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Passage: One of the most important scientists studying the nuclear fission of heavy atoms was Enrico Fermi. Fermi was a physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1938 for identifying new elements and discovering nuclear reactions through his use of nuclear irradiation and bombardment. Fermi was Italian, born in Rome on September 29, 1901. He died in Chicago, Illinois, on November 28, 1954.

Fermi had been interested in mathematics and experimental physics even when he was a boy in Rome. His interests did not change, and he received his doctoral degree from the University of Florence in 1924. Then from 1927 to 1938, he was a professor of physics at the University of Rome.

Leaving Italy in 1938, Fermi accepted a professorship at Columbia University. At that time the Fascists were in power in Italy, and the persecution of Jews was becoming intense. Because Mrs. Fermi was Jewish and because of the atmosphere in Italy, the Fermis decided to leave.

Fermi's next position was at the University of Chicago, where he worked on nuclear chain reactions and developed the first nuclear reactor.

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11. What caused the Fermis to move to the United States?
a. the unsafe environment in Italy
b. a dislike of the Fascists
c. a job offer at Columbia University
d. a position at the University of Chicago

12. Which inference can be made from the information in paragraph 2?
a. Fermi reluctantly pursued his profession.
b. Fermi always wanted to be a teacher.
c. Fermi was an intellectual child.
d. Fermi left the academic world for several years.

13. Based on the author’s point of view in paragraph 1, Fermi was .
a. a radical scientist
b. a trivial scientist
c. a brilliant scientist
d. an influential scientist

14. What is the main idea in this passage?
a. Enrico Fermi discovered nuclear reaction.
b. Enrico Fermi was a notable nuclear physicist.
c. Enrico Fermi maintained a lifelong interest in physics.
d. Enrico Fermi won the Nobel Prize.

15.Which event in Fermi’s life occurred closest to his death?
a. winning the Nobel Prize
b. discovering nuclear reaction
c. teaching at Columbia University
d. developing the first nuclear reactor

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