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AlbertEinsteinwasborninGermanyin1879.Hewasaquietchildwhospentmuchofhistimealone.Hewasslowtotalkandhaddifficultylearningtoread.WhenAlbertwasfiveyearsold,hisfathergavehimacompass.Thechildwasfilledwithwonderwhenhediscoveredthatthecompassneedlealwayspointedinthesamedirection—tothenorth.Heaskedhisfatherandhisunclewhatcausedtheneedletomove.
Albertdidnotlikeschool.TheGermanschoolsofthattimewerenotpleasant.Studentscouldnotaskquestions.Albertsaidhefeltasifhewereinprison.
In1905,AlbertEinsteinpublishedsomeimportantpapersinaGermanscientificmagazine.Theyincludedoneofthemostimportantscientificdocumentsinhistory.Itexplainedwhatcametobecalledhis“SpecialTheoryofRelativity（相对论）”.Tenyearslaterheexpandedittoa“GeneralTheoryofRelativity”.
In1921,hewontheNobelPrizeinPhysics.Itwasgiventohimnotforhistheoriesofrelativity,butforhisdiscoveryofthelawofthephotoelectriceffect（光电效应）.
AlbertEinsteinleftGermanyin1933.HemovedtotheUnitedStatestocontinuehisresearch.EinsteinbecameacitizenoftheUnitedStatesin1940.
Einsteinwasafamousman,butyouwouldnothaveknownthatbylookingathim.Hiswhitehairwaslongandwild.Heworeoldclothes.Heshowedaninnerjoywhenhewasplayinghisviolinortalkingabouthiswork.Studentsandfriendssaidhehadawayofexplainingdifficultideasusingimagesthatwereeasytounderstand.
Einsteinspentthelasttwenty fiveyearsofhislifeworkingonwhathecalleda“unifiedfieldtheory”.Hehopedtofindacommonmathematicalstatementthatcouldtietogetherallthedifferentpartsofphysics.However,hedidnotsucceed.
AlbertEinsteindiedin1955attheageofseventy six.
4.WhatdoweknowaboutAlbertEinsteininhischildhood?
A.Hewasveryclever.B.Helikedtalkingwithpeople.
C.Hewascuriousaboutnewthings.D.Hewasgoodatinventingnewthings.
5.What’stherightorderofthefollowingeventsaboutAlbertEinstein?
a.HebecameacitizenoftheUnitedStates.b.HewontheNobelPrizeinPhysics.
c.Heputforwardhis“GeneralTheoryofRelativity”.d.HeleftGermanyfortheUnitedStates.
A.d，b，c，aB.d，a，c，b
C.b，c，d，aD.c，b，d，a
6.WhatcanbeinferredaboutAlbertEinsteinfromthepassage?
A.AlbertEinsteindidn’tlikeaskingquestionsatschool.
B.AlbertEinsteinhatedschoolforitsstrictrules.
C.AlbertEinsteincaredlittleabouthowhelooked.
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7.What’sthepassagemainlyabout?
A.ThelifestoryofAlbertEinstein.
B.ThescientificdiscoveriesofAlbertEinstein.
C.AlbertEinsteinandhistheoriesofrelativity.
D.HowAlbertEinsteinwongreatsuccessinhislife.
C
Ragtimeisafastandcomplexkindofmusicthatwaspopulararoundthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury.ScottJoplinisnowconsideredtobethemostimportantAmericanragtimecomposerandpianoplayer.Duringhislifetime,Joplinonlyenjoyedabriefperiodofprofessionalsuccessintheearly1900s.However,hisworkhadanimportant,lastingeffectonaudiences,aswellasothercomposers.
Whenragtimefirstappearedinthelatenineteenthcentury,itwasconsideredalowformofcheapentertainment,notaseriousmusicalmovement.Thenin1899,JoplinwrotearagtimesongcalledMapleLeafRag.ThesongshowedJoplin'
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AlthoughthegeneralragtimestylealreadyexistedbeforeJoplinbegancomposing,hisworkattractedalotofattentionfromotherragtimecomposersofhistime.SongslikeMapleLeafRaginfluencedthesecomposersmostlybecausetheywereverypopularwiththepublic.Andmanyofthemstartedtoaddsimilarfastandcomplexrhythmtotheirmusic.Later,composerscametoappreciatethehighqualityofJoplin'
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8．Whatdowelearnaboutragtime?
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C．Itdisappearedaroundtheyear1900.D．ItwasmostpopularduringJoplin'
stime.
9．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEregardingMapleLeafRag?
A．Itwasnotseriousmusic.B．Itmaderagtimecheaper.
C．Itwasamixofmusicalstyles.D．Itfailedtoentertainaudiences.
10．HowdidothercomposersfeelaboutJoplin'
smusic?
A．Itwastop class.B．Itwashardtoplay.
C．Itwasslowandsoft.D．Itlackedimagination.
11．What'
sthefocusofthistext?
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C．Thedevelopmentofjazzmusic.D．TheinfluenceofJoplin'
smusic.
D
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AccordingtotheUS’OfficeforNationalStatistics，womenapproachingtheendoftheirchildbearingyearshadanaverageof1.9childrenin2020，comparedwith3.1fortheircounterpartsin1976.Thepercentageofone childfamiliesinBritainhadrisenfrom18percentin1972to26percentin2020.
Buteventhoughonlychildrenarebecomingincreasinglycommon，thetraditionalviewthatthey’reselfish，spoiledandlacksocialskillsholdsstrong.Evenparentsofonlychildren，likeHult，aremadetofeelguiltyabouthavingonlyonechild.Worriedthatthey’rebeingselfishandendangeringtheirchild’sfuture，theyflocktoonlinediscussionforumsseekingadvice.Soon，however，theyaskthemselves：
isthissocialprejudicereallyreasonable?
“Therehavebeenhundredsandhundredsofresearchstudiesthatshowthatonlychildrenarenodifferentfromtheirpeers（同龄人），”SusanNewman，asocialpsychologistatRutgersUniversityintheUS，toldABCNews.
Thisraisesanotherquestion：
whyareonlychildrenstillviewedwithsuchsuspicion?
“Thereisabeliefthat’sbeenaroundprobablysincehumansfirstexistedthattohavejustonechildissomehowdangerous，bothforyouandforthecontinuationofyourrace，”ToniFalbo，aprofessorofeducationalpsychology，toldtheGuardian.“Inthepastalotofchildrendied.You’dhavehadtobecrazytoonlyhaveone.”
Times，ofcourse，havechangedandinfantmortality（婴儿死亡率）haslargelyreduced.Sowhatdoonlychildrenthemselvessay?
KayleyKravitz，abloggerforTheHuffingtonPost，grewupasanonlychildandhighlyrecommendstheexperience.“Beinganonlychildtaughtmethemostvaluableskillofall：
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