Srinivasa Ramanujan

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If you came from a poor family and couldnt go to a good school， could one book change your life？ It did for Srinivasa Ramanujan， a bright young Indian boy. When he was 15 years old， he found a book about math. It was a book containing 6，000 very difficult problems. While Srinivasas friends played football on the road in front of his house， he worked out the answers to these problems. He answered them all by himself—without any help from anyone else. Then he thought of new problems and answered them， too. Soon， he was better at math than all of his teachers.

A year later， Srinivasa was invited to study at a university， even though he was really too young. However， he failed most of his exams. Why？ Because he was only interested in math and didnt care enough about his other subjects. He wrote about his ideas and sent his work to magazines. A British mathematician read his work and started writing letters to him. Later， he invited Srinivasa to go to England to study and work. In England， people didnt care whether Srinivasa was good at other subjects or not.

By the time he was 30， Srinivasa Ramanujan， a poor boy who liked math better than playing football， had become one of the worlds most famous mathematicians.

根據短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1. Srinivasa was from a ____ family.

A. large    B. rich    C. poor      D. small

2. According to the passage， what changed Srinivasas life？

A. A nice film.              B. A book about math.

C. A football match.          D. An interesting magazine.

3. Who helped Srinivasa do the 6，000 math problems when he was 15 years old？

A. His classmates.  B. No one. C. His parents.      D. His maths teacher.

4 When he was a university student in India， he failed most of his exams because ____.

A. he was good at math B. he was not bright enough

C. the exams were too difficult

D. he didnt pay enough attention （注意） to the other subjects

5. The passage is mainly about ____.

A. Srinivasas poor life B. a helpful British mathematician

C. how Srinivasa became a famous mathematician

D. a useful history book