Einstein, a great scientist of the age, was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.

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

Einstein said that there were only twelve people living who understood his Theory of Relativity although a good many books had been written to explain it.

He had nothing but contempt（藐視）for the things most people set their hearts on—for fame and riches（財富）and luxury（奢華）.

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 said that he often thought in music.

1. The conductor thought Einstein .

A. wasn’t good at maths B. had good memory

C. was either mad or strange D. liked to make trouble

2. Einstein meant that many people .

A. knew his Theory of Relativity well because they could explain it

B. had written to have grasped his theory correctly

C. pretended to have grasped his abstract theory

D. admired him very much

3. The underlined part “set…h(huán)earts on” means .

A. believe B. have C. love D. hate

1.C

2.C

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了愛因斯坦一生淡泊名利，過著簡單而簡樸的生活的故事。

1.1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)在一次乘車時，愛因斯坦認為售票員找錯了錢，在售票員又核對錢數(shù)無誤時，認為他不是瘋子就是一個奇怪的人。選C。

2.2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Einstein said that there were only twelve people living who understood his Theory of Relativity although a good many books had been written to explain it.得知愛因斯坦認為盡管有大量解釋相對論的書籍，但是真正理解相對論的人少之又少。選C。

3.3】猜測詞義題。愛因斯坦藐視那些熱衷于追求名譽、財富、奢華的那些人。自己淡泊名利，過著簡單而簡樸的生活。A. believe 相信B. have擁有 C. love 熱愛D. hate痛恨。因此選C。

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