单选题 School and Einstein did not mix well. His teachers thought that he was stupid and that Einstein's thoughts and words were jumbled(混乱的). His schoolwork was poor. Playing the violin was all he was good at as a child.
When he was ten, he met Dr. Max Talmy. Talmy talked with the boy and tried to help him. They discussed hooks and Einstein showed an interest in maths. He understood difficult problems and ideas. Inside this "stupid" boy was a genius.
Schoolwork never became easy for Einstein. He could not learn things by heart. Paying attention was hard for him. He even did not pass his first test to enter college.
Because of his learning problems, Einstein made few friends. He was shy in groups of people. Yet he overcome(克服)his shortcomings. He became a well-known scientist in the field of physics. He was one of the most important thinkers of the modern age.

单选题 Einstein was not welcome at school really because ______.
A. he was thought to be a stupid boy
B. his thoughts and words were jumbled
C. he was good at maths besides the other subjects
D. he couldn't finish his home work
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。爱因斯坦的老师认为他是愚蠢的,思维和语言混乱,不喜欢他,他的同学也因此不愿意跟他交往。所以选A。
单选题 Einstein could not learn things by heart because ______.
A. he was not able to use his head
B. he was not good at anything
C. he spent all his time to play the violin
D. he did not pay any attention to what he was not interested in
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章说到集中精神对爱因斯坦来说是十分困难的;所以他不能用心学东西。因此D正确。
单选题 The sentence "School and Einstein did not mix well." really means ______.
A. Einstein did not love his school
B. Einstein couldn't do as his teachers told him to
C. the school was not fit for him
D. there was no room for him in the school
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章第一段第二句话是对第一句的解释。所以B正确。
单选题 In this passage the word "genius" means ______.
A. a person with special ability
B. a person with no learning at all
C. a person who can do nothing
D. a person who can do everything well
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。文章说他可以了解很难问题和概念,且从他后来成为著名的科学家,可推出爱因斯坦其实是一个天才,genius与stupid相对应。所以选A。
单选题 From this passage we can infer that ______.
A. the school work was too difficult for Einstein
B. Einstein did not receive college education
C. A stupid boy can become a genius
D. Einstein was careless with his school work
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。爱因斯坦在数学方面有很好的成绩,但在学校的功课上却十分差,原因正是他难以集中精神。所以D正确。