Question

It’s well known that Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time and he was also a really great person. Here are some ______ things about him.

When Einstein started to work in America, someone asked him ______ he needed. He said he needed a desk, some paper and a pencil. He also asked for a big waste-paper basket to hold all of his ______. This shows that he knew even the cleverest man in the world can only learn by making mistakes.

Einstein considered ______ very important. He never wore socks and he thought it was a waste of time ______ socks _____people had already worn shoes. He also thought it was a waste of time remembering things that could be ______ quickly in a book. That’s why he never remembered his own phone number in the phone book. He knew what should be remembered. It’s ______ that if we’re going to do great things in our lives, we cannot waste our time.

Einstein liked to joke, too. Once in an exam a student asked _______why all the questions were the same as the last year’s. Einstein replied that the questions were the same but the answers were ______!

1.A. bad    B. interesting    C. great    D. successful

2.A. what    B. that    C. which    D. whether

3.A. paper    B. pencils    C. mistakes    D. questions

4.A. time    B. money    C. success    D. socks

5.A. putting off    B. putting on    C. taking off    D. taking out

6.A. if    B. because    C. unless    D. after

7.A. bought    B. brought    C. found    D. taken

8.A. true    B. dangerous    C. nice    D. basic

9.A. his    B. he    C. her    D. him

10.A. difficult    B. easy    C. free    D. different

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.D

【解析】短文大意：众所周知，爱因斯坦是有史以来最伟大的科学家之一，他也是一个非常好的人。本文介绍了他的一些有趣的事。他知道在世界上即使最聪明的人也需要从错误中学习。爱因斯坦认为时间很重要，他知道什么是值得记住的，爱因斯坦也喜欢开玩笑。

1.句意：这里有关于他的几件趣事。A. bad 糟糕的；B. interesting有趣的；C. great伟大的；D. successful成功的。根据下文列举的几件事，可知是“趣事”。故选B。

2.句意：当爱因斯坦在美国开始工作时，有人问他需要些什么。A. what 什么；B. that 那；C. which哪个；D. whether是否。 what he needed作asked的宾语。 故选A。

3.句意：他还要了一个大的废纸篮来盛放他犯的错误。 A. paper纸；B. pencils铅笔；C. mistakes错误；D. questions问题。根据语境可知，错误是每个人都会犯的，需要大的废纸篮来盛放。 故选C。

4.句意：爱因斯坦认为时间是非常重要的。A. time 时间；B. money钱；C. success 成功；D. socks短袜。根据下文He never wore socks and he thought it was a waste of time ___5___ socks ___6___people had already worn shoes.他不穿袜子，认为人们已经穿了鞋子了，所以不需要穿袜子，可知他认为时间是重要的。 故选A。

5.句意：他不穿袜子，认为人们已经穿了鞋子了，所以不需要穿袜子。A. putting off 推迟、拖延；B. putting on穿上；C. taking off 脱下；D. taking out取出。 故选B。

6.句意：他不穿袜子，他认为人们已经穿了鞋子了，所以不需要穿袜子。A. if如果，引导条件状语从句；B. because因为，引导原因状语从句；C. unless除非，引导条件状语从句；D. after在...之后。根据后半句可知，“穿鞋是爱因斯坦不穿袜的原因”。 故选B。

7.句意：他还认为，记在书中很快就能找到的东西是浪费时间。A. bought 买；B. brought 带来；C. found 找到；D. taken拿。根据语境“东西被找到”含有被动含义，因而使用被动句，其结构：be +动词的过去分词。found是find的过去分词。故选C。

8.句意：的确，如果我们要在生活中做大事，我们就不能浪费时间。A. true真的；B. dangerous危险的；C. nice好的；D. basic基本的。It's+形容词/(v+ed)+that属于主语从句。 故选A。

9.句意：在一次考试中，一个学生问他为什么所有的问题都和去年一样。A. his他的；B. he他，主格；C. her她，she的宾格；或者是物主代词，她的； D. him他，he的宾格。此处作ask的宾语，根据语法知识，动词后面的人称代词作宾语时用宾格。故选D。

10.句意：爱因斯坦回答说，问题是一样的，但答案是不同的！A. difficult困难的；B. easy容易的；C. free空闲的；D. different不同的。根据上下文意，but表示转折，same与different对应。故选D。

点睛：理解文意时，注意短文中的关键连词，体会上下文的关系，如转折关系、承接关系等，来判断文意。搜集掌握固定短语，利用语法知识选择正确的答案。