Question

In 1942, Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford, England. His parents’ house wasn’t in Oxford. It was in the north of London. But at that time, people thought Oxford was a safer place to have babies because of the Second World War (第二次世界大战). Stephen’s father was a good doctor. His mother didn’t work. In 1950, when Hawking was eight years old, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven, Stephen went to St. Albans School, and then went to Oxford University in 1959. There he wanted to study maths, but maths was not available (可得到的) at University. So he studied physics(物理). In 1988, Stephen’s greatest work (著作) A Brief history of Time was published (出版). And the people all over the world began to know the greatest physics —Stephen William Hawking.

1.Stephen William Hawking was born in ____in 1942.

A. New York B. London C. St. Albans D. Oxford, England

2.Stephen’s father was ____ but his mother didn’t have a job.

A. a good teacher B. not a doctor C. not a teacher D. a good doctor

3.Stephen’s family moved to ____ and he went to school when he was ____.

A. St. Albans, eight years old B. St. Blbans, ten years old

C. Oxford, eight years old D. Oxford, ten years old

4.Stephen went to St. Albans School when he was ____ years old.

A. ten B. eleven C. nine D. welve

5.Stephen became a famous person for his book A Brief history of Time______.

A. in 1942 B. in 1950 C. in 1959 D. in 1988

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