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1. Nobels famous will, in which he left money for prizes in science and literature, is a memorial to his interests and ideals.
2. Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and chemist, was a man of many contrasts.
3. Nobel had outstanding ability to combine the qualities of an original scientist and a forward-looking industrialist.
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What position did Nobels father make for himself in the engineering industry?
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1. All prizes, except the Peace Prize, are awarded in Sweden.
2. At about twenty Alfred Nobel was already a skillful chemist and an excellent linguist.
3. The Nobel prizes are among the most prestigious prizes in science and literature.
4. Nobels father was a talented engineer and inventor.
5. Nobel invented dynamite to improve drilling and road building.
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6. Who chose the five fields of science for awarding prizes?
7. Did Immanuel Nobel, being a skillful inventor, make a fortune?
8. What foreign languages did Alfred Nobel speak?
9. When are the Nobel prizes awarded?
10. Where is the prize for the promoting international peace awarded?
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| 2. | projector | a) equipment | b) camera | c) phonograph |
| 3. | laboratory | a) invention | b) experiment | c) discovery |
| 4. | magazine | a) newspaper | b) information | c) book |
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| 5. | history | a) literature | b) math | c) chemicals |
| 6. | train | a) workshop | b) passenger | c) baggage car |
| 7. | inspiration | a) education | b) schooling | c) training |
| 8. | to produce | a) to manufacture | b) to sell | c) to make |
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| 9. | job | a) | way | b) | corner | c) | work |
| 10. | to start | a) | to set | b) | to fail | c) | to talk |
| 11. | famous | a) | discouraged | b) | formal | c) | well-known |
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| 12. | failure | a) | habit | b) | success | c) | life |
| 13. | always | a) | almost | b) | forever | c) | never |
| 14. | quickly | a) | slowly | b) | only | c) | early |
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| 15. | he educated himself | a) b) |
| 16. | let him set up a laboratory | a) b) |
| 17. | one of these books | a) b) |
| 18. | he read almost everything | a) b) |
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20. One of the first inventions was Bells telephone.
21. Edison patented over 1000 inventions which our ways of life.
21. The time in which Edison lived was an age of .
22. Few people realized how Edison worked.
23. With whatever money he earned, he bought more chemicals for his
a) experiments b) invention c) to improve d) hard e) changed
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