【优化方案】2015届高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 基础考点聚焦 Unit1 Great scientists单元检测同步探源 新人教版必修5.doc

【优化方案】2015届高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 基础考点聚焦 Unit1 Great scientists单元检测同步探源 新人教版必修5 Ⅰ.阅读理 (2014·安徽省高三皖西四校联考)When Alfred Nobel created the prizes that bear his name to a dead man. It is a complex story，one that could not have been foreseen when Nobel，the Swedish inventor，died in 1896.But it all traces back to his will，written at a time when international prizes were an original idea. Nobel did not say why he wanted to reward scientists who “made the most important discovery” during the previous year.One can guess that he wanted to reward present-day innovation and not to give tombstone awards to Galileo，Hippocrates，and other scientists from centuries past. But will and science often got involved.The one-year timing proved impractical；scientific findings generally need to be testede award be given only to living people；that rule was made formal in the 1970s.But the rule against posthumous awards has now been violated several times—most recently this monthkefeller University，who died three days before his election.His discovery，called dendritic cells，took place in 1973. The first posthumous winner was the poet Erik Karlfeldt.Karlfeldt had refused his selection in 1918 because he was a longtime member of the Swedish Nobel Academy.When he was selected again in 1931，he had died that April. What happens if a candidate dies? The Nobel Foundation might consider changes at its next meeting.One possibility would be to withhold (阻止) the announcement of an award until a Nobel official hears the 【文章大意】　诺贝尔奖是一个国际奖项用来奖励前一年在科学上取得重大发现的人。诺贝尔基金会明确说明这个奖项只颁给活着的人但科学发现需要时间来检验。诺贝尔奖能颁给死去的人吗？或许诺贝尔奖需要一些变1．What did Alfred Nobel create the prizes for? A．To make himself remembered forever. B．To attract international attention to Sweden. C．To encourage contributions to mankind. D．To honor some dead outstanding discoverers. 解选C。推理判断题。根据第一段中的“he decided that they be given for work done in the previous year.”和第三段中的“One can guess that he wanted to reward present-day innovation”可知创立诺贝尔奖的目的就是奖励其所在时代的科学发现或重大成就。ion tr