Today even ordinary people understand that the universe is something larger than ever ____ before.

A. think              B. to think           C. thought              D. thinking

Today even ordinary people understand that the universe is something larger than ever _____ before.  

A. think                        B. to think                    C. thought                    D. thinking  

Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than most other men have achieved. An American university president once said that Einstein had helped us have a new view of the universe. It may be some time before ordinary people fully understand the identity(一致) of time and space and so on — but even ordinary people understand now that the universe is something larger than it had been ever thought before. By 1914 the young Einstein had been famous in the world. At that time, he accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. There he had few duties, little teaching and a great number of chances for study, but soon his peace and quiet life were broken by World War I.

Einstein hated wars and killings. World War I changed his ordinary life, and he would sit unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to go on with his research.

In the years following World War I, more and more people knew and respected him. He became head of the Faiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism(纳粹) when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.

1.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.    Einstein achieved more than any other scientist in history

B.    a lot of people today are cleverer than Einstein

C.    Einstein once gave in to the German army in World War I

D.    Germans usually have a high respect for science

2.. Which is the right order of the events?

a. Einstein was able to continue his research in 1918.

b. Einstein became a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science.

c. Einstein won the Nobel Prize.

d. World War I broke out in Europe.

A. a-b-c-d　　 B. b-d-a-c　 C. b-a-c-d　 D. a-c-d-b

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.    Einstein was once head of the Faiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics.

B.    Einstein was against wars and killings.

C.    Einstein played an important role in the development of modern science.

D. Einstein was driven out of Germany because of his attitude towards wars.

Edward Wilson is America’s, if not the world’s, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world’s natural resources. How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多样性)of our earth.
Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares today’s Walden Pond with that of Thoreau’s day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Can the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?
Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.
At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.
【小题1】We learn form the text that Wilson cares most about ______.

A．Twenty.

B．Eighty.

C．One hundred.

D．Ten thousand.