1. (2020九上·沈阳竞赛) 阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空

Welcome to Great Minds. Today we're going to talk about three famous people in history.

Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879, and (die) in the US in 1955. He is considered (be) the greatest scientist of the 20^th century. His theories explain the way the universe (work). In many photographs, you can see his (smile) face.

William Shakespeare lived about 400 years ago. During his life, he wrote around 39 plays as (good) as hundreds of poems. He's the most popular writer in the English language. One of his most famous plays (call) Romeo and Juliet.

Confucius lived over 2, 000 years ago in China. He was a teacher and philosopher. He spent much of (he) life travelling and meeting many different people. He is remembered for his wise sayings. They were written down by his students.