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A
A
young
man
asked
Albert
Einstein,
the
great
German
scientist,
what
the
secret of success 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
and Z means stop talking and
get down to
work.
”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.
The young man
_________.
A. wanted to meet Einstein
B. wanted to be a great scientist like
Einstein
C.
was eager
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
day and night
C. to learn from great
scientists
D. to
raise
questions
as many as you could
3.
“
Y
”
stands for _______.
A. hard work B.
great energy C. great success D. good
manner
4.
The word
“
annoyed
”
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’
t like to talk
学海拾贝：
1. method
2. be eager to do sth
3. manner
4. raise questions
5. get
down to
B
Mr.
Smith
made
many
tests
with
different
animals
and
the
monkey
was
the
1
cleverest
of
all the animals. One day Mr. Smith put a monkey in
a room. He
also put some small boxes in
it. In one of the boxes there was some food.
“How
long will it take the
monkey to find the food
?”
Mr. Smith said to
himself.
“Let
me
wait
and
see
.”
He
left
the
room
and
waited
outside.
Three
minutes later, he put his eye to the
keyhole
. What did he see? He
saw the
eye of the monkey. The monkey
was on the other side of the door and looked
at Mr. Smith through the keyhole.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.
Mr. Smith made tests with __________.
A. different animals B.
the monkey only
C. all the monkeys
D. all of the cleverest animals
2.
There was some food in _______ of the small boxes.
A. some B. none C. one D. each
3. Mr. Smith put a monkey and some
boxes in a room because he wanted to
know___________.
A. how much
food monkey could find
B. how many
boxes the monkey could carry
C. how
long it would take the monkey to put its eye to
the keyhole
D. how long it would take
the monkey to find the food
4.
What
was
the
monkey
doing
when
Mr.
Smith
was
putting
his
eye
to
the
keyhole?
A. The monkey was eating food.
B. The monkey was looking for food.
C. The monkey was eating on the other
side of the door.
D. The monkey was
looking at Mr. Smith through the keyhole.
5. Mr. Smith is a ________.
A. teacher
B. scientist
C. doctor
D. farm worker
学海拾贝：
1. test
2. the cleverest
3. keyhole
C
The story happened during the Second
World War
．
An old man lived
in a
small town of Germany. He had
three sons and they all worked in the same
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