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【題目】 Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans — a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits(承認(rèn)), he didnt work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞上)into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neural disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later write, “Before my illness was diagnosed(診斷), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.

Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation(處境) is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

【1】As a university student, Stephen Hawking __________.

A.worked very hardB.studied math and physics

C.was the best student in his classD.was lazy and did very little work

【2】Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ______.

A.he was sent to hospital for testsB.his mother made him see a doctor

C.he was twenty years oldD.he visited his family at Christmas time one year

【3】In this passage the word “incurable” means ______.

A.無法治愈的B.難以確診的C.常見的D.可以治愈的

【4】When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neural disease, he __.

A.made up his mind to get marriedB.began to see his life in a different way

C.thought that nothing in life was worth doingD.became very unhappy

【5】What would be the best title for this passage?

A.Motor Neural DiseaseB.Life is Fair

C.Professor Stephen HawkingD.A Lazy Boy

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

文章主要講述了偉大的科學(xué)家Stephen Hawking的故事。在他被診斷出得了無法治愈的疾病后，他沒有放棄希望，繼續(xù)生活。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的句子 “He was a lazy student, and did very little work.”可以看出，他是一個懶惰的學(xué)生。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的句子 “It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first notice something was wrong with him.”可知，Hawking在20歲的時候，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的身體出現(xiàn)了問題。故選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)語境 “…which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.”可知，醫(yī)生沒有辦法幫助他，因此incurable指“難以治愈的”，故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段中的句子 “At first, Hawking became very sad.”可以看出，他開始的時候很傷心。故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。A“運動神經(jīng)疾病”；B“生活是公平的”；C“史蒂芬·霍金”；D“一個懶惰的男孩”。根據(jù)文意可知，這篇文章主要講述了Stephen Hawking的故事，從他上學(xué)，到他被診斷得了嚴(yán)重的疾病，因此用人名命名最為合適，故選C。

這是一篇記敘文，給我們講述了著名的科學(xué)家史蒂芬·霍金的故事。文章敘述清晰，這個人物也是學(xué)生們熟悉的，在理解上比較容易。題型是閱讀理解，題目設(shè)置了細(xì)節(jié)理解、詞義猜測和主旨大意三種題型。細(xì)節(jié)題較簡單，答案�？梢栽谖恼轮兄苯诱业�。可依據(jù)題目所問，或利用關(guān)鍵詞，用跳讀的方法，在短文中搜索答案。猜測詞義的題目應(yīng)注意結(jié)合語境以及根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法的知識，，如第3小題，下文有明顯的線索提示，根據(jù)“…which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.”說到“這種病使他不能說話、呼吸或移動，醫(yī)生說他們沒有辦法幫助他”，由此可知，這種疾病是非常嚴(yán)重的，無法治愈的。由此可猜出單詞的意思。