IT IS OFTEN VERY HOT ………….. SUMMER IN VIETNAM. * READ THE PASSAGE...

43. It is often very hot ………….. summer in Vietnam. * Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow (1 mark) . Albert Einstein was born on March 14

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, 1897 in Ulm, Germany. His interest in science began when hewas only five years old. But in school, he was not a very good student. Albert dropped out of school atfifteen because he hated strict discipline and rote-learning. When his family moved to Milan, Italy, Albert decided to study Physics at the Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology in Zurich, Switzerland. He failed the Institute’s entrance exam, but after a year’s study at aschool near Zurich, he passed and entered in 1896. he graduated in 1900. then he became a private physicsand mathematics tutor for two years.In 1902, Einstein took a job in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. The work was not very demanding, so hehad plenty of time to develop his theories that would later change science forever. In in 1909, Einstein finallyleft his job at the Patent Office and began his lifelong career in the academic world. His genius had begun tobe recognized, and by 1914 he was at the top of his profession as a member of the Royal Prussian Academyof Sciences in Berlin. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.In 1933, when Hitler came into power, Einstein moved to the U.S.A. he became a professor at the Institutefor Advanced Study and remained there until his death on April 18

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, 1955. Albert Einstein is remembered as the greatest scientist in the world.