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Albert Einstein 1 ... (is) a German-born physicist, although most people probably know him as the most intelligent person who ever 2 ... (live). His name has become part of many languages when we want to say someone is a genius, as in the phrase, “She’s a real Einstein”. He must have been pretty brainy to discover the Theory of Relativity and the equation E=mc2.

Albert Einstein 1 ... (is) a German-born physicist, although most people probably know him as the most intelligent person who ever 2 ... (live). His name has become part of many languages when we want to say someone is a genius, as in the phrase, “She’s a real Einstein”. He must have been pretty brainy to discover the Theory of Relativity and the equation E=mc2.

In 1999, ‘Time’ magazine 3 ... (name) Einstein as the Person of the Century. No one could have guessed this would happen when he 4 ... (is) at school. He was extremely interested in science but hated the system of learning by heart. He said, it 5 ... (destroy) learning and creativity. He had already done many experiments, but failed the entrance exams to a technical college.

In 1999, ‘Time’ magazine 3 ... (name) Einstein as the Person of the Century. No one could have guessed this would happen when he 4 ... (is) at school. He was extremely interested in science but hated the system of learning by heart. He said, it 5 ... (destroy) learning and creativity. He had already done many experiments, but failed the entrance exams to a technical college.

In 1999, ‘Time’ magazine 3 ... (name) Einstein as the Person of the Century. No one could have guessed this would happen when he 4 ... (is) at school. He was extremely interested in science but hated the system of learning by heart. He said, it 5 ... (destroy) learning and creativity. He had already done many experiments, but failed the entrance exams to a technical college.

He 6 ... (not let) this setback stop him. When he was 16, he performed his famous experiment of imagining traveling alongside a beam of light. He eventually graduated from university, in 1900, with a degree in physics. Twelve years later he was a university professor and in 1921, he 7 ... (win) the Nobel Prize for Physics. He 8 ... (go) on to publish over 300 scientific papers.

He 6 ... (not let) this setback stop him. When he was 16, he performed his famous experiment of imagining traveling alongside a beam of light. He eventually graduated from university, in 1900, with a degree in physics. Twelve years later he was a university professor and in 1921, he 7 ... (win) the Nobel Prize for Physics. He 8 ... (go) on to publish over 300 scientific papers.

He 6 ... (not let) this setback stop him. When he was 16, he performed his famous experiment of imagining traveling alongside a beam of light. He eventually graduated from university, in 1900, with a degree in physics. Twelve years later he was a university professor and in 1921, he 7 ... (win) the Nobel Prize for Physics. He 8 ... (go) on to publish over 300 scientific papers.

Einstein is the only scientist to become a cult figure, a household name, and part of everyday culture. He once 9 ... (joke) that when people stopped him in the street, he always replied: "Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.” Today, he is seen as the typical mad, absent-minded professor, who just 10 ... (happen) to change our world.

Einstein is the only scientist to become a cult figure, a household name, and part of everyday culture. He once 9 ... (joke) that when people stopped him in the street, he always replied: "Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.” Today, he is seen as the typical mad, absent-minded professor, who just 10 ... (happen) to change our world.