I discovered that the most important requirement was ________ English well.

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Alfred Nobel, a Swedish - born chemist, who died in 1896, at one time believed that his invention of explosives (炸药) could bring wars to an end, But later he found he was wrong.

Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. With only one year of formal schooling, he became a chemist and inventor by age of 16.

He was also a linguist, speaking English, Russian, German and French besides Swedish. He wrote poetry(诗歌). He began his work with producing liquid nitroglycerin (硝酸甘油) for use in mining and construction. He then discovered that liquid nitroglycerin could be dried. He called it dynamite, after the Greek word dynamis, meaning "power". Then he became rich. When he died, his estate (财产) was worth about 89 million.

Nobel never married, and he left most of his estate to those who have been known as Nobel Prizes. The money is invested (投资) and the interest (利息) is given out as yearly prizes for persons who have done something special for mankind in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, and peace.

Prizes were first awarded in 1901. Over the years, many great people such as Albert Einstein in physics, Marie Curie in chemistry, Martin Luther King, Jr. for peace and Mo yan for literature got the awards.

1.From the passage we can guess the underlined word "linguist" is a person who_______.

A. can speak a foreign language

B. writes good poetry

C. knows several foreign language well

D. makes many inventions

2.Alfred Nobel believed_______.

A. he would become the richest person of the world

B. his invention could stop wars in the world

C. the Nobel Prizes could be world - famous

D. no one could use his invention to start wars

3.All the questions have been answered Except_______.

A. who chooses the Nobel Prize winners

B. when were Nobel Prizes first awarded

C. who could win Nobel Prizes

D. what else was Nobel interested in besides chemistry

When I __1___ a young girl, all I ever wanted to do was travel; and decided that the best way _____2__ this was to become a ___3____ . I’ve been a flight attendant for two years now. It’s a really ___4___ job because I travel all over the world. I ___5____ that the most important requirement was to speak English well, so I studied English at the Hilltop Language School __6___ five years before I become a flight attendant. It was because I could speak English that Igot the job. Thank you, Hilltop Language School!
I want to be a tour guide. In fact, it’s all I have ever wanted to be. I want to travel, __7____ to English- speaking countries____8____ the United States and Australia. However, I know that I have to improve my English, so I’ve started taking lessons at the Hilltop Language School. The Hilltop language School has really helped me __9____ English. I’ve been a student here for a year now, and I really love it. Maybe when I leave I’ll ___10____ becoming an English teacher rather than a tour guide.
【小题1】  A. am          B. was         C. is
【小题2】  A. to do        B. doing        C. did
【小题3】  A. teacher       B. shop assistant  C. flight attendant
【小题4】  A. interested     B. interesting    C. interest
【小题5】  A. discovered    B. found out     C. found
【小题6】  A. for          B. in           C. since
【小题7】   A. special       B. specially     C especially
【小题8】   A. for example   B. like         C. such as
【小题9】  A. learning      B. learn        C. teaching
【小题10】 A. think over    B. think about   C. thank for