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【题目】

A. items B. exits C. degree D. grew up E. as well as

Early Life

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. He【1】 in a highly educated family. Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname “Einstein.” He wanted to study math at university but Oxford didn’t have a math 【2】 at the time so he chose physics and chemistry instead. Stephen found college coursework to be very easy. He enjoyed being a member of the schools boat club 【3】 classical music. In October 1962 he started his graduate course at Trinity Hall. It was at this time that his illness started to show up. His speech became unclear and he became very clumsy, often dropping 【4】 or falling for no reason. However, he finished his PhD and wrote about black holes in his graduation paper.

A. average B. including C. public D. published E. copies

A Brief History of Time

Stephen enjoyed writing books. In 1988 he 【5】 A Brief History in Time. This book covered modem subjects on cosmology such as the big bang and black holes in terms that could be understood by the 【6】 reader. The book became very popular selling millions of 【7】and remaining on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for four years. He had since written many more books【8】 A Briefer History in Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, and The Universe in a Nutshell.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】E

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】E

【8】B

【解析】本文介绍了霍金的成长经历以及他写的书。

【1】D

句意：他在一个高等教育的家庭长大。根据前文提到他出生，故此处表示他长大，grew up长大，故选D。

【2】C

句意：但是牛津大学那里没有数学学位，所以他选择物理和化学。根据Oxford可知在大学里，应是指的数学学位，故用degree，故选C。

【3】E

句意：他不仅喜欢古典音乐，也喜欢作为学校船俱乐部的一员。连接并列宾语，故为连词as well as，故选E

【4】A

句意：他说话变得含糊不清，他变得非常笨拙，经常掉东西或者无缘无故地摔倒。作为动词drop的宾语，故用名词，items物品，故选A。

【5】D

句意：在1988年他出版了《时间简史》。根据前文的Stephen enjoyed writing books.可知他喜欢写书，故此处表示出版了他的书，故选D。

【6】A

句意：这本书涵盖了宇宙学的现代主题，如大爆炸和黑洞，这可以让普通的读者读懂。修饰名词reader，故用形容词average，故选A。

【7】E

句意：这本书非常受欢迎，卖出了数百万册，并在伦敦星期日泰晤士报畅销书排行榜上停留了四年。有数词millions of修饰，故用复数名词，表示数百万册，故选E。

【8】B

句意：此后他又写了很多书，包括《时间简史》，《巨人的肩膀》和《果壳中的宇宙》。此处前面提到books，后面举出包括的书，故用including,故选B。