2 . Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Einstein's Opinions on Creative Thinking

“The greatest scientists are artists as well,” said Albert Einstein, one of the greatest physicists and an amateur pianist and violinist.

For Einstein, insight did not come from logic or mathematics.     1     As he told one friend, “When I examine myself and my methods of thought. I find that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than any talent for absorbing absolute knowledge. All great achievements of science must start from intuitive knowledge. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

But how did art differ from science for Einstein? Surprisingly, it wasn't the content of an idea, or its subject, that determined whether something was art or science, but how the idea was expressed. If what is seen and experienced is described in the language of logic, then it is science. If it is communicated and recognized intuitively, then it is art.     2     That's why he said that great scientists were also artists. Einstein first described his intuitive thought processes at a physics conference in Kyoto in 1922 when he indicated that he used images and feelings to solve his problems and found words, logical symbols or mathematical equations later.

    3     “If I were not a physicist,” he once said, “I would probably be a musician. I often think in music and I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music. Whenever I feel that I have come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in my work. I would bury myself in music, and that would usually solve all my difficulties.”

Music provided Einstein with a connection between time and space which both combine spatial and structural aspects. “The theory of relativity occurred to me my intuition and music is the driving force behind this intuition”, said Einstein. “My parents had me study the violin from the time I was six.     4    .”

A．There is no doubt that my theory was a great breakthrough then.

B．Instead, it came from intuition and inspiration

C．For Einstein, it was the humanities that mainly contributed to his achieve-ments.

D．Einstein also owed his scientific insight and intuition mainly to music.

E．My new discovery is the result of musical perception.

F．Einstein himself worked intuitively and expressed himself logically.

3 . Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Tributes poured in last week to the world-famous British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose insights     1     modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions. He died at the age of 76 on March 14.

Hawking was given only a few years to live after being diagnosed with ALS at the age of 21. The illness left him in a wheelchair and largely     2     to speak expect through a voice synthesizer. Nevertheless, Hawking completed his doctorate on the origins of the universe three years later and became a research fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Caius College.

Hawking’s first major     3     came in 1970. With mathematician Roger Penrose, Hawking used Einstein’s theory of relativity to     4     the origins of time and space to singularity, a single point of zero size and infinite density where all the laws of physics would have broken down. Their work gave mathematical expression to the Big Bang theory. Hawking was the first to try to     5     relativity with quantum mechanics. In 1974, he put forward that black holes leaked radiation, now known as“Hawking radiation,”and would eventually disappear with a tremendous explosion. The proposal     6     to one of the most passionate debates in modern cosmology—before Hawking, it was widely accepted that black holes were completely black and would     7     forever.

In 1982, Hawking was among the first to show how tiny changes in the distribution of matter might give rise to the     8     of galaxies in the universe and lay the seeds of stars, planets and life as we know it.

For 30 years, Hawking was Cambridge’s Lucasian professor of mathematics, arguably Britain’s most distinguished chair and a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton. He received 12 honorary degrees and was awarded a Companion of Honor by Queen Elizabeth in 1989. The 1988 publication of A Brief History of Time won Hawking international     9    . The book, through which the professor brought complex science to a    10     audience, has sold at least ten million books in 40 languages.

4 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Mistakes that work

The best way to learn something is to make mistakes first. Thomas Edison,     1     invented the light bulb, told his colleagues: “Of the 200 light bulbs that didn’t work, every failure told me something was able to incorporate (融入) into the next attempt.” Benjamin Franklin, the US statesman and scientist once said: “I haven’t failed. I have had 10,000 ideas that didn’t work.”

    2     of these people understood that failures and false starts are the condition of success. In fact,     3     surprising number of everyday objects had their beginnings in a mistake or a misunderstanding. Post-it notes, packets of crisps and even bread are all unexpected inventions. In 2600 BC, a tired Egyptian slave invented     4     is now called bread when the dough (面团) rose during his sleep. And crisps were first cooked by a cook in the USA when a customer suggested his fried potatoes be     5     (thin) than they were.

In 1968 Spencer Silver was trying to develop a strong glue when he accidentally invented a very weak glue instead. His colleague, Art Fry decided to use it six years later, in1974, to have his bookmarks     6     (hold) in his books and the post-it note was invented.

Successful businesspeople have often made big, expensive mistakes in their past. When an employee of IBM made a mistake that cost the company $600,000, Thomas Watson, the chairman,     7     (ask) if he would fire the man. “No,” he replied. “I have just spent $600,000     8     (train) him. I won’t let another company     9     (benefit) from the experience.

The important thing to remember is that you need to learn from your mistakes.     10     you don’t, then there is no point making them.