Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on Mar．14, 1879．Einstein's parents moved from Ulm to Munich when Einstein was still a baby．The family business was the manufacture of electrical parts．When the business failed, in 1894, the family moved to Milan, Italy．At this time Einstein decided officially to give up his German citizenship．Within a year, still without having completed secondary school(中学)，Einstein failed an examination that would have allowed him to continue with a course of study leading to a diploma(文凭)as an electrical engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology．He spent the next year in nearby Aarau at a secondary school, where he enjoyed excellent teachers and first-rate facilities(设备)in physics．Einstein returned in 1896 to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where he graduated, in 1900 as a secondary school teacher of mathematics and physics．
After two years he got a post at the Swiss patent(专利)office in Bern．The patent-office work required Einstein's careful attention, but while employed(1902-1909)there, he completed an astonishing range of publications in theoretical physics．For the most part these texts were written in his spare time and without the benefit of close contact(接触)with either the scientific literature or theoretician colleagues．Einstein submitted one of his scientific papers to the University of Zurich for a Ph．D．degree in 1905．In 1908 he sent a second paper to the University of Bern and became a lecturer there．The next year Einstein received a regular appointment as associate professor of physics at the University of Zurich．
By 1909, Einstein was recognized throughout German-speaking Europe as a leading scientific thinker
(1)
Which of the following shows the right order of the events that happened to Einstein?
a．graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
b．moved to Milan
c．got a post at the Swiss patent office in Bern
d．worked in the University of Zurich
e．studied at a secondary school in Aarau
f．gave up his German citizenship
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A．
c, b, a, e, d, f
B．
a, b, f, e, d, c
C．
b, f, e, a, d, e
D．
b, f, e, a, c, d
(2)
The underlined word“manufacturer”most probably means________．
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A．
the buying and selling of something
B．
the making or producing of something
C．
the repairing of something
D．
the transportation of goods
(3)
How many countries did Einstein stay in before he became successful?
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A．
2．
B．
3．
C．
4．
D．
5．
(4)
What did Einstein do when he was in the patent office?
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A．
He paid little attention to his work．
B．
He wrote plenty of scientific works．
C．
He kept close contact with his friends．
D．
He read a lot of physics books．
(5)
Which of the following do you think played the most important role in Einstein's success?
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A．
His school year in the secondary school in Aarau．
B．
His years in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology．
