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AlbertEinsteinhadagreateffectonscienceandhistoryandhisachievementwasevengreaterthanafewothergreatscientistshaveachieved.AnAmericanuniversitypresidentoncesaidthatEinsteinhadmadeanewoutlookanewviewoftheuniverse.Itmayhesometimebeforetheaveragemindunderstandsfullytheidentityoftimeandspaceandsoon—butevenordinarymannowunderstandthattheuniverseissomethinglargerthaneverthoughtbefore.
By1914youngEinsteinhadbeenworld-famous.HeacceptedtheoffertobecomeaprofessoratthePrussianAcademyofScienceinBerlin.HehadfewdutieslittleteachingandunlimitedchancesforstudybutsoonhispeaceandquietwerebrokenbyWorldWarI.
Einsteinhatedfightingandkilling.Thegreatsufferingofwaraffectedhimdeeplyandhesatunhappilyinhisofficedoinglittle.Helostinterestinhisresearch.Onlywhenpeacecamein1918washeabletogetbacktowork.
IntheyearfollowingWorldWarIhonorswereincreasinglyputonhim.HebecameheadoftheKaiserWhihemInstituteofTheoreticalPhysics.Buthehimselfrefusedtheefforttoputhiminapositionfaraboveotherpeople.Hewaswellknownforhishumblemanner.Heoftensaidthathissuccesswouldcertainlyhavebeenachievedbyothersifhehadneverlived.
In1921hewontheNobelPrizeandhewashonoredinGermanytilltheriseofNazismwhenhewasdrivenfromGermanybecausehewasaJew.
1.Themainideaofthefirstparagraphis________.
A.thedifficultyofEinstein'sthoughttoothers
B.thefeelingofanAmericanuniversitypresidenttowardsEinstein
C.thedifferencebetweenscienceandhistory
D.thechangeinhumanthoughtproducedbyEinstein
2.ItseemstotheAmericanuniversitypresidentthat________.
A.Einsteinachievedmorethananyotherscientistinhistory
B.everybodyunderstandsEinstein'sscientificideas
C.thenewviewoftheuniversecanbequicklylearnedbyeveryone
D.ourideasabouttheuniversearedifferenttodayfromthoseinthepastbecauseofEinstein
3.Between1914and1918Einstein________.
A.receivedworld-widepraise
B.hadnochancesforstudy
C.almostdidnothingin