Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Among the few scientists who have had a great effect on science and history, Albert Einstein is perhaps the greatest. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new view of the universe. His theory has completely changed the way scientists understand time and space. Now, more and more people agree that the universe is something complicated than what they have ever thought before.
Einstein was born is Germany in 1879. By 1914, young Einstein, already internationally famous, became a professor at an institute in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study. However, his peaceful life was soon broken by the First World War.
Einstein hated violence. He was deeply affected by the war; he sat unhappily in his office doing little and lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.
In the years following the First World War, people showered honors upon him. He became the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble Prize for Physics and was greatly honored and respected in Germany. However, his life was again disrupted. The Second World War broke out and Einstein had to move to the US, where he lived until his death in 1955.
26. The first paragraph is mainly about _______.
A.the secret of the universe
B.Einstein’s great influence
C.an American college president
D.the difficulty of Einstein’s theory
27. The passage tells us that young Einstein ______.
A.fought in the war
B.disliked teaching
C.was the head of university
D.the difficulty of Einstein’s theory
28. Einstein’s researches were interrupted by ________.
A.the wars
B.teaching
C.poverty
D.poor health
29. Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics in ________.
A.1914
B.1918
C.1921
D.1955
30. Which of the following statements about Einstein in true?
A.The world wars affected him greatly.
B.He was always unhappy in his office.
C.He kept working until peace came in 1918.
D.His theory changed the form of the universe.
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