16．A Nobel Prize is considered by most people one of the highest international honours 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（化學(xué)），medicine and literature（文學(xué)），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．
63．When was Alfred Nobel born？B
A．In 1938． B．In 1833． C．In 1896． D．In 1906．
64．When he died，Nobel left a large amount of moneyD．
A．to his wife B．to his children
C．for helping the poor people in Sweden D．for setting five prizes．
分析 文章大意：這是一篇說明文，短文主要講述了諾貝爾的生平及用其死后留下的財產(chǎn)設(shè)立的物理，化學(xué)，醫(yī)學(xué)，文學(xué)，以及世界和平五個世界級的獎項．用來獎勵在這幾個方面作出巨大貢獻的人．這些獎勵經(jīng)常給一個人或幾個人一起分享，如果沒有偉大的成就，獎勵就無法給出去．
解答 63．答案：B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三行When he died at the age of 63，…第五行The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10，1901，five years after Nobel's death．他去世時是63歲．第一個諾貝爾獎是在1901年12月10日，諾貝爾去世的五年后發(fā)放的．可知，1901-5-63=1833，可知他出生于1833年．故選B．
64．答案：D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段第三行The money was to be used in giving prizes to those who made great achievements in physics，chemistry（化學(xué)），medicine and literature（文學(xué)），and for world peace．描述，這筆錢用于獎勵那些在物理學(xué)、化學(xué)、醫(yī)學(xué)和文學(xué)方面取得巨大成就的人，以及世界和平的人．可知，他死后留下的資金用來設(shè)立了物理，化學(xué)，醫(yī)學(xué)，文學(xué)，以及世界和平，五個獎．故選D．
點評 閱讀題型，要注重句子與句子之間、段落與段落之間邏輯關(guān)系以及對篇章的整體理解．根據(jù)所給問題選擇正確選項完成試題．
