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【题目】

Stephen Hawking, the most famous scientist of his time, died when he was 76 on March 14, 2018. He died peacefully on Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England.

Hawking was a physicist. He was known worldwide for explaining subjects like the beginnings of the universe (宇宙) and what black holes are.

He got the ALS (渐冻症) in 1963. At that time, doctors said he would only live a few years. But he proved them wrong by living for over 50 years more and going on with his scientific work. The disease finally put him in a wheelchair and took away his ability to speak. For many years, Hawking communicated by using a special tool but not in his own voice.

His 1988 book “A Brief History of Time” became an international bestseller and made him world-famous. Hawking was also known for his successful research on black holes. His work is known as Hawking radiation.

In his 2013 book “My Brief History”, Hawking wrote about his ideas of the illness, “I felt it was very unfair — why should this happen to me?” He added, “At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the ability I felt I had.” “But now, my goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is a complete understanding of the universe — what it is and why it is there.”

Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel, especially the space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said it would help humans in a common purpose of spreading themselves beyond the Earth. “We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I believe that humans need to leave the Earth,” he said last year.

【1】Stephen Hawking was a great scientist and he .

A.was born in 1940 in Cambridge

B.passed away peacefully in a hospital

C.was famous for his travel to the Moon

D.made people understand the universe better

【2】Paragraph 3 shows that .

A.Hawking died only a few years after he got the ALS

B.doctors played an important role in Hawking’s daily life

C.how Hawking’s disease was caused and how he was treated

D.Hawking managed to go on with scientific work with the ALS

【3】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A.running out of the space

B.a supporter of space travel

C.a common purpose of helping humans

D.human space travel to the Moon and Mars

【4】The right order of the following events should be .

a. Hawking got the ALS in 1963.

b. Hawking passed away on March 14, 2018.

c. Hawking wrote “My Brief History” which is about his illness.

d. Hawking wrote “A Brief History of Time” and it made him world-famous.

A.a, d, c, bB.a, b, c, dC.b, a, c, dD.d, a, c, b

【5】We can learn from the passage that .

A.Hawking always believed that he would be successful

B.Hawking communicated by a special tool in his own voice

C.Hawking believed spreading out could help save people on the Earth

D.Hawking didn’t become famous until “My Brief History” was published

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文讲了著名的科学家斯蒂芬· 霍金的一生，详细介绍了他与病魔的对抗的经历、她的著作及其一生取得的成就等。

【1】细节理解题。根据第2段中“He was known worldwide for explaining subjects like the beginnings of the universe and what black holes are.”可知他的主要成就都在探索宇宙上，使得人们对宇宙有了更好的理解。故选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据第3段“But he proved them wrong by living for over 50 years more and going on with his scientific work.”可知他带着渐冻症这个病继续进行科研。故选D。

【3】推理判断题。根据第6段中“Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel, especially the space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said it would help humans in a common purpose of spreading themselves beyond the Earth.”可推出，it指代上文中出现的到月亮和火星的太空旅行。故选D。

【4】排序题。根据第1、3、4、5段第一句可知，事件发生的时间是a — 1963，b — 2018，c — 2013，d — 1988；按时间顺序为a, d, c, b。故选A。

【5】推理判断题。根据第5段“At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the ability I felt I had.”可知霍金并不确信自己能成功，A项错误；根据第3段“Hawking communicated by using a special tool but not in his own voice.”可知霍金没有用自己的声音，B项错误；根据最后一段“Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I believe that humans need to leave the Earth”可知霍金认为向其他星球扩张能拯救地球人，C项正确；根据第4段“His 1988 book ‘A Brief History of Time’ became an international bestseller and made him world-famous.”可知他1988年就出名了，而“My Brief History”这本书则是在2013年出版的，D项错误。故选C。

排序题是阅读理解中的常见题型之一，基本都是按事件发生顺序排序，正常语序的文章都可以事件出现在文中的顺序来排序，而涉及特殊叙述手法的文章，则要根据全文的逻辑顺序把事件串联起来。第4小题中的排序是最简单的，从文中可以找出事件发生的具体年份，按年份来排序即可。