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【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking
Even if you don't keep a close eye on new developments in physics, you've probably heard of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking.
These days, we know Hawking as a brilliant mind whose theories are difficult for a nonscientific mind to grasp. This is why it may come as a shock to learn that Hawking was a slacker when it came to his school studies.
With a little more effort, he brought those grades up to about average, but not much better. However, from an early age he was interested in how things worked. He has talked about how he was known to take apart clocks and radios. However, he admits he wasn't very good at putting them back together so they could work again.
Stephen Hawking took a liking to mathematics from an early age, and he would have liked to have majored in it.He hoped Stephen would instead study medicine.
But, for all his interest in science, Stephen didn't care for biology. He has said that he found it to be “too inexact, too descriptive (叙述的)”
One problem, however, was that Oxford didn't have mathematics as a major. The result was that Stephen would attend Oxford and major in physics. That's why he chose to study universe.
A. His father wanted to send him to Oxford.
B. His father, Frank, however, had different ideas.
C. Actually, he focused on the bigger questions.
D. He would have rather devoted his mind to more precise concepts.
E. In fact, when he was 9, his grades ranked among the worst in his class.
F. However, there're many interesting facts you might not know about him.
G. Both his teachers and peers seemed to understand that they had a future genius.

【答案】F;E;B;D;C
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文,即使你不会密切关注物理学的新发展,你可能也听说过著名的物理学家史蒂芬·霍金,然而一些关于他的有趣的事情你也许并不知道。
(1)考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前” Even if you don't keep a close eye on new developments in physics, you've probably heard of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking.“我们很可能听说过著名物理学家霍金,此处选择F. However, there're many interesting facts you might not know about him.“然而,关于他很多事有趣的事情我们可能并不知道”紧承上文进行论述。
(2)考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后”With a little more effort, he brought those grades up to about average, but not much better.“即使霍金付出很多努力,他的成绩仍然刚刚达到平均水平,此处选择E. In fact, when he was 9, his grades ranked among the worst in his class.“事实上,当霍金9岁时,他是班里成绩最差的学生之一”引起对下文的论述。
(3)考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前”Stephen Hawking took a liking to mathematics from an early age, and he would have liked to have majored in it.“霍金小时候喜欢数学,而且本来会学数学专业的,此处选择B. His father, Frank, however, had different ideas.“然而他的父亲弗兰克有不同的观点”呼应上文。
(4)考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前”He has said that he found it to be ’too inexact, too descriptive (叙述的)‘”inexact和descriptive即“不准确的”或“描述性的”,此处选择D. He would have rather devoted his mind to more precise concepts.“他宁愿在那些更为精确的概念上下功夫”呼应上文。
(5)考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“That's why he chose to study universe.”霍金宁愿选择研究宇宙,故此处选择C. Actually, he focused on the bigger questions.“事实,也把重点放在更大的问题上”符合语境。

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