It doesn’t take an Einstein to recognize that Albert Einstein’s brain was very different from yours and mine. The gray matter housed inside that shaggy head managed to revolutionize our concepts of time, space, motion — the very foundations of physical reality — not just once but several times during his astonishing career. Yet while there clearly had to be something remarkable about Einstein’s brain, the pathologist who removed it from the great physicist’s skull after his death reported that the organ was, to all appearances, well within the normal range — no bigger or heavier than anyone else’s.
But a new analysis of Einstein’s brain by Canadian scientists reveals that it has some distinctive physical characteristics after all. A portion of the brain that governs mathematical ability and spatial reasoning — two key ingredients to the sort of thinking Einstein did best — was significantly larger than aver
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at the desk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair
by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched, mouth open in
surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked
quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop
past the desk and as the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, "Very dirty
floors." "Yes. I’m glad they’ve finally decided to clean them," the nurse answered. She looked at Mum strangely and said, "But aren’t you working late" Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse bad turned back to writing in the big book. After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were shining. A. to clean the floor B. to please the nurse C. to see a patient D. to surprise the story-teller [单项选择]
Today we think of automobiles as a necessity, but at first the automobile was a luxury that only the rich could afford. In 1899, only 600 were built and sold. By 1925, the number approached 20 million. Today you can choose from a huge number of models, some costing 25 times of others. It is said that there are enough motor vehicles in Great Britain and America to carry their combined population. [多项选择]China is now faced with a dilemma. We are pushing up sales of automobiles in order to speed up economic development, yet cities designed for bicycles and buses are now choked by an expanding fleet of cars. Traffic jam is one of our pressing concerns. What is your opinion about the matter Write an essay of about 400 words to develop your views on
Should We Encourage People to Buy Cars In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR 我来回答: 提交
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