高中英语(外研版)必修一 21

语篇提能阅读理解AAlfred 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 landmine and made a lot of money from the 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 taught himself，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 panies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars and keep the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last 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．Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in ________.A. SwissB. StockholmC. RussiaD. Moscow答案与解析B细节理解题。

由第一段第一句：Alfred Nobel, ... was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, ...可知答案为B。

2．What did Immanuel Nobel invent during the Crimean War?A. The engineering industry.B. A strong position.C. Landmine.D. Study of explosives.答案与解析C细节理解题。

由文章第一段第二句可知C项正确。

3．Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden? Because his father ________.A. went bankruptB. was put in prisonC. made a lot of moneyD. died答案与解析A细节理解题。

根据第一段中．.. went bankrupt soon after.和第二段开头Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859 ...可知选A。

4．The passage mainly talks about ________.A. Alfred Nobel and his fatherB. Alfred Nobel and his inventionsC. Alfred NobelD. Alfred Nobel's family答案与解析C主旨大意题。

文章主要讲述了诺贝尔的一生，从出生到去世，文章提到他对我们的世界所做的贡献，我们后人都应该尊敬和记住他。

BYou cannot see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun，the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that fallson them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon，for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only secondhand sunlight.When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380,000 kilometers away，in only a little more than a second.5．You can see the book because ________.A. your eyes are close to itB. it reflects some of the sunlightC. it has light of its ownD. your eyesight can get to it答案与解析B细节理解题。

由文章第二段可知，能看见书是因为它能反射一些太阳光线。

6．The underlined word “luminous” means ________.A. visibleB. all colorsC. giving off lightD. sunlight答案与解析C词义猜测题。

根据文章第一段第二句Some of the things you see give off light of their own.和第四句Such things are luminous.可推知此题答案为C项。

7．________ have light of their own.A. The sun and the moonB. The stars and the earthC. The sun and the starsD. The moon and the earth答案与解析C推理判断题。

根据文章第一段第三句The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light.可推知此题答案为C项。

8．Which of the following is TRUE?A. All the things you can see give off light.B. Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.C. The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.D. Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.答案与解析C是非判断题。

由文章最后一段第一句可知C项正确。