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One of the most well-known directors of our time is Stephen Spielberg.He was born in Cincinnati on 18 December 1946.His father was an electric engineer and his mother was a performing pianist.His sister, Anne Spielberg, became a screenwriter who wrote the stories for many famous films.
Stephen had always wanted to be a director ever since he was a young boy.When he was just 13 years old, he made a 40-minute film.It won a local competition.Three years later, he produced a film called Firelight, which made one hundred dollars’ profit at the cinema in his hometown.Many of the ideas from this film were later used for one of his most famous films called Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could improve his skills and become an even better director.Unluckily, he was unsuccessful in getting a place at this school so he went to a university in California to study English.Even though he had failed to get into the school he wanted to go to, he didn’t let this stop him following his dream to become a great director.
Stephen Spielberg has directed many films since his first major film in 1976.He now owns many different businesses, most of which are involved in the film industry.
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Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January 1942. He went to school in St. Albans -- a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits (承认) , he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞上) into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease, an incurable ill- ness which would make him unable to speak, breathe (呼吸) or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.
At first, Hawking became very depressed (忧伤的) . After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote,“Before my illness was diagnosed (诊断) , I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.”Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.
Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, how- ever bad their situation (处境) is, should lose hope.“Life is not fair,”he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”
(1) As a university student, Stephen Hawking ________.
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(2) Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ________.
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A. he was sent to hospital for tests
B. his mother made him see a doctor
C. he was twenty
D. he visited his family at Christmas time one year
(3) In this passage the word “incurable” means ________
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(4) When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neuron disease, he ________
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A. made up his mind to get married
B. began to see his life in a different way
C. thought that nothing in life was worth doing
D. became very sad
(5) What would be the best title (题目) for this passage?
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A. Motor Neurone Disease
B. Life is Fair
C. Professor Stephen Hawking
D. A Lazy Boy
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