Question

Einstein was the greatest scientist of his age. But he was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.

    Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had been given too much change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying “The trouble with you is you don’t know your figures.”

    He had nothing and thought little of the things most people set their hearts on— fame and money. He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.

    He led a very simple sort of life, went around in old clothes that needed pressing, seldom wore a hat, He shaved （刮胡子）with the same soap that he used for his bath. The man who was trying to solve the most difficult problems of the universe said that using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated（复杂的）.

1.From the second paragraph we know Einstein _____.

A. wasn’t good at maths                  

B. enjoyed playing jokes

C. had some trouble with figures           

D. didn’t care about money at all

2.Einstein was most interested in ______ in life.

A. sailing his boat                        B. fame and money

C. playing the violin                      D. work

3.“…using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated” in the last paragraph suggests that Einstein ______.

A. preferred to live a simple life             

B. was a man of humor

C. was too poor to buy more soaps          

D. liked to do something different

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】本文讲述了爱因斯坦的故事，他淡泊名利，过着简单而简朴的生活。

1.细节推理题。通过第二段想要给售票员退零钱的故事，说明爱因斯坦不在乎钱。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.可知答案为C。

3.最后一段的第一句话即是本段文字的中心句，后面的故事是为了证明这个观点。