Question

【題目】Stephen Hawking, a famous British physicist, died aged 76 on March 14th, 2018. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.

As one of the well-known ________on space and time in the world, Hawking devoted his whole life to discovering the secrets of the Universe, and he is called the King of the Universe. However, this genius’s life was not smooth and he had been ________ from the disease since he was 21 years old. When he studied maths and science at Oxford University, he became ________ ill, causing his life very harsh: he could neither speak with his mouth nor stand on his legs or move his body. ________, he was given only a few years to live. But he refused to ________ his hope of living and went on to study at Cambridge University after ________ from Oxford University. In 1965, he got a doctor’s degree in philosophy. Then he worked as a professor at Cambridge University. He was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books, ________ A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, etc.

Although he lost many most important living conditions ordinary people have, he still felt he was rich, such as a finger that could move, a brain that could think… all these made him ________ to life. Last year, Hawking was invited to China. His self-confidence and humorous conversations ________ us deeply.

From Stephen Hawking’s _________ experience, we learn that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad the situation is. As he once said, “Life is not fair, you just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

【1】A. astronauts B. artists C. scientists

【2】A. separating B. suffering C. supporting

【3】A. seriously B. probably C. naturally

【4】A. As a result B. What’s more C. For example

【5】A. take up B. put up C. give up

【6】A. graduating B. furthering C. completing

【7】A. according B. including C. during

【8】A. thankful B. harmful C. regretful

【9】A. increased B. improved C. impressed

【10】A. universal B. unusual C. ordinary

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】本文是記敘文。介紹了著名的物理學(xué)家史蒂芬霍金。他從21歲的時候就得了很嚴(yán)重的病，醫(yī)生說他只能活幾年，但是他奇跡般的活了下來。他一生致力于發(fā)現(xiàn)宇宙的奧秘，他被稱為宇宙之王。他既不能說話和不能站著，但是他沒有對生活失去希望，正如他曾經(jīng)說過的：“生活不公平，你只需要在你自己的處境中盡你所能”。隨后憑借他頑強(qiáng)的毅力與聰明才智在科學(xué)領(lǐng)域獲得了一個又一個的輝煌。

【1】句意：作為世界上著名的空間和時間的 之一�？疾槊�詞。A. astronauts宇航員；B. artists藝術(shù)家；C. scientists科學(xué)家�；艚鹗怯�國著名的科學(xué)家。故答案選C。

【2】句意:這位天才的生活并不順利，他從21歲起就一直 這種疾病�？疾楝F(xiàn)在分詞。A. separating分開；B. suffering遭受；C. supporting支持。由句意可知應(yīng)該是“遭受”，故答案選B。

【3】句意:他病得 ，生活十分惡劣�？疾楦痹~。A. seriously嚴(yán)重地；B. probably可能；C. naturally自然地。由下文生活十分惡劣，可知應(yīng)該是他病得很嚴(yán)重，故答案選A。

【4】句意：他的生活非常惡劣：他既不能說話，也不能用腿站立，也不能移動他的身體。 ，他被告知只活幾年。考查固定短語。A. As a result結(jié)果；B. What’s more而且、更重要的是；C. For example例如。由語境可知此處應(yīng)該是“而且”，故答案選B。

【5】句意：但他拒絕 生活的希望�？疾閯釉~短語。A. take up占用，始從事；B. put up張貼，搭建；C. give up放棄。根據(jù)上一句he was given only a few years to live他被告知只能活幾年，以及本句中的but可知表示轉(zhuǎn)折，所以應(yīng)該是他拒絕放棄生活的希望，故答案選C。

【6】句意：從牛津大學(xué) 后繼續(xù)在劍橋大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)�？疾閯用�詞。A. graduating畢業(yè)；B. furthering促進(jìn)；C. completing完成。根據(jù)went on to study at Cambridge University繼續(xù)在劍橋大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)，可知此處應(yīng)是從牛津大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，故答案選A。

【7】句意：他以黑洞和相對論著稱，著有幾本科普著作， 《時間簡史》�？疾榻樵~。A. according根據(jù)；B. including包括、包含；C.during其間 。根據(jù)上文著有幾本科普著作，可知此處應(yīng)是“包括”，故答案選B。

【8】句意：所有這些使他 生命�？疾樾稳菰~。A. thankful感激的；B. harmful有害的；C. regretful遺憾的。根據(jù)上文he still felt he was rich, such as a finger that could move, a brain that could think.他仍然覺得自己很富有，比如一個可以移動的手指，一個可以思考的大腦�？芍�，此處應(yīng)該是感激的，故答案選A。

【9】句意：他的自信和幽默的談話給我們留下了深刻的 。考查動詞。A. increased增加；B. improved提高；C. impressed給…以深刻印象。根據(jù)前面His self-confidence and humorous conversations他的自信和幽默的談話，可知應(yīng)該是給我們留下了深刻的印象，故答案選C。

【10】句意：從史蒂芬.霍金 的經(jīng)歷中�？疾樾稳菰~。A. universal普通的；B. unusual不尋常的； C. ordinary普通的。根據(jù)下文we learn that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad the situation is.我們知道，任何人都不應(yīng)該失去希望，無論情況多么糟糕�？芍�，史蒂芬.霍金不能走路和說話，卻成為著名的物理學(xué)家，所以應(yīng)該是“不尋常的”經(jīng)歷，故答案選B。