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Please select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Albert Einstein was more than just curious though. He had the patience and___1___that kept him at things longer than most others. Other children would build houses of cards up to 4 stories tall before the cards would lose___2___and the whole structure would come falling down. Maja___3___in wonder as her brother Albert___4___built his card buildings to 14 stories. Later he would say, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”One___5___Albert Einstein’s developing mind enjoyed was the opportunity to communicate with adults in an___6___way. His uncle, an engineer, would come to the house, and Albert would join in the discussions. His thinking was also___7___by a medical student who came over once a week for dinner and lively chats.At age 12, Albert Einstein came upon a set of ideas that___8___him as “holy”. It was a little book on Euclidean plane geometry. The concept that one could prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious made an “indescribable ___9___” on the young student. He adopted mathematics as the tool he would use to pursue his___10___and prove what he would discover about the behavior of the universe.A. evidentB. apparentlyC. determinationD. curiosityE. intellectualF. methodicallyG. descriptionH. impressedI. convincedJ. advantageK. essenceL. impressionM. watchedN. stimulatedO. balance

Please select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Albert Einstein was more than just curious though. He had the patience and___1___that kept him at things longer than most others. Other children would build houses of cards up to 4 stories tall before the cards would lose___2___and the whole structure would come falling down. Maja___3___in wonder as her brother Albert___4___built his card buildings to 14 stories. Later he would say, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”One___5___Albert Einstein’s developing mind enjoyed was the opportunity to communicate with adults in an___6___way. His uncle, an engineer, would come to the house, and Albert would join in the discussions. His thinking was also___7___by a medical student who came over once a week for dinner and lively chats.At age 12, Albert Einstein came upon a set of ideas that___8___him as “holy”. It was a little book on Euclidean plane geometry. The concept that one could prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious made an “indescribable ___9___” on the young student. He adopted mathematics as the tool he would use to pursue his___10___and prove what he would discover about the behavior of the universe.
  • A. evident
  • B. apparently
  • C. determination
  • D. curiosity
  • E. intellectual
  • F. methodically
  • G. descriptionH. impressedI. convincedJ. advantageK. essenceL. impressionM. watchedN. stimulatedO. balance

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第一空：前面说爱因斯坦不仅好奇，还有耐心。这里需要一个和耐心类似，能让他坚持做事情的品质。“determination”意思是决心，有决心才能在事情上坚持更久，所以选C“determination”。第二空：句子说其他孩子用卡片搭房子，搭到四层楼高，然后卡片就会失去……整个结构就倒塌了。“balance”是平衡的意思，卡片失去平衡才会倒，所以选O“balance”。第三空：这里说玛嘉……看着她哥哥阿尔伯特搭卡片房子。“watched”是观看的意思，玛嘉是看着哥哥搭房子，所以选M“watched”。第四空：句子说哥哥阿尔伯特……把卡片房子搭到了14层。“methodically”意思是有条不紊地，搭到14层说明搭得很有条理，所以选F“methodically” 。第五空：这里说爱因斯坦成长的思维享受的一个……是有机会和成年人交流。“advantage”是优势、好处的意思，和成年人交流对他思维成长是有好处的，所以选J“advantage”。第六空：这里说以一种……方式和成年人交流。“intellectual”意思是智力的、有智慧的，和成年人交流肯定是有智慧地交流啦，所以选E“intellectual”。第七空：句子说他的思维也被一个医学生…… “stimulated”意思是刺激、激发，医学生和他聊天激发了他的思维，所以选N“stimulated”。第八空：句子说爱因斯坦遇到一些想法，这些想法让他觉得是“神圣的”。“impressed”意思是给……留下深刻印象，这些想法给他留下深刻印象让他觉得神圣，所以选H“impressed”。第九空：句子说这个概念给这个年轻学生留下了“难以形容的……” “impression”意思是印象，make an impression是留下印象，所以选L“impression”。第十空：句子说他把数学作为工具去追求他的…… “curiosity”是好奇心，追求好奇心，用数学去探索他好奇的东西，所以选D“curiosity” 。