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【題目】

Professor Stephen William Hawking was born on 8th January 1942, (exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents’ house was in north London but during World War II Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At the age of eleven, Hawking went to St. Albans School and then on to University College, Oxford (1959), his father's old college. Hawking wanted to study mathematics although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he chose to study physics instead. After three years and not very much work, he was awarded a very important prize in natural science.

In 1963, Hawking got a serious disease and he was not expected to live more than two years. Just before his disease, Hawking met Jane Wilde, and the two were married in 1965. The couple had three children before they ended up their marriage. Hawking got married again in 1995 but divorced in 2006.

Hawking was also a popular writer. His first book, A Brief History of Time was first published in 1988 and became an international best seller. In it, Hawking hoped to communicate questions about the birth and death of the universe to people who didn’t know the universe much. He wrote a children’s book George and the Big Bang with his daughter. Hawking said the book would be a bit like Harry Potter but without the magic. “It explains the wonders of the universe,” said Hawking, while he was on a visit to Hong Kong for the first time over 10 years ago.

In 2014, a movie called “The Theory of Everything” was on show. It was based on Hawking’s life. Hawking praised the film and said it made him think over his own life. “Although I'm disabled, I have been successful in my scientific work,” Hawking wrote on Facebook in November 2014. “I travel widely and have been to Antarctica and Easter Island, down in a submarine and up on a zero-gravity flight. One day, I hope to go into space.”

【1】Why did Stephen Hawking’s parents move to Oxford from North London?

A.Because they liked it better than North London.

B.Because there was a world-famous university there.

C.Because they were tired of living in North London.

D.Because it was safer to give birth to a baby in Oxford.

【2】The underlined word “divorced” (in Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to .

A.separatedB.remarriedC.beganD.knew

【3】In the third paragraph, the book that Stephen Hawking wrote with his daughter is .

A.the same as Harry PotterB.quite different from Harry Potter.

C.about the magicD.about science

【4】In what order did the following take place in Stephen Hawking’s life?

a. He married Jane Wilde.

b. He moved to a town about 20 miles north of London.

c. He got a serious disease.

d. His first book published.

e. A movie based on his life was on show.

A.b-c-d-a-eB.c-b-a-e-dC.b-c-a-d-eD.c-b-e-a-d

【5】From the passage, we know that .

A.Hawking had a happy childhood.

B.Hawking’s father was a student of Oxford before.

C.Hawking was awarded a very important prize in mathematics.

D.Hawking has been to the space

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

本篇介紹了科學(xué)家霍金的生平——出生時間、地點、以及他的家庭；文章還介紹他 一生取得的成就。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“His parents’ house was in north London but during World War II Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies.”，可知他父母的家在倫敦的北部，但在二戰(zhàn)期間牛津被認(rèn)為是生孩子比較安全的地方，故選D 。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段“The couple had three children before they ended up their marriage. Hawking got married again in 1995 but divorced in 2006.—— 這對夫婦結(jié)束他們的婚姻之前有3個孩子，霍金1995年又結(jié)婚，推斷畫線詞的詞意是“離婚”，故選A.

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“He wrote a children’s book George and the Big Bang with his daughter. “It explains the wonders of the universe”，可知他和女兒一起寫的書George and the Big Bang 解釋了宇宙的奇觀，是關(guān)于科學(xué)，故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的介紹順序第一段“When he was eight, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London”—— 8歲時.他家遷到倫敦的北部20英里的地方；第二段“In 1963, Hawking got a serious diseas”—— 1963年，他得重��；“and the two were married in 1965”—— 1965年他和Jane Wilde.結(jié)婚；第三段“His first book, A Brief History of Time was first published in 1988” ——1988年他的第一本書出版；最后一段“In 2014, a movie called “The Theory of Everything” was on show. It was based on Hawking’s life”.——2014年基于他的一生的電影放映；故選C。

【5】推理判斷題�；艚鸬耐�年適逢二戰(zhàn)，他的童年不會是幸福的，所以A表述錯誤；根據(jù)第一段“then on to University College, Oxford (1959), his father's old college.”—— 牛津大學(xué)，他爸爸的舊大學(xué)，可知他爸爸是以前是牛津大學(xué)的學(xué)生，所以B表述正確；

“he was awarded a very important prize in natural science.”—— 他在自然科學(xué)被授予重要的大獎，所以C表述錯誤；根據(jù)最后一段“One day, I hope to go into space.我希望有一天能上太空”—— 可知霍金沒上過太空，所以D表述錯誤；故選B。

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