StephenHawkingwasoneofthemostfamousscientistsinthiscentury.Hewasbornin1942.he’saworldwell-knownonspaceandtime.Stephenisresearchingsomeverybigquestionssuchas:Howdidtheuniversebegin?Howwillitend?
StephenHawkingwasoneofthemostfamousscientistsinthiscentury.Hewasbornin1942.he’saworldwell-knownonspaceandtime.Stephenisresearchingsomeverybigquestionssuchas:Howdidtheuniversebegin?Howwillitend?
StephenwasastudentatOxfordUniversity.Hestudiedmathandscience.Thenattheageoftwentyhebecamesick.Hewassoyoungbutthedoctorssaidtohisfamily“Hehasonlytwomoreyearstolive.”Asamatteroffactthedoctorswerewrong----hedidn’tdie.Hecan’twalknowbutheusesawheelchair(轮椅).Hecan’tfeedhimselfandgetinoroutofbedhimself.Butherefusedtogiveintothecondition.Hetalkswiththehelpofacomputer.AfterOxfordStephenwenttoCambridgeUniversity.Threeyearslaterin1965hebecameadoctorofphilosophy(哲学).
Becauseofhisserioushealthproblemsitwasdifficultforhimtodrawdiagrams(图表)ortowrite.Sohestartedtothinkinpictures.Withthisnewwayofthinkinghebecameoneofthemostfamousscientistsintheworld.In1891hemetthePope(教皇)inRome.Theytalkedabouthisideas.Thenin1988hewrotehisfirstimportantbookABriefHistoryofTime.Itsoldmorethan5.5millioncopiesin33differentlanguages.HewasonceinvitedtoChinaheimpresseduswithhisself-confidencehumorousandwitty(风趣的)conversation.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Stephenisgoodatthinking. B.Stephencannotwalk.
C.Stephenhashadtheanswerstosomeverybigquestions. D.StephenhadoncestudiedmathandscienceatOxfordUniversity.
2.HowoldwasStephenwhenhebecameadoctorofphilosophy?
A.21 B.23 C.27 D.25
3.ABriefHistoryofTimeis________.
A.abookwhichiswell-knownallovertheword
B.abookaboutRome’shistory
C.Stephen’stalkcollectionwiththePopeinRome
D.Stephen’stalkcollectionwithmeinChina
4.Stephen’sstudiesDONOTrelate(涉及)to________accordingtothepassage.
A.science B.math C.philosophy D.art
5.TherightorderofStephen’smainexperiencesin________.
a.HewenttoCambridgeUniversity.
b.Hebecameveryill.
c.Hewrotehisfirstimportbook.
d.HemetthePopeinRome.