AlbertEinsteinwasprobablythemostfamousscientistofthetwentiethcentury.Hechangedscientificthinkinginthemodernworld.Heisgenerallyconsideredasthegreatestphysicistwhoeverlived.What'smorehedevotedalotofhis
AlbertEinsteinwasprobablythemostfamousscientistofthetwentiethcentury.Hechangedscientificthinkinginthemodernworld.Heisgenerallyconsideredasthegreatestphysicistwhoeverlived.What'smorehedevotedalotofhistimeandenergytoworkingforhumanrightsandprogress.
In1933whileEinsteinwasvisitingEnglandandtheUnitedStatestheNazigovernmentofGermanytookallhisthingsawayincludinghispositionandhiscitizenship.EinsteinthensettleddownintheUnitedStates.In1939Einsteinwholovedpeace—afraidofaworldinwhichonlyHitlerwouldhadanatomicbomb—triedhardtopersuadePresidentFranklinD.RooseveltinafamouslettertohavetheUnitedStatesstarturaniumresearch.ThatGermanyafterallhadnobombandthatthefirstbombwouldfallonJapancouldnothavebeenexpected.AfterthewarEinsteinneverstoppedworkingforpeaceandreducingthenumberofsoldiersintheworld.
Althoughhewasn'tconnectedwithanyacceptedreligionEinsteinfeltthattrustinapersonalGodwastoospecialanideatobesuitabletotheGodatworkinthisuniversebutheneverbelievedthattheuniversewasoneofchanceordisorder.Theuniversetohimwasoneofpurelawandorder.Heoncesaid"Godmayknoweverythingbutheisnothateful."
47.Fromthepassageweknowthat_______.
A.noscientistisasgreatasAlbertEinsteinduringthiscentury
B.AlbertEinsteinwaslikelytobethegreatestscientistofhistime
C.AlbertEinsteinmadethefirstatomicbombfortheUnitedStatesofAmerica
D.AlbertEinsteingaveuphisGermancitizenshipforpoliticalreasons
48.IfEinsteinhadknownthatHitlerhadnoatomicbombandthatthefirstatomicbombwouldfallonJapanhewould_______.
A.havecontinuedhisscientificresearch
B.havewonanotherNobelPrizeforphysics
C.nothaveadvisedstartinguraniumresearchintheU.S.A.
D.nothavemovedtotheU.S.A.
49.Einstein_______in1933.
A.visitedEnglandandtheU.S.A.B.losteverything
C.becameamanwithoutacountryD.bothAandC
50.Einsteinbelievedthateverythingintheuniverse_______.
A.waskeptinorderbyitsownlaw
B.hadnothingtodowi
