科学、文学以及和平方面作出突出贡献的人。 1．How did Alfred Nobel feel when he read the obituary in the newspaper? A．Sad and worried. B．Shocked and upset. C．Surprised and confused. D．Amused and puzzled. 解析 B 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，看到这则讣告时，他不仅吃惊，而且很生气，故选B项。 2．What did Alfred Nobel decide to do after reading the obituary? A．Seek excellence in the sciences. B．Donate all his money to the charity. C．Stop producing any killing weapons. D．Set up the Nobel prizes with his money. 解析 D 细节理解题。根据第三段可知，Alfred Nobel看到这则讣告之后，想了很多，最终决定把遗产中大部分的钱用于设立诺贝尔奖，故选D项。 3．Why does the author mention James Joyce and Marcel Proust? A．To show the controversy of some Nobel prizes. B．To give examples of influential Nobel prizewinners. C．To explain the standard of g ... ...
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