Albert Einstein is said to have been asked by a student, “ What finding helped you most when you were 1______ the theory of relativity?" Einstein replied without 2______ moment’s hesitation, “Finding how to 3______ about the problem."
The same 4______ is told about Sir Isaac Newton and 5______ other scientists. We have no proof 6______ any of these well-known conversations 7______ took place, but we are prepared to 8______ that they did, and if so, that the 9______ was the same one Einstein gave, 10______ this is the way scientists work 11______ science progresses.
Scientists usually work toward models of the process or structure they are studying.12______ we have models of the structure 13______ the universe and of the atom, models of the process 14______ which the genetic （遗传的）pattern is passed from one building block of life to 15______， models of the economic system and 16______ on. Some models are mathematical, but a 17______ does not have to have equations（方程式），or even diagrams ； the 18______ requirement is no doubt that it 19______ an insight （洞察力）into the relationships that determine 20______ something works as it does or how it is put together.
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A、event
B、news
C、story
D、information
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：结合上下文可知本空代指第一段所提到的学生问爱因斯坦问题的这件事。A.event意为事件，一般指大事件，用来代指问问题这件事不合适。B.news新闻，不符合句意。C.story意为故事，符合句意。D.information信息，不符合题意。答案为C。
