What is your attitude(态度) towards making mistakes? What have you learned from some of your past mistakes?

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of the last century. During his lifetime, Einstein t     1     about the universe and solved many problems in physics. Einstein is most f    2     for his Theory of Relativity(相对论).

Einstein’s early years

Einstein was b    3     in Germany in 1879. After he finished school, he went on to study physics in Switzerland. In 1905, Einstein began to write articles and became a pioneer in the f    4     of modern physics. For one of those articles, he received the Nobel Prize in 1921.

Einstein, the t    5    

Einstein taught at universities in Switzerland and Germany. He left Germany in 1933 and went to teach a    6     Princeton University in the United States.

Einstein died in 1955. He signed his last letter b    7     he passed away(去世).The letter asked people to give u    8     nuclear weapons(核武器).

Einstein’s sayings

“The important thing is not to stop q    9    .”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion(结论) is false. The h    10     time I am right.”

4 . For thousands of years, poetry (诗) has been the favorite type of literature (文学) in China. There were many famous poets from different periods of time in Chinese     1    , and most of their poems     2     still read and appreciated today.

To remind people     3     those classic Chinese poems, CCTV has produced a TV     4     called Chinese Poetry Competition. The final of the show’s second season was shown in February. A girl     5     Wu Yishu who studies at the High School Affiliated to Fudan University, came out to be the winner of the     6    . She recited lines from the Classic of Poetry (《诗经》): “In July, the crickets (蟋蟀) are in the field; In    7    , they are in the yard; In September, they are at the door; In October, the crickets enter and crawl under our beds.” “I really admire     8     knowledge of poems. The first time I saw her       9     traditional Han clothing on TV, I was very impressed by her classical looks. She always keeps so calm through the show, which is very     10     for her age.” said Huang Zijin after watching the final show.

Mr. Huang also said we would find Chinese cultured and taste the beauty of life by enjoying poems.