Question

One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York.

“Mr Einstein,” said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!”

“It doesn’t matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.”

Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat.

Once more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one.

“There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.”

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1.Where did Albert Einstein met an old friend of his?

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2. What did the friend want him to buy?

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3.How about Einstein’s overcoat?

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4. Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a world-famous physicist?

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5.What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat?

Answer

1.On a street in New York..

2.A new overcoat.

3.(It was) worn-out./(It was) old./(It was) not new.

4.Yes, he did.

【小题5 】There is no need now. Everybody here has known me.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了著名的美国科学家艾伯特爱因斯坦遇到了他在纽约的大街上的一个老朋友。他朋友建议他买件新大衣，这件衣服太破了，但是他说在这没有人认识他，几年之后爱因斯坦成为著名的科学家，还是在那，他还是穿着那件破大衣，朋友依然劝他买新的，他说没关系现在这的人们都认识他。

1. day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York.可知爱因斯坦在纽约大街上遇到了他的朋友。故答案是On a street in New York.

2. seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!”可知朋友劝他买件新大衣。可知答案是A new overcoat.

3. how worn-out it is!”可知他的大衣都破了有洞了。故答案是(It was) worn-out./(It was) old./(It was) not new.

4. he did.

5. more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one.“There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.”可知爱因斯坦认为没有必要买新大衣，因为所有的人都认识他了。故答案是There is no need now. Everybody here has known me

考点：人物类短文阅读。