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【題目】

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】本文介紹了霍金的成長經歷以及他寫的書。

【1】D

句意：他在一個高等教育的家庭長大。根據(jù)前文提到他出生，故此處表示他長大，grew up長大，故選D。

【2】C

句意：但是牛津大學那里沒有數(shù)學學位，所以他選擇物理和化學。根據(jù)Oxford可知在大學里，應是指的數(shù)學學位，故用degree，故選C。

【3】E

句意：他不僅喜歡古典音樂，也喜歡作為學校船俱樂部的一員。連接并列賓語，故為連詞as well as，故選E

【4】A

句意：他說話變得含糊不清，他變得非常笨拙，經常掉東西或者無緣無故地摔倒。作為動詞drop的賓語，故用名詞，items物品，故選A。

【5】D

句意：在1988年他出版了《時間簡史》。根據(jù)前文的Stephen enjoyed writing books.可知他喜歡寫書，故此處表示出版了他的書，故選D。

【6】A

句意：這本書涵蓋了宇宙學的現(xiàn)代主題，如大爆炸和黑洞，這可以讓普通的讀者讀懂。修飾名詞reader，故用形容詞average，故選A。

【7】E

句意：這本書非常受歡迎，賣出了數(shù)百萬冊，并在倫敦星期日泰晤士報暢銷書排行榜上停留了四年。有數(shù)詞millions of修飾，故用復數(shù)名詞，表示數(shù)百萬冊，故選E。

【8】B

句意：此后他又寫了很多書，包括《時間簡史》，《巨人的肩膀》和《果殼中的宇宙》。此處前面提到books，后面舉出包括的書，故用including,故選B。