He could have been president of Israel or played violin at Carnegie Hall, but he was too busy thinking. His thinking on god, love and the meaning of life grace our greeting cards and day-timers.

   Fifty years after his death, his shock of white hair and hanging moustache still symbolize genius. Einstein remains the foremost scientist of the modern time. Looking back 2,400 years, only Newton, Galileo and Aristotle were his equals.

   Around the world, universities and academies are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s “miracle year” when he published five scientific papers in 1905 that basically changed our grasp of space, time, light and matter. Only he could top himself about a decade later with his theory of relativity.

   Born in the age of horse-drawn carriages, his ideas launched a technological revolution that has made more change in a century than in the previous two thousand years. Computers, satellites, telecommunication, lasers, television and nuclear power all owe their invention to way in which Einstein exposed a stranger and more complicated reality underneath the world.

   He escaped Hilter’s Germany and devoted the rest of his life to human rights and peace with an authority unmatched by and scientist today, or even most politicians and religious leaders. He spoke out against fascism and racial prejudice. His FBI file ran 1,400 pages.

   His letters expose a disorderly personal life----married twice and indifferent toward his children while absorbed in physics. Yet he charmed lovers and admirers with poetry and sailboat outings. Friends and neighbors fiercely protected his privacy.

1．The first paragraph implies that Einstein______.

       A．had the gift for politics and music

       B．had run for president before he worked at his research

       C．was an excellent violinist

       D．was more a political leader or a musician than a thinker

2．When you think of Einstein, what typical appearance was formed in your mind?

       A．funning and humorous, with an air of a musician

       B．Wearing very wide trousers, a moustache, with an image of an actor

       C．Rough untidy mass of white hair and hanging moustache, with an image of thinking

       D．Black long hair and moustache, with his eyes deep set.

3．Which of the following is NOT true about Einstein according to the passage?

       A．When he was absorbed in his research, he didn’t care for his family.

       B．He tried to amuse his family and friends in his spare time.

       C．He was so busy with the physical research that he showed no interest in politics.

       D．His theory led to much improvement in many technological fields.

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