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  Stephen Hawking, the disabled author of A Brief History of Time is launching his second journey to China in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province. His first visit was over 10 years ago.

  The great theoretical scientist has been invited to attend a state-of-the-art mathematics research institute at Zhejing University, Hangzhou-based Dushi Kuaibao reported.

  On Sunday evening, he made his début at a press conference held at Shangri-La hotel, Hangzhou. Hawking appeared at about 5:00 p.m. with his wife.

  The 50-year-old man answered a total of nine questions with the help of his computer.

  “Experts in theoretical science are dispersed around the world, but we need communication. I am very glad that the world’s first-class conference is being held in China this time,”he said.

  “I find the real universe much more interesting than the one in the film Star Wars ,” Hawking joked.“I encourage young people to study theoretical physics first if they are interested in it.”

  Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implied (隐含) space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory, the other great scientific development of the first half of the 20th century.

  One consequence(结果) of such a unification theory would be that black holes would not be completely black, but emit (放射) radiation and eventually evaporate (蒸发) and disappear. Another conjecture (推 测) is that the universe has no edge or boundary in imaginary time. This would imply that the way the universe began was completely determined by the laws of science.

  But the talented man who has produced such rich work suffers serious Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (肌萎缩性脊髓索硬化). He is one of the 350,000 sufferers in the world. The disease kills over 100,000 people every year.

  “I like life and I love life, my family and music give me the greatest happiness,”smiled Hawking, who can only move three fingers.

  In the coming year, Hawking said he is scheduled to write a new edition of A Brief History of Time for young children.

  “A Brief History of Time is my first book for common people. But I later found that I could write it in a more simple way,”he answered,“So I decided to rewrite it so that all people can read it easily.”

1.It is obvious that Hawking ________.

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A.comes to China for the first time

B.has never been to China before

C.has been to China twice

D.hopes to come to visit China one day

2.What do the underlined words“are dispersed”in the fifth paragraph mean?

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A.Live together.

B.Live far away from.

C.Know each other better.

D.Have connection with each other.

3.From the passage we know the nature of Hawking’s being ________.

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A.determined and humorous

B.learned and humorous

C.learned and shy

D.disabled

4.It can be inferred that Hawking ________.

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A.greatly improved Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity

B.knows a lot about Einstein’s theory

C.has A Brief History of Time published recently

D.loves nothing but his study on universe

It was a warm evening and David Fajgenbaum, the 18-year-old freshman had just finished his first football practice at Georgetown University.He   1  his parents, letting them know how well things were going.   2  , in a soft voice, his father said, “Son, your mom has brain cancer.”

“I went from being happier than I’d ever been to total  3   ,” says David.Rushing home, he   4  he was dropping out of college to support his mother through her illness.But Anna Marie Fajgenbaum, just 52 years old,   5   her son return to Georgetown.

David threw himself into his studies and grew increasingly  6  , feeling he was the only person on campus with a  7   parent.One October evening when David was home visiting, Anna Marie woke up  8   .She was anxiousabout David and his two sisters.

“Mom, I’m going to be   9  ,” David assured her.“And I’m going to help other kids cope with  10  .” A smile spread   11  his mother’s face.He  12   a support group called Ailing Mothers and Fathers-based on his mom’ initials, AMF.

 13  Anna Marie died later that month, David started hearing from friends who’d never even known his mom was  14 .Some had gone through the same experience.He invited five students who’d lost   15  or friends to his apartment to talk.They  16  to meet every other week and   17 what they were going through.They participated in the Ironman 10K for cancer research, walked to battle ALS, and ran to   18  lung cancer.

Now the support group has 2,000   19   on 23 campuses.“This organization,” says David, “is about one thing: being there for one another.  20   I see those initials, AMF, I see my mom.I know she would have liked that.”

1.A.called                B.visited             C.amazed        D.challenged

2.A.Firstly                B.Finally           C.Silently             D.Generally

3.A.failure             B.embarrassment  C.shock              D.awareness

4.A.demanded          B.concluded         C.promised        D.announced

5.A.insisted               B.suggested        C.recommended    D.preferred

6.A.annoyed           B.confused         C.isolated        D.pressed

7.A.sick              B.cruel            C.strict                D.single

8.A.laughing             B.weeping           C.lying                D.walking

9.A.crazy                B.upset                   C.curious           D.okay

10.A.loneliness           B.panic             C.loss                 D.puzzle

11.A.across             B.beyond          C.in                 D.from

12.A.tried on            B.decided on       C.carried on         D.acted on

13.A.Although           B.Until               C.Since              D.When

14.A.serious                B.anxious          C.ill                        D.awful

15.A.fathers            B.relatives          C.mothers             D.teachers

16.A.agreed              B.chose            C.refused            D.struggled

17.A.debate              B.share             C.consult              D.discover

18.A.predict              B.survive            C.defeat              D.prevent

19.A.assistants            B.candidates         C.applicants          D.participants 

20.A.By the time       B.Every time         C.Next time         D.The first time

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