One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York.
“Mr Einstein,” said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!”
“It doesn’t matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.”
Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat.
Once more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one.
“There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.”
根据短文内容,回答问题。
1. Where did Albert Einstein met an old friend of his?
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2. What did the friend want him to buy?
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3. How about Einstein’s overcoat?
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4. Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a world-famous physicist?
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5. What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat?
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【答案及解析】
1. On a street in New York。所问的问题是“爱因斯坦在那儿遇见了他的老朋友?”根据One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York(一天,在纽约的一条街道上,著名美国科学家爱因斯坦遇见了他的一个老朋友)就能作出上述回答。
2. A new overcoat。所问的问题是“他的朋友让他买什么?”根据“it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!”(“你该穿一件新大衣了。看,你的大衣多么破呀!)就能作出上述回答。
3. Very old。所问的问题是“爱因斯坦的大衣怎么样了?”根据文章的标题就能作出上述回答。
4. Yes, he did。所问的问题是“成名之后的爱因斯坦仍然穿同一件破大衣吗?”根据Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat. (几年之后,他们再次在纽约相遇了,这时候的爱因斯坦已经成了世界著名的大科学家。然而,他仍然穿着那件破大衣)就能作出上述回答
5. There is no need now. Everybody here has known me。所问的问题是“当朋友再次劝爱因斯坦买一件新大衣时,他是怎么说的?”根据“There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.”(爱因斯坦说:“没有必要了,这儿的人都知道我了)就能作出上述回答。
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