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课时分层作业(一)
Ⅰ.单词拼写
根据汉语提示写出单词。
1.The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold contradictory (相互矛盾的) beliefs.
2.Was his mother too severe (严厉) on him?
3.The driver of the crashed car received multiple (多样的) injuries.
4.We should transform our subjective world while transforming (改变) the objective world.
5.According to official statistics (统计数字),the island had 37 people.
6.The traffic accidents in the city decreased (减少) last year.
7.They made substantial (重大的) changes to the arrangements.
8.The prime minister was always demanding active intervention (干涉) early on.
9.The police have now narrowed down their list of suspects (犯罪嫌疑人).
10.He was not displeased at the way he had handled (处理) the problem.
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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John von Neumann was the oldest of 3 children of a banker,and his speed of learning new ideas and of solving problems stood out early.At 17,his father tried to persuade him not to become a mathematician because he may lead a poor life being a mathematician,and so von Neumann agreed to study chemistry as well.In 1926,at 23,he received a degree in chemical engineering and a Ph.D.in mathematics.From then on,mathematics provided well enough for him,and he never had to turn to chemistry.
In 1930,von Neumann visited Princeton University for a year and then became a professor there.His first book was published in 1932.In 1933,the Institute for Advanced Study was formed,and he became one of the 6 fulltime people(Einstein was one of the others)in the School of Mathematics.
World War Ⅱ hugely changed von Neumann's areas of interest.Until 1940 he had been a great pure(纯粹的)mathematician.During and after the war,he became one of the best mathematicians who put mathematics theories into practice.During the last part of the war he became interested in computing machines and made several fundamental contributions.After the war,von Neumann continued his work with computers,and was generally very active in government service.He received many awards,was president of the Ame