Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. His father (1)__________a factory that made electrical (2)__________. His mother enjoyed music and books. His parents were Jewish but they did not (3)__________many of the religion's rules. Albert was a quite child who (4)___________much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty learning to read. When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a (5)__________. The child was filled with (6)___________when he discovered that the needle always pointed in the same direction -- to be north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers about (7)__________and gravity were difficult for the boy to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something hidden had to be behind things. A. observe B. devices C. effort D. wonder E. critic F. cooperate G. compass H. owned I. magnetism J. spent