KKnoneTT

16.09.2020 22:48 •  Английский язык

Прочитайте текст. Заполните пропуски нужными ча¬стями речи, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соот¬ветствовали содержанию текста.
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a man of many contrasts. He was a scientist with a love for music and an industrialist who managed to remain an 1) . He made a fortune but lived a simple life.
In 1905, the young physicist created the theory of relativity and made some other discoveries which turned the existing scientific ideas upside down. However, his
theory was not taken too 2) at first because it contradicted other theories. At some time Einstein was also pursued in Germany for his anti-war views. He was a
3) opponent to fascism.
In 1909, he became Doctor of physics and Professor at Zurich University. At that time
he was not only a 4) physicist but an excellent lecturer. He started giving extremely popular lectures on science for the general public. At the end of his lectures his
5) used to struggle for the piece of chalk which Einstein had used during the lecture. In 1922, he received the Nobel Prize. In 1939, he wrote a letter to President Roosevelt asking him to stop the research on splitting uranium because it could lead
to the 6) of weapons of mass destruction. Thus, the great scientist cared
deeply about the whole 7) . But his warning wasn’t taken into consideration and the research was carried on which led to the
creation of the 8) bomb. In 1940, Einstein became US citizen and up to his death in 1955 he remained a patriotic son and a lover of mankind.
IDEAL

SERIOUS

PASSION

SKILL

LISTEN

CONSTRUCT

HUMAN

ATOM