3. Which of the following might be caused by ALS?

　　 a. falling over for no reason

　　 b. inability to study

　　 c. disappointing handwriting

　　 d. talent at computer science

　　 e. inability to speak

　　 f. loss of body control

　　 A. bce　　　 B. aef　　　　 C.cde　　　　 D. def

2. By saying, "there was a cloud hanging over my future", Stephen Hawking meant______.

　　 A. he would have a bright future after he was cured

　　 B.there wasn’t much time left for him

　　 C.his future life would not be without difficulty

　　 D. the disease made his life terrible

1. The best title for this passage would be _____________.

　　 A. My Experience with ALS

　　 B. A Great Scientist -Stephen Hawking

　　 C. The Discovery of the Black Hole

　　 D. The Difficult Treatment for ALS

2. Cambridge　 剑桥大学

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1. ALS 一种进行性神经肌肉萎缩症

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　　 I am Stephen Hawking. People often ask, "How do you feel about having ALS?"The answer is "not a lot".

　　 I was born in 1942. As a child, I didn’t do well in school. I had never been good at ball games, and my teachers were always disappointed at my handwriting. In my third year at Oxford, I fell over once or twice for no reason. My parents sent me to see the doctor.

　　 It was a shock when I heard that I had a serious disease. The disease cannot be cured. Although there was a cloud hanging over my future, I started enjoying life in the present more than before. I began to make progress with my research, and I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde. That engagement changed my life. It gave me something to live for. I therefore applied for a research scholarship at Cambridge and we got married a few months later. In 1974, I discovered the black hole.

　　 Starting in 1974, I became unable to feed myself and get in and out of bed. Jane managed to help me, and bring up the children. However, things were getting more difficult, and my speech was becoming unclear. After a big operation in 1985, I lost the ability to speak. A computer expert in California sent me a computer program to help me talk through the computer.

　　 I have had ALS for all my adult life. Yet it has not prevented me from having a good family, and being successful in my work.

　　 Thanks to the help I have received, my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case. It shows that one need not lose hope.

　　 Notes:

　　 　非限制性定语从句的先行词是整个主句或主句的一部分时,可以由which 或as 引导。但是which 或as 引导的非限制性定语从句有如下区别:

1. as引导的非限制性定语从句表示说话人对话语的看法、态度、依据、解释或评论,往往翻译为"正如,正像",as后常接expect, know, report, say, see等动词的主、被动语态句。可以位于主句之前、中间或之后。如:

　　 As he said, I was very useful to him.

　　 The elephant is like a snake, as anyone can see.

　　 定语从句分为限制性和非限制性两种。限制性定语从句起限定作用,若省去,原有意义不完整；非限制性定语从句起补充说明作用,它与主句之间通常用逗号分开,若省去,原句意义不受影响。如:

　　 This is the house which we bought last week. (限制性定语从句)

　　 The house, which we bought last week, is very nice. (非限制性定语从句)

　　 由上可知,有无逗号是区分限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句的重要标志。在非限制性定语从句中,关系词不可省略,也不能用that引导。如:

　　 This is the photo that / which I took yesterday.(photo 后无逗号,这是限制性定语从句,可用that代替which)

　　 Charles Smith, who was my English teacher, moved to New York last year.(本句为非限制性定语从句,关系词who在从句中作主语,指代人,但不能用that代替)

　　 This novel, which I have read three times, is very interesting and moving.(本句为非限制性定语从句,关系词which在从句中作宾语,指代物,既不能省略,也不能用that代替)

　　 注意:关系代词that和关系副词why不能引导非限制性定语从句。

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