超星 - unit 3 pre-reading - 查题吧

单选题

Decide which of the following best states the author's predominant purpose in writing.

A. Reminiscing his personal contacts with Einstein.
B. Illustrating with anecdotes some characteristic features of Einstein both as a man and as a scientist.
C. Explaining the apparent contradiction of Einstein's theory of relativity and his quantum theory of light.

单选题

Einstein had not earned himself a reputation by the time he proposed his theory of relativity and the quantum theory of light.

A. True
B. False

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Even when he was thinking hard on a difficult problem, Einstein would still appear to be calm and relaxed.

A. True
B. False

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To understand how the two apparently contradictory theories proposed by Einstein can coexist calls for a renewed concept of time.

A. True
B. False

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Together with some scientists in the United States, Einstein urged the American government to develop the atomic bomb to counter the threat posed by Germany.

A. True
B. False

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The Nobel Prize selection committee finally decided to award Einstein the prize though they had not yet fully recognized the revolutionary nature of his ideas.

A. True
B. False

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