Question

A young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, “What the secret of success(成功) is.?” The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very annoyed. He did not say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper. On it was written “A=X+Y+Z”.

“What does this mean?” asked the young man.

“A means success,” explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y for good method (方法) and Z means stop talking and get down to work.”

1.The young man _________.

A. wanted to meet Einstein

B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein

C. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of success

D. wanted to be a student of Einstein

2.In Einstein’s opinion, the secret of success was ________.

A. to work with great energy

B. to work hard

C. to learn from great scientists

D. to raise (提出) questions as many as you could

3.“Y” stands for _______.

A. hard work      B. great energy

C. great success   D. good method

4.The underlined word “annoyed” (in paragraph 1) means ________.

A. angry    B. sad     C. lovely    D. glad

5.Einstein was a man who ______

A. liked to talk with young people

B. liked to help others

C. liked to make friends with young people

D. liked to work , but didn’t like to talk

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：一个年轻人问伟大的德国科学家爱因斯坦，成功的秘诀是什么。科学家告诉他成功的秘诀是努力工作。几天后,这个年轻人又问同样的问题。爱因斯坦非常恼火。他没有说什么，但在一张纸上写了一个公式：A= X + Y + Z。

1.C细节理解题。根据短文开头A young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, “What the secret of success(成功) is.?”可知那个年轻人渴望得到成功的秘诀，所以选C。

2.B细节理解题。根据第一段中The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work.可知以爱婴斯坦的观点看成功的秘诀是努力工作。所以选B。

3.D细节理解题。根据第三段中Y for good method (方法)可知Y代表好的方法，所以选D。

4.A词义猜测题。根据He did not say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper. On it was written “A=X+Y+Z”可知划线词的意思是“恼火”的，所以选A。

5.细节理解题。根据“A means success,” explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y for good method (方法) and Z means stop talking and get down to work.”可知爱因斯坦是一个喜欢做而不喜欢说的人，所以选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。