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[单项选择]After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.
Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from 30,000 to 125,000.
Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards(gold medal, illuminated diploma and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judge’s decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.
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A. Awards vary in monetary value.
B. Ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel’s inventions.
C. Politics can play an important role in selecting the winners.
D. A few individuals have won two awards.
[单项选择] Alfred Nobel, 61 of dynamite, was born in Sweden on October 21, 1833. In 1842, he moved to Russia, where he was educated. But he spent most of his time in Paris, where he studied chemistry. 62 his return from Paris, he began his study of explosives in his father’s laboratory.
Being inventive and imaginative, in 1867, he 63 inventing a new explosive, dynamite, which made him world-famous. During his life time, he took more than 100 patents. But he was not interested in 64, he was most generous 65 the poor. His 66 wish was to bring happiness and peace to the whole world. That was why he had devoted 67 his time and money 68 this cause and at his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel, in his famous 69, 70 all his money $9,200,200 to set up a fund to provide prizes for the most outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics.
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I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice.It is,of course,very exciting to have such an important（1）of my work,but the real pleasure was in the work itself.
Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery.You are（2）trying out new things that have not been done before.Many of them will lead（3）and you have to try something different,but sometimes an experiment does（4）and tells you something new and that it is really exciting.（5）small the new finding may be,it is great to think"I am the only person who knows this"and them you will have the fun of thinking what finding will（6）and of deciding what will be the（7）experiment.
One of the best things about scientific research is that you are always doing something different and it is never（8）.There are good times when things go well and bad times when they（9）.Some people get discouraged at the different times.but when I have a failure my policy has always bee
