3.　　　 The school is w__________ 5 minutes’ walk of my house; I go to it on foot everyday.

2.　　　 His disappointment was o___________ to everyone. Didn’t you see it?

1.　　　 The most recent survey of rare birds was u___________ in 1991.

1. Usage of words

6. The basic steps of the scientific method do NOT necessarily include ________.

A.　　 getting a model with which to test the theory

B.　　 building a theory about how things happens

C.　　 observing something with care and attention

D.　　 trying to test the theory in a practical way

5. According to Hawking, many people think that_________________.

A.　　 science is often misunderstood

B.　　 science is changing all the time

C.　　 some science facts can be wrong

D.　　 true science facts always stay unchanged

4. A Brief History of Time became a best-seller because ______________.

A.　　 it’s about the Big Bang and black holes

B.　　 it explains what it means to be a scientist and how science works

C.　　 it includes answers to many questions about the universe

D.　　 it was written in a way ordinary people could understand

3. ____________ made Stephen Hawking well-known in the world.

A.　　 The research on the incurable disease

B.　　 His book A Brief History of Time

C.　　 His new discoveries about the universe

D.　　 The lectures he gave all over the world

2. The incurable disease mentioned in the text made Stephen Hawking __________.

　　　 A. stop working on a PhD　　　 B. lose the ability to walk and talk

　　　 C. engaged to a nice girl　　　　　 D. give up the way of life he dreamed of

1. According to the 1^st paragraph, a promising graduate student __________.

A.　　 has an incurable disease which makes people disabled

B.　　 is a man who never gives up his dreams and hopes for the future

C.　　 is very likely to be successful or very good in the future

D.　　 learns at one of the well-known universities in the world