Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for

chemistry.

A. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist. 

B. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. 

C. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. 

D. Marie Curie won the the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.

Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish inventor and philanthropist, left most of his vast fortune in trust as a fund from which annual prize could be awarded to individuals and organizations that had achieved the greatest benefit to humanity in a particular year. Originally, there were six classifications for outstanding contributions designated in Nobel’s will including chemistry, physics or medicine, literature, and international peace.

The prizes are administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm. In 1969, a prize for economics endowed by the Central Bank of Sweden was added. Candidates for the prizes must be nominated in writing by a qualified authority in the field of competition Recipients in physics, chemistry, and economics are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; in physiology or medicine by the Caroline Institute; in literature by the Swedish Academy; and in peace by the Norwegian Nobel committee appointed by Norway’s parliament. The prizes are usually presented in Stockholm on December 10, with the King of Sweden officiating, an appropriate tribute to Alfred Nobel on the anniversary of his death. Each one includes a gold medal, a diploma, and a cash award of about one million dollars.

A Nobel prize would NOT be given to _________.

A. an author who wrote a novel

B. a doctor who discovered a vaccine 

C. a composer who wrote a symphony

D. a diplomat who negotiated a peace settlement

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

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 humanity. 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 judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.

No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.

The Nobel prize was established in order to _________.

A. recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity

B. spend money      

C. resolve political differences   

D. honor the inventor of dynamite

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

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 humanity. 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 30,000to30,000to125,000.

          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 judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.

No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes

The Nobel prize was established in order to __________ .

A. recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity 

B. resolve political differences

C. honor the inventor of dynamite 

D. spend money

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

ALFRED NOBEL

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a powerful (23)_____. This dynamite business made him a very rich man.

One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The mass media (24)______ him a saleman of death, "The dynamite king". Nobel was very

upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives - lives (25) ______were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.

He thought (26)________ the best way for people to use his fortune for years. (27) ______ he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honour leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.

Question 26

A. of

B. to

C. at

D. up

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

ALFRED NOBEL

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a powerful (23)_____. This dynamite business made him a very rich man.

One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The mass media (24)______ him a saleman of death, "The dynamite king". Nobel was very

upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives - lives (25) ______were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.

He thought (26)________ the best way for people to use his fortune for years. (27) ______ he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honour leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.

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Question 23

A. explode

B. explosive

C. explosion

D. exploded

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

ALFRED NOBEL

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a powerful (23)_____. This dynamite business made him a very rich man.

One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The mass media (24)______ him a saleman of death, "The dynamite king". Nobel was very

upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives - lives (25) ______were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.

He thought (26)________ the best way for people to use his fortune for years. (27) ______ he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honour leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.

Question 25

A. who

B. what

C. that

D. where

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

ALFRED NOBEL

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a powerful (23)_____. This dynamite business made him a very rich man.

One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The mass media (24)______ him a saleman of death, "The dynamite king". Nobel was very

upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives - lives (25) ______were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.

He thought (26)________ the best way for people to use his fortune for years. (27) ______ he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honour leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.

Question 24

A. called

B. regarded

C. reminded

D. remembered

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

ALFRED NOBEL

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a powerful (23)_____. This dynamite business made him a very rich man.

One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The mass media (24)______ him a saleman of death, "The dynamite king". Nobel was very

upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives - lives (25) ______were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.

He thought (26)________ the best way for people to use his fortune for years. (27) ______ he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honour leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.

Question 27

A. Finally

B. At the end

C. Thus

D. Hence