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A部分

Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. As a child he was slow to talk. But when he was 14 years old, he became

clever. He taught himself math from text books. He studied hard because he wanted to be physicist (物理学家)。

In 1901, Einstein began teaching. In 1902, he went on with his study at the University of Inrich. Several years later,

he put forward (提出)his Theory of Relativity(相对论)。

To most people the Theory of Relativity is hard to explain. But once Einstein explained it very well 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 fire for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity.

Later Einstein went to America and never left there. His life ended at the age of 76.

1. Albert Einstein was born in _______.

A. America B. England C. Germany D. Japan

2. As a child he was not so fast to_________.

A. learn math B. learn to speak C. teach himself maths D. explain the theory

3. When he was a ______inrich, he put forward his famous Theory of Relativity.

A student B worker C librarian D teacher

4. It was _____ for Einstein to explain the Theory of Relativity.

A hard B easy C well D difficult

5. Einstein died in America in _______.

A 1955 B. 1956 C. 1954 D. 1945

B部分

One day John took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see

how trees were growing.

By afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp; it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon

John could hardly see his hand before his face. He could not find the road! John knew there were two roads. One road

went to the camp, and the other went to John's house. But all was white now. Everything was the same. How could he

take his friends back to the camp?

John had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his

house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather!

It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped.

Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their

tents!

6. John and his two friends went to the forest ______.

A. to put up their tents

B. to build their camp

C. to find their way back

D. to see the trees

7. They could hardly find their way back because _____.

A. there was only one road to their camp

B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads went to their tents

C. there was not any road at all in the mountains

D. everything was covered by snow

8. Obviously (显然), they wanted the horses to take them _____.

A. to John's house B. to the camp

C. to the forest D. to the mountains

9. The horses stopped because _____.

A. it was getting late

B. they were tired after long running

C. they knew that they had got to the camp

D. they saw the trees

10. When did the story happen?

A. It happened on a cold winter day.

B. It happened on a dark evening.

C. It happened in a cold camp.

D. It happened at night when nothing could be seen.