Questão 2144047

• Banca: Exército
• Órgão: IME
• Ano: 2016
• Provas: Exército - 2016 - IME - Quadro de Engenheiro Militar - Português e Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

                                             Texto 4

      When he was 19, in 1898, Albert Einstein was refused a place at the Munich Technical Institute because he 'showed no promise'. Three years later, Einstein took Swiss citizenship and became an examiner at the Swiss Patent Office. In his spare time, he continued his study of physics and by 1905 had advanced so far that he was able to publish the first of his celebrated papers on the theory of relativity which earned worldwide fame.

In: I wish I’d never said that, Oxford, Past Times, 2001, p. 60.

Choose the correct option.

• A. After his discovery, he got a job as a Swiss examiner at the Munich Technical Institute.
• B. He published the first of his papers on relativity due to his off-duty hours dedicated to his own research.
• C. He needed to be fired by a German institution at the age of 19 to finally come up with a new theory.
• D. He had been stubborn all of his life when he discovered something in 1901 that would change his life forever.
• E. The examinations he was in charge daily weakened the quality of his research. The result was fame.

Gabarito: B

Comentários

• (B)

  "In his spare time, he continued his study of physics and by 1905 had advanced so far that he was able to publish the first of his celebrated papers on the theory of relativity which earned worldwide fame."

  Tradução--> Em seu tempo livre, ele continuou seus estudos de física e, em 1905, avançara tão longe que conseguiu publicar o primeiro de seus célebres trabalhos sobre a teoria da relatividade, que ganhou fama mundial.