Albert Einstein was probably the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. He changed scientific thinking in the modern world. He is generally considered as the greatest physicist who ever lived. What's more, he devoted a lot of his time and energy to working for human rights and progress.

In 1933, while Einstein was visiting England and the United States, the Nazi government of Germany took all his things away, including his position and his citizenship. Einstein then settled down in the United States. In 1939, Einstein, who loved peace—afraid of a world in which only Hitler would had an atomic bomb—tried hard to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a famous letter to have the United States start uranium research. That Germany, after all, had no bomb, and that the first bomb would fall on Japan, could not have been expected. After the war, Einstein never stopped working for peace and reducing the number of soldiers in the world.

Although he wasn't connected with any accepted religion, Einstein felt that trust in a personal God was too special an idea to be suitable to the God at work in this universe, but he never believed that the universe was one of chance or disorder. The universe to him was one of pure law and order. He once said, "God may know everything, but he is not hateful."

【小題】. From the passage we know that _______ .

A. no scientist is as great as Albert Einstein during this century

B. Albert Einstein was likely to be the greatest scientist of his time

C. Albert Einstein made the first atomic bomb for the United States of America

D. Albert Einstein gave up his German citizenship for political reasons

【小題2】 If Einstein had known that Hitler had no atomic bomb and that the first atomic bomb would fall on Japan, he would _______ .

A. have continued his scientific research     B. have won another Nobel Prize for physics

C. not have advised starting uranium research in the U.S.A.

D. not have moved to the U.S.A.

【小題3】. Einstein _______ in 1933.

A. visited England and the U.S.A. 　　　　 B. lost everything

C. became a man without a country 　　　　D. both A and C

【小題4】 Einstein believed that everything in the universe _______ .

A. was kept in order by its own law  B. had nothing to do with each other

C. happened in an irregular way     D. was made by the personal God.

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【小題1】The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _______ while “dull” in the second paragraph means ________.

A．great and important; common
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C．bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understanding
D．hopeful and helpful; careless
【小題2】A person ________ is more likely to become a genius.
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C．often helped by his parents and teachers
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【小題3】It is better for parents ________.
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【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?
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B．Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.
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【小題4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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