Question

Stephen Hawking was born in 1942．He's a world famous scientist and expert on space and time．Stephen is trying to find the answers to some very big questions such as: How did the universe (宇宙) begin? How will it end?

When Stephen was a student at University, he studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty, he became very ill．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live．" The doctor were wrong——he didn't die．"He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair (輪椅)．(4)He talks with the help of a computer．" After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲學(xué))．

Because of his health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write．So he started to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, (5)he became one of the most famous scientists in the world．In 1981, he met the Pop (教皇) in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time．It sold more than 5.5 million conies in 333 different languages．

任務(wù)一、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

1．Where did Stephen Hawking study and got a degree of philosophy in 1965?

2．What did the doctor say when he was 20?

3．From Stephen Hawking’s life experience, what can we learn?

任務(wù)二、將文中用下劃線標(biāo)志的句子翻譯成漢語。

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Answer 1

1．In Oxford University and Cambridge University．

2．The doctor said that he had only two more years to live．

3．If we don't lost heart, we will succeed．

4．他借助計(jì)算機(jī)進(jìn)行交談。

5．他成為世界上最著名的科學(xué)家之一。