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Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history,and his achievement was even greater than
only a few other great scientists have achieved. An American university president once said that Einstein
had made a new outlook,a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind
understands fully the identity of time and space and so on-but even ordinary man now understand that the
universe is something larger than ever thought before.
By 1914 young Einstein had been world-famous. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the
Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties,little teaching and unlimited chances for study,
but soon his peace and quiet were broken by World War I .
Einstein hated fighting and killing. The great suffering of war affected him deeply,and he sat unhappily
in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.
In the year folloWjng World War I honors were increasingly put on him. He became head of the
Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. But he himself refused the effort to put him in a position
far above other people. He was well known for his humble (恭顺的,谦逊的) manner.He often said that
his success would certainly have been achieved by others if he had never lived.
In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize,and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was.a Jew.
1. The main idea of the first paragraph is ________.
A. the difficulty of Einstein's thought to others
B. the feeling of an Amencan university president towards Einstein
C. the difference between science and history
D. the change ,n human thought produced by Einstein
2. It seems to the American university president that ______
A. EinsLein achieved more than any other scientist in history
B. everybody understands Einstein's scientific ideas
C. the new view of the universe can be quickly leamed by everyone
D. our ideas about the universe are different today from those in the past because of Einstein
3. Between 1914 and 1918 Einstein _____.
A. received world-wide praise
B. had no chances for study
C. almost did nothing in his office
D. still continued his scientific research
4. Einstein did his greatest work _____
A. when Nazism rose
B. when he was young
C. during World War I
D. after he left Europe
5. From the passage we can know that _____
A. Germans usually have a high respect for science
B. Einstein had other interests besides science
C. Einstein was forced to work again in 1918
D. Einstein led a quiet life during World War I
