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题型难度分析2012年8月4日ReadingPassage1AlfredNobelTRUE/FALSE/NOTGIVENTableCompletionAlfredNobel的一生-三硝酸甘油AlfredNobel,theSwedishinventorandindustrialist,wasamanofmanycontrasts.Hewasthesonofabankrupt,butbecameamillionaire;ascientistwithaloveofliterature,anindustrialistwhomanagedtoremainanidealist.Hemadeafortunebutlivedaverysimplelife,andalthoughcheerfulincompanyhewasoftensadinprivate.Aloverofmankind,heneverhadawifeorfamilytolovehim;apatrioticsonofhisnativeland,hediedaloneonforeignsoil.Heinventedanewexplosive,dynamite,toimprovethepeacetimeindustriesofminingandroadbuilding,butsawitwasusedasaweaponofwartokillandinjurehisfellowmen.Duringhisusefullifeheoftenfelthewasuseless:“AlfredNobel,”heoncewroteofhimself,“oughttohavebeenputtodeathbyakinddoctorassoonas,withacry,heenteredlife.”World-famousforhisworkshewasneverpersonallywellknown,forthroughouthislifeheavoidedpublicity.“Idonotsee,”heoncesaid,“thatIhavedeservedanyfameandIhavenotasteforit,”butsincehisdeathhisnamehasbroughtfameandglorytoothers.HewasborninStockholmonOctober21,1833butmovedtoRussiawithhisparentsin1842,wherehisfather,Immanuel,madeastrongpositionforhimselfintheengineeringindustry.ImmanuelNobelinventedthelandmineandmadealotofmoneyfromgovernmentordersforitduringtheCrimeanWar,butwentbankruptsoonafter.MostofthefamilyreturnedtoSwedenin1859,whereAlfredrejoinedthemin1863,beginninghisownstudyofexplosivesinhisfather'slaboratory.Hehadneverbeentoschooloruniversitybuthadstudiedprivately.Andbythetimehewastwenty,hewasaskillfulchemistandexcellentlinguist,speakingSwedish,Russian,German,FrenchandEnglish.Likehisfather,AlfredNobelwasimaginativeandinventive,buthehadbetterluckinbusinessandshowedmorefinancialsense.Hewasquicktoseeindustrialopeningsforhisscientificinventionsandbuiltupover80companiesin20differentcountries.Indeedhisgreatnesslayinhisoutstandingabilitytocombinethequalitiesofanoriginalscientistwiththoseofaforward-lookingindustrialist.ButNobel'smainconcernwasneverwithmakingmoneyorevenwithmakingscientificdiscoveries.Seldomhappy,hewasalwayssearchingforameaningtolife,andfromhisyouthhadtakenaseriousinterestinliteratureandphilosophy.Perhapshecouldnotfindordinaryhumanlove—henevermarried—hecametocaredeeplyaboutthewholeofmankind.Hewasalwaysgeneroustothepoor:“I'drathertakecareofthestomachsofthelivingthanthegloryofthedeadintheformofstonematerials,”heoncesaid.Hisgreatestwish,however,wastoseeanendtowars,andthuspeacebetweennations,andhespentmuchtimeandmoneyworkingforthiscauseuntilhisdeathinItalyin1896.Hisfamouswill,inwhichheleftmoneytoprovideprizesforoutstandingworkinPhysics,Chemistry,Physiology,Medicine,LiteratureandPeace,isamemorialtohisinterestsandideals.Andso,themanwhofeltheshouldhavediedatbirthisrememberedandrespectedlongafterhisdeath.第一篇的题型包括是非无判断题和表格题。是非无判断题不管对于基础好还是薄弱的同学，都可以拿分。而表格题属于送分题，也很简单。而文章内容也是大部分同学所熟悉的，因

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