Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a famous scientist. He created many theories that completely changed the way people saw our world and the universe. At first, very few scientists could understand his theories. As time passed, other scientists came to accept them.
Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879 and grew up in Munich.He was not a good student at school. He only did things he was interested in, like science and math.
After school， Einstein went to Switzerland and worked at the Swiss patent（专利） office in Bern.He studied what other people had invented. Later he moved to Berlin, Germany.He lived there for a long time and developed many of his scientific theories. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.
In 1933,Hitler and the Nazis came to power in Germany. Einstein was against the Nazis and their ideas.He decided to leave Germany and go to America. When World War Ⅱ broke out in 1939, Einstein discovered that German scientists were working on a bomb. The bomb could kill thousands of people. He wrote a letter to the American president to warn him. He also suggested that the Americans start building one, too.
In 1942,the American government started a project to build the atomic bomb.Two of these bombs were dropped to end the war against Japan.Einstein was shocked when he heard the news.He wanted atomic energy to bring peace to the world.
For the last twenty years of his life, Einstein lived in Princeton. He continued his scientific work there. He died on April 18, 1955.
1.What can we know about Einstein in his childhood?
2.In which country did Einstein develop many of his theories?
3.Einstein decided to leave for the United States because he_____.
4.When Einstein learned about the bombs dropped on Japan, he felt_____.
5.What can be inferred about Einstein from the passage?
