（2015·浙江）Albert Einstein was born in 1879. As...

（2015·浙江）Albert Einstein was born in 1879. As a child, few people guessed that he 　　　 a famous scientist whose theories would change the world.

A. has been　　 B. had been

C. was going to be　　 D. was

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Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. As a child, he was slow to learn to talk. As a pupil, he was backward. But when he was fourteen years old, he became clever. He taught himself maths from textbooks. He studied hard because he wanted to be a physicist.

In 1901, Einstein began teaching. In 1902 he continued his studies at the University of Zurich. Several years later, he formulated(系统地阐述)his famous Theory of Relativity(相对论).To most people the law of relativity is difficult to explain. But once Einstein explained it to a group of young students. He said,” When you sit with a good girl for two hours, you think it is only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That is relativity."

After Hitler came into power in Germany, Einstein went to America. In 1940 Einstein became an American citizen. In 1955, Einstein's life ended at the age of seventy-six.

36. When Einstein was a pupil of twelve, he _______.

A. was not quick in learning to talk       B. was poor in his studies

C. studied very hard                   D. hardly lagged behind

37. The law of relativity is_______ .

A. very hard for most people to understand

B. too hard for Einstein himself to explain

C. too hard to explain to anybody except Einstein

D. easy to understand only for the young students

38. Which of the following do you think is true?

A. The Germans owed their scientific progress to Einstein.

B. The Americans owed all their economic development to Einstein.

C. Einstein owed a great deal to the modern world.

D. Einstein made a very great contribution to modern science.

39. The title for this passage should be " _______ ".

A. Theory of Relativity          B. An American Citizen

C. Albert Einstein              D. Einstein's Contribution

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What was Albert Einstein like as a child?

A. He was shy.

B. He did poorly in all subjects.

C. He got along well with his classmates.

2.When did Albert Einstein begin to learn math by himself?

A. At age six.　　 B. At age ten.　　 C. At age thirteen.

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When Albert Einstein was young, he was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty in learning to read.

When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. Albert was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction ---- the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers were difficult for Albert to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something must be hidden behind things.

Albert didn’t like school. The German schools of that time were not pleasant. Students couldn’t ask questions. Albert said he felt as if he were in prison..

One day Albert told his uncle Jacob how much he hated school, especially mathematics. His uncle told him to solve mathematical problems by pretending to be a policeman. “You are looking for someone,” he said, “but you don’t know who he is. Call him X. Find him by using your mathematical tools.”

Albert learned to love mathematics. He was studying the complex mathematics of calculus while all his friends were still studying simple mathematics. Instead of playing with his friends he thought about things such as “What would happen if people could travel at the speed of his light?”

Albert wanted to teach mathematics and physics. He graduated with honors, but it was a pity that he could not get a teaching job.

1.According to Paragraph 2, we can learn that Albert Einstein ________.

2.Why did Albert Einstein hate school?

3.What does the underlined word ‘complex’ probably mean?

4.We can learn from the passage that ________.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. It's universally known that he was the ______ of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for his ______ 0f relativity, which holds that measurements of space and time ______ according to conditions such as the state of motion of the observer.

When he was a(n) ______, Einstein was fat and his head was so big that his mother ______ it was damaged. And he was ______ in learning how to speak. So his parents led him to ______ a doctor.

He had contempt(轻视) toward authority, which led one ______ to say that he would never amount to much. But when asked about this later, the headmaster denied that he had ever said so. But this qualities helped to make him a(n) ______. His contempt for authority led him to ______ conventional wisdom. His slow ______ development made him curious about ordinary things, such as ______ and time which most adults took for granted. And he ______ to think in pictures rather than words which gave him great help to his achievements.

In 1905, Einstein ______ and got his college certificate, but didn't get an academic job. Therefore, he was ______ very hard six days a week as a third-class examiner in the Swiss patent (专利) office. During his free time, he produced four papers that upended ______. The first showed that light could be ______ as waves, just as what our textbooks tell us today called optical wave. The second proved the ______ 0f atoms and molecules. As we all know now, all the substance is made up of them. The third, the special theory of relativity, said that there was no such things as time or space. And the fourth noted equivalence (等值) between energy and mass. That is to say, there is a ______ between energy and mass.

Genius are ______, but not born. If one wants to amount to much, hardworking is the basis.

1.A. holder　　　　 　　 B. creator　　　　 　 C. winner　　　　 　 　 D. maker

2.A. idea　　 　　 　 B. improvement　　 C. experiment　　 　　 D. theory

3.A. vary　　　　　 　 　 B. un-change　　 　　 C. move　　　　　　 　 D. speed

4.A. adult　　　　　　 　 B. child　　　　　　 C. baby　　　　　　 D. elder

5.A. feared　　　　 　 　 B. hoped　　　　　　 　 C. thought　　　 　 　 D. realized

6.A. fast　　　　　　 　 B. slow　　　　　　 　 　 C. clever　　　　　　 D. normal

7.A. consult　　　　 　 B. examine　　　　 　　 C. see　　　　　　　　 D. watch

8.A. authority　 　　 　 B. mother　　　　 　　 　 C. scientist　　　　 D. headmaster

9.A. official　　　 　 B. headmaster　　 　　 C. genius　　　　　 D. astronomer

10.A. agree　　　　 　 B. question　　　 　　 C. criticize　　　　 D. praise

11.A. behavioral　 　　 B. verbal　　　　 　 　 C. mental　　　　 　 　 D. physical

12.A. speed　　　　 　 　 B. space　　　　　　 　 C. energy　　　　　 D. effect

13.A. wanted　　　 　　 B. stopped　　　　 　　 C. began　　　　　　 D. tended

14.A. accessed　　 　 　 B. decided　　　　 　 C. graduated　　 　 D. progressed

15.A. working　　　 　 B. studying　　　　　 C. researching　　 D. living

16.A. Chemistry　 　　 B. Physics　　　　　 　 C. Biology　　　　 D. Geography

17.A. made　　　　 　　 B. monitored　　　　 C. gathered　　 　　 D. imagined

18.A. existence　 　 　 B. movement　　 　　　 C. formation　 　 　　 D. variety

19.A. change　　　　 B. balance　　　　 　 C. loss　　　　　 　　 D. increase

20.A. produced　　 　　 B. created　　　　　 　 C. encouraged　　 　　 D. made

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Karen Bystedt was born in Israel, but lived in London and California as a child. In 1982, as a photography (摄影) student at New York University, she was photographing male models for a book when she came across an ad featuring Andy Warhol, a very famous artist. She thought it would be really great to put him in her book.

So she called Andy Warhol at his studio in Union Square and asked if she could photograph him.

Two weeks later, Bystedt took a rented Hasselblad camera and lights to Warhol’s famed “Factory” on 14th street. She ended up taking 36 pictures, and published two in her book, Not Just Another Pretty Face, published in 1983. Warhol came to its launch (发行) party---and that was the last time she saw him.

A few years later, she packed the portraits in a box and moved to Los Angeles. But after she’d gotten settled, she couldn’t find them. She couldn’t remember whether she had given the photos away or just left them in some forgotten storage unit. Either way, she thought they were lost forever.

In 2011, Bystedt became determined to find the missing films(底片). She spent two weeks going through two old garages, where she had put a bunch of belongings decades before. In a cardboard box, she found ten of the original films, covered in dust. She and a friend spent four months digitizing and cleaning the images up, pixel(像素) by pixel.

Bystedt was not content to merely publish the unseen photos. She invited contemporary artists to paint over and around her Warhol pictures, breathing new life into her old work. So she began reaching out to artists, seeing if they would be interested in putting their own stamp on the pictures.

The responses was overwhelming. Bystedt’s new exhibit, “The Lost Warhols,” opened on May 1, 2018 at 178 Sixth Avenue in Soho, New York, included 66 different interpretations of her portraits from 34 artists.

1.After photographing Andy Warhol, Bystedt　　　 _____.

A. never met the artist again

B. published a book the following year

C. published all of his pictures in her book

D. decided to photograph some male models for a book

2.According to the passage, the photos of Andy Warhol　　　 ____.

A. were found missing soon after they were taken

B. were taken when the artist was 19 years old

C. were found missing after Bystedt moved to Los Angeles

D. were taken by Bystedt without the artist’s permission

3.What did Bystedt do after the missing films were found?

A. she published the unseen photos very quickly.

B. she held a party for some artists to view the photos.

C. she spent months repairing the films.

D. she displayed the pictures to make a profit.

4.What would be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Photos of Andy Warhol Lost Forever

B. A special Exhibit of Andy Warhol’s Works

C. Friendship Between an Artist and a Photographer

D. Unseen Portraits of Andy Warhol Lost and Found

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In 1905, as part of his Special Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein published the point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter. This was expressed by equation E = me 2(energy = mass times the speed of light squared). But bombs were not what Einstein had in mind when he published this equation.

In 1929, he publicly declared that if a war broke out he would “refused to do war service, direct or indirect…” His position would change in 1933, as the result of Adolf Hitler’s coming into power in Germany.

Einstein’s greatest role in the invention of the atomic bomb was signing a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt urging that the bomb be built because some physicists feared that Germany might be working on an atomic bomb. Among those concerned were physicists Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner. But Szilard and Wigner had no influence with those in power. So in July 1939 they explained the problem to someone who did: Albert Einstein. After talking with Einstein, in August 1939 Szilard wrote a letter to President Roosevelt with Einstein’s signature on it, which was delivered to Roosevelt in October 1939.

Germany has invaded Poland the previous month; the time was ripe for action. That October research of a-bomb began but proceeded slowly because the invention of the atomic bomb seemed distant and unlikely. In April 1940 an Einstein letter, ghost-written by Szilard, pressed the researchers on the need for “greater speed”.

As the realization of nuclear weapons grew near, Einstein looked beyond the current war to future problems that such weapons could bring. He wrote to his friend about his fear about the future use of the a-bomb.

The atomic bombings of Japan occurred three months after Germany gave in.

In November 1954, five months before his death, Einstein summarized his feelings about his role in the creation of the atomic bomb: “I made one great mistake in my life… when I signed a letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification---- the danger that the Germans would make them”.

1.What can we learn about Szilard and Wigner?

A. They were not as influential as Einstein.

B. They were responsible for the invention of nuclear weapons

C. They had cheated their friend Albert Einstein.

D. They had an intention to destroy the world.

2. Einstein realized his mistake of ___________.

A. co-operating with his workmates

B. inventing the atomic bomb

C. publishing his equation

D. signing the letter to President Roosevelt

3. We can conclude that Einstein ___________.

A. was important in the development of atomic bomb

B. was not involved in the invention of atomic bomb

C. directly participated in the invention of the atomic bomb

D. helped with the invention of atomic bomb

4. Why did Einstein suggest making atom bombs?

A. Because President Roosevelt asked to do so.

B. Because it was likely that Hitler would make them.

C. Because it was not in favor of President Roosevelt.

D. Because it was not necessary to do so.

5.The best title for the passage would be __________.

A. A Story of Albert Einstein

B. Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb

C. It was Unfair for Einstein

D. How the Atomic Bomb was Invented

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Only those, as Albert Einstein once said in one of his famous books, ______ attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.

A. who　　 B. which

C. whose　　 D. where

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was born in Budapest on September 16, 1893. In 1911 he entered his uncle’s laboratory where he studied until the outbreak of World War One, when he joined the army. He served on the Italian and Russian fronts, and he was permitted to leave the army in 1917 after being wounded in action. He completed his studies in Budapest before he went to Hamburg for a two-year course in physical chemistry. In 1920 he became an assistant at a university in Leiden, the Netherlands and from 1922 to 1926 he worked with H. J. Hamburger at the Physiology Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands.

In 1926, Szent-Gyorgyi was ready to end his own life after an embarrassing problem in his career. The scientist, thirty-two, had written a paper and handed it to his boss for approval to publish. His boss threw it in the dustbin. Concluding his life was a failure, the young researcher quit. Unable to support his wife and child, he sent them home to her parents. His final wish was to attend one last scientific meeting, to be among scientists, to have one last good time. So he went to the 1926 International Physiological Society Congress in Sweden.

Sitting in the audience, lost in self-pity, Szent-Gyorgyi listened to the president of the society, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, refer to the fine work of a researcher: Szent-Gyorgyi! After the speech, collecting his courage, he introduced himself to Hopkins. The great man invited the young scientist to Cambridge to do further work.

Szent-Gyorgyi’s life changed. He discovered the oxidation-preventing (防氧化的) action of vitamin C. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He accounted for his success by saying that discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen but thinking what nobody else has thought.

1.Which of the following is the correct order of the events relevant to Szent-Gyorgyi?

a. finished his studies in Budapest

b. served during World War One

c. worked with Hopkins

d. studied in Hamburg

A．b, c, a, d           B．b, a, d, c           C．a, c, d, b           D．a, b, d, c

2. Why did Szent-Gyorgyi want to end his own life in 1926?

A．His pride was hurt by his boss.

B．He was not satisfied with his paper.

C．He couldn’t support his family.

D．His boss stopped him attending a conference.

3. The passage is organized in the pattern of _____________.

A．cause and effect

B．comparison and contrast

C．time and events

D．definition and classification

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I was born into a family of five children. As the youngest child, I didn’t have many new clothes. Though my parents worked very hard, we could hardly make ends meet. The only time we would receive new clothes was at Christmas.

The family across the street lived a much better life. They just had two daughters and they were often seen wearing new dresses. The younger girl named Anna was of my age. One afternoon, she walked on the street wearing a beautiful white dress. She looked like an angel in that dress. I, together with many little girls, followed her. We just couldn’t keep our eyes off her dress. We all wished we would have such a dress one day!

That day, after coming back, I told my mom that I wanted a dress like that. My mom frowned(皱眉) she thought such a beautiful dress like that must cost an arm and a leg, but my mom kept that in mind. She worked five days a week at that time, but when Christmas was getting close, she worked even on every Saturday.

However, several days before Christmas, I changed my mind. It was Anna’s birthday that day and I was invited to her home with some other girls. After that party, I asked if I could try on her white dress. “Of course,” she said, “and you can take it if you like it.” I couldn’t believe my ears. How could she give such a beautiful dress to someone else? After trying it on, I knew why.

The dress looked beautiful, but it was uncomfortable to wear. As a matter of fact, my back was quite itchy(痒的) after I put it on. From that day on, I stopped admiring what others had. They may not be as good aswe think.

1.When the writer was a little girl, she　　　　 .

A. couldn’t get whatever she liked

B. couldn’t see her parents at all

C. didn’t like new clothes

D. didn’t like Christmas that much

2.When the other girls saw Anna’s dress, they thought it　　　　 .

A. too little　　　　 B. very cheap

C. very beautiful D. very comfortable

3.The writer’s mother started working on very Saturday because she　　　　 .

A. wanted to buy a new dress for herself

B. had to buy all her children expensive gifts

C. prepared herself for the busiest Christmas.

D. wanted to buy the dress the writer wanted

4.From the passage, we learn that　　　　 .

A. there are always kind-hearted people around us

B. what others have may not be as good as we think

C. we should give what we no longer need to others

D. we can get what we want if we try hard enough

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