Einstein was the greatest scientist of his age. But he was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.
Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had been given too much change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying “The trouble with you is you don’t know your figures.”
He had nothing and thought little of the things most people set their hearts on— fame and money. He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.
He led a very simple sort of life, went around in old clothes that needed pressing, seldom wore a hat, He shaved （刮胡子）with the same soap that he used for his bath. The man who was trying to solve the most difficult problems of the universe said that using two kinds of soap made his life pletely too plicated（复杂的）.
【小题1】From the second paragraph we know Einstein .A．wasn’t good at mathsB．enjoyed playing jokesC．had some trouble with figuresD．didn’t care about money at all【小题2】Einstein was most interested in in life.A．sailing his boatB．fame and moneyC．playing the violinD．work【小题3】“…using two kinds of soap made his life pletely too plicated” in the last paragraph suggests that Einstein .A．preferred to live a simple lifeB．was a man of humorC．was too poor to buy more soapsD．liked to do something differentD
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(答案→)D
解析：本文讲述了爱因斯坦的故事，他淡泊名利，过着简单而简朴的生活。
【小题1】细节推理题。通过第二段想要给售票员退零钱的故事，说明爱因斯坦不在乎钱。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据文章第二段Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.可知答案为C。
【小题3】最后一段的第一句话即是本段文字的中心句，后面的故事是为了证明这个观点。