阅读理解

　　You must have heard of Nobel Prize. But do you know where it comes from? The answer is: Alfred Nobel.

　　Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist(实业家), was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented the landmine(地雷) and made a lot of money from government during the Crimean War(克里米亚战争), but went bankrupt(破产的) soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives(炸药) in his father's lab. He had never been to school or university but had studied privately(私自的), and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist(语言学家), speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. But seldom happy, he was always searching for a meaning to life, he never married. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and thus peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology(生理学), medicine, literature(文学) and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected(尊敬) long after his death.

1．How old was Nobel when they moved to Russia?

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2．Who invented the landmine?

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3．Did Nobel learn all by himself before 20 years old?

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4．How many kinds of foreign languages could Nobel speak?

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5．________ isn't in Nobel prize.

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　　A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”

　　①The old man pointed to（指向）a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one.“Please untie（解开）that string.”He said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side.

　　“Now tie it again, please.”said the old man.“②But first pull（拉）the string tight（紧）so that the young tree is straight（直）again.”

　　The young man did so. Then the old man said, “There, it is the same with children.”③You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on.④If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone you can take the string away.”

根据短文内容选择正确的答案。并从画线句子中选出适当的短语或句式，以其适当的形式填入1～7小题的空白处。

A．how to take care of young trees

B．how strict parents should be with their children

C．how the young father should get on with his old neighbour

D．how to tie a tree

A．in order to throw it away

B．so that both of the trees would grow straight

C．in order to see how tall it is

D．only to find that the young tree bent over to one side

A．When the old man leaves.

B．When the young man unties it next time.

C．When the children are old enough.

D．When the young tree grows strong enough.

(7) My sister ________ speak English very well when she was five years old．

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　You must have heard of Nobel Prize. But do you know where it comes from? The answer is: Alfred Nobel.

　　Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented the landmine and made a lot of money from government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father's lab. He had never been to school or university but had studied privately, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. But seldom happy, he was always searching for a meaning to life, he never married. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and thus peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine. literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

1．How old was Nobel when they moved to Russia?

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2．Who invented the landmine?

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3．Did Nobel learn all by himself before 20 years old?

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4．________ isn't in Nobel Prize.

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