When Albert Einstein was young, he was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty in learning to read.
When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. Albert was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction ---- the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers were difficult for Albert to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something must be hidden behind things.
Albert didn’t like school. The German schools of that time were not pleasant. Students couldn’t ask questions. Albert said he felt as if he were in prison..
One day Albert told his uncle Jacob how much he hated school, especially mathematics. His uncle told him to solve mathematical problems by pretending to be a policeman. “You are looking for someone,” he said, “but you don’t know who he is. Call him X. Find him by using your mathematical tools.”
Albert learned to love mathematics. He was studying the complex mathematics of calculus while all his friends were still studying simple mathematics. Instead of playing with his friends he thought about things such as “What would happen if people could travel at the speed of his light?”
Albert wanted to teach mathematics and physics. He graduated with honors, but it was a pity that he could not get a teaching job.
小題1:According to Paragraph 2, we can learn that Albert Einstein ________.
A．was interested in the compass
B．wanted to be a great scientist
C．was not clever enough
D．didn’t like thinking by himself
小題2:Why did Albert Einstein hate school?
A．He couldn’t play with his friends there
B．Students were not allowed to ask questions.
C．The schools were like prisons at that time
D．He had to learn mathematics that he didn’t like.
小題3:What does the underlined word ‘complex’ probably mean?
A．UsefulB．DifficultC．BoringD．Interesting
小題4:We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．Einstein became a mathematics teacher after graduation
B．Einstein gradually loved mathematics with his uncle’s help.
C．Einstein’s uncle was a policeman.
D．Einstein liked playing with other children.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:B

試題分析：
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行Albert was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction ---- the north.說明他對compass很感興趣。故A正確。
小題2:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段The German schools of that time were not pleasant. Students couldn’t ask questions.說明B正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)本句He was studying the complex mathematics of calculus while all his friends were still studying simple mathematics.說明該詞與simple是反義詞，故B正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)2，3段內(nèi)容可知他的叔叔教他如何學習數(shù)學，他是在叔叔的影響下喜歡上數(shù)學的。故B正確。
點評：文章講述了愛因斯坦喜歡上數(shù)學的原因及過程。本文內(nèi)容較為簡單，考查推理題較多，解推斷題最主要的方法是根據(jù)詞義關(guān)系推斷具體細節(jié)。
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