Alfred Nobel was born on October 21st , 1833 in Sweden. His important (21) _______ was dynamite – a powerful explosive. This dynamite (22) ________ made him a very rich man. One day Alfred read about his death in a newspaper ( in fact, it was his brother’s death). In that article, the reporter called him a salesman of death, “ The dynamite king”. Nobel was very ( 23) ________ . He had invented dynamite to save lives – lives were lost because other explosives that were dangerous to use. He hated (24) _________ and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war. He had thought of the best way for people to use his fortune for years. Finally, he knew what to do with it. Alfred Nobel (25) ________ the Nobel prize, an annual award to honour leaders of science, literature and world peace . 21. A. discovery B. invention C. science D. background 22. A. literature B. traveling C. business D. peasant 23. A. excited B. crowded C. proud D. upset 24. A. schooling B. peace C. violence D. talk 25. A. took B. established C. finished D. taught