II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Albert Einstein completely changed scientific thought. After he ____1____ (develop) the Theory of Relativity, Einstein opened the door for the creation of the atomic bomb. Although Einstein was not famous in his lifetime, he later became ____2____ (famous) scientist of the 20th century.
Although Einstein ____3____ (consider) the best example of genius, in the first two decades of his life, many people thought Einstein was the exact opposite. When Einstein didn’t talk until was three years old, his parents worried something was wrong with him. Einstein also failed ____4____ (impress) his teachers. From elementary school through college, his teachers and professors thought him lazy, sloppy, and insubordinate (不屈服的). Many of his teachers thought he would never amount to anything.
____5____ appeared to be laziness in class was really boredom. Rather than just memorizing facts and dates, Einstein preferred to consider questions such as what makes the needle of a compass point in one direction? Why is the sky blue? What would it be like to travel at the speed of light?
Unfortunately for Einstein, these were not the types of topics he was taught in school. ____6____ his excellent grades, Einstein found regular schooling to be strict and unfair. Things changed for Einstein when he ____7____ (treat) Max Talmud friendly, the 21-year-old medical student ____8____ ate dinner at the Einstein’s once a week. ____9____ Einstein was only eleven years old, Max introduced Einstein to numerous science and philosophy books and then discussed their content with him. Einstein flourished in this learning environment and it wasn’t long ____10____ Einstein surpassed (超过) what Max could teach him.
【答案】1. developed
2. the most famous
3. is considered
4. to impress
5. What 6. Despite
7. treated 8. who##that
9. Although##Though##While
10. before
