Question

【題目】

Stephen Hawking, the most famous scientist of his time, died when he was 76 on March 14, 2018. He died peacefully on Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England.

Hawking was a physicist. He was known worldwide for explaining subjects like the beginnings of the universe (宇宙) and what black holes are.

He got the ALS (漸凍癥) in 1963. At that time, doctors said he would only live a few years. But he proved them wrong by living for over 50 years more and going on with his scientific work. The disease finally put him in a wheelchair and took away his ability to speak. For many years, Hawking communicated by using a special tool but not in his own voice.

His 1988 book “A Brief History of Time” became an international bestseller and made him world-famous. Hawking was also known for his successful research on black holes. His work is known as Hawking radiation.

In his 2013 book “My Brief History”, Hawking wrote about his ideas of the illness, “I felt it was very unfair — why should this happen to me?” He added, “At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the ability I felt I had.” “But now, my goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is a complete understanding of the universe — what it is and why it is there.”

Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel, especially the space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said it would help humans in a common purpose of spreading themselves beyond the Earth. “We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I believe that humans need to leave the Earth,” he said last year.

【1】Stephen Hawking was a great scientist and he .

A.was born in 1940 in Cambridge

B.passed away peacefully in a hospital

C.was famous for his travel to the Moon

D.made people understand the universe better

【2】Paragraph 3 shows that .

A.Hawking died only a few years after he got the ALS

B.doctors played an important role in Hawking’s daily life

C.how Hawking’s disease was caused and how he was treated

D.Hawking managed to go on with scientific work with the ALS

【3】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A.running out of the space

B.a supporter of space travel

C.a common purpose of helping humans

D.human space travel to the Moon and Mars

【4】The right order of the following events should be .

a. Hawking got the ALS in 1963.

b. Hawking passed away on March 14, 2018.

c. Hawking wrote “My Brief History” which is about his illness.

d. Hawking wrote “A Brief History of Time” and it made him world-famous.

A.a, d, c, bB.a, b, c, dC.b, a, c, dD.d, a, c, b

【5】We can learn from the passage that .

A.Hawking always believed that he would be successful

B.Hawking communicated by a special tool in his own voice

C.Hawking believed spreading out could help save people on the Earth

D.Hawking didn’t become famous until “My Brief History” was published

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文講了著名的科學家斯蒂芬· 霍金的一生，詳細介紹了他與病魔的對抗的經(jīng)歷、她的著作及其一生取得的成就等。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“He was known worldwide for explaining subjects like the beginnings of the universe and what black holes are.”可知他的主要成就都在探索宇宙上，使得人們對宇宙有了更好的理解。故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第3段“But he proved them wrong by living for over 50 years more and going on with his scientific work.”可知他帶著漸凍癥這個病繼續(xù)進行科研。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第6段中“Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel, especially the space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said it would help humans in a common purpose of spreading themselves beyond the Earth.”可推出，it指代上文中出現(xiàn)的到月亮和火星的太空旅行。故選D。

【4】排序題。根據(jù)第1、3、4、5段第一句可知，事件發(fā)生的時間是a — 1963，b — 2018，c — 2013，d — 1988；按時間順序為a, d, c, b。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第5段“At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the ability I felt I had.”可知霍金并不確信自己能成功，A項錯誤；根據(jù)第3段“Hawking communicated by using a special tool but not in his own voice.”可知霍金沒有用自己的聲音，B項錯誤；根據(jù)最后一段“Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I believe that humans need to leave the Earth”可知霍金認為向其他星球擴張能拯救地球人，C項正確；根據(jù)第4段“His 1988 book ‘A Brief History of Time’ became an international bestseller and made him world-famous.”可知他1988年就出名了，而“My Brief History”這本書則是在2013年出版的，D項錯誤。故選C。

排序題是閱讀理解中的常見題型之一，基本都是按事件發(fā)生順序排序，正常語序的文章都可以事件出現(xiàn)在文中的順序來排序，而涉及特殊敘述手法的文章，則要根據(jù)全文的邏輯順序把事件串聯(lián)起來。第4小題中的排序是最簡單的，從文中可以找出事件發(fā)生的具體年份，按年份來排序即可。