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1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。StephenWilliamHawkingwasbornonJanuary&1942（300yearsafterthedeathofGalileo）inOxford,England.Hisparents*housewasinNorthLondon,butduringtheSecondWorldWarOxfordwasconsideredasaferplacetohavebabies.Whenhewaseight,hisfami
2、lymovedtoStAlbans,atownabout20milesnorthofLondon.AtelevenStephenwenttoStAll.SchooLandthenontoUniversityCollege,Oxford,hisfather'soldcollege.Stephenwantedtodomathematics,althoughhisfatherwouldhavepreferredmedicine.MathematicswasnotavailableatUniversityC
3、ollege,sohedidphysicsinstead.StephenthenwentontoCambridgetodoresearchincosmology（宇宙论）.AftergaininghisPHD,hebecamefirstaresearchfellow,andlateronaprofessionalfellowatGonville&CaiusCollege.AfterleavingtheInstituteofAstronomyin1973StephencametotheDepartme
4、ntofAppliedMathematicsandTheoreticalPhysics,andsince1979hasheldthepostofLucasianProfessorofMathematics.Thechairwasfoundedin1663withmoneyleftinthewilloftheReverendHenryucas,whohadbeentheMemberofParliamentfortheUniversity.ltwasfirstheldbyIsaacBarrow,andt
5、henin1669byIsaacNevvton.HismanypublicationsincludeTheLargeScaleStructureofSpacetimewithG.F.R.Ellis,GeneralRelativity:AnEinsteinCentenarySurveywithW.Israel,and300YearsofGravitywithW.Israel.StephenHawkinghadtwopopularbookspublished：hisbestsellerABrieJHis
6、toryofTime,andhislaterbook,BlackHolesandBabyUniversesandotheressays.“Mygoalissimple.ltisacompleteunderstandingoftheuniverse,whyitisasitisandwhyitexistsatall,”Hawkingsaid.1•Hawking'sfatherwouldlikeHawkingtolearn.A.mathematicsB.physicsC.medicineD.cosmolo
7、gy答案：C根据第一段倒数第二句uStephenwantedtodomathematics,althoughhisfatherwouldhavepreferredmedicine.”可知，父亲想让霍金学习医学。2.WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTrightaboutthedescriptionofHawking?A.Hawkingwasbornonthe300thanniversaryofGalileo'sdeath・B・Hawkingwenttoschoolattheageo
8、feleven.C・Hawkinglikedphysicsbestwhenhewasyoung・D.Hawking,togetherwithW.Israelwrotetwoofhisworks.答案：c根据第一段的内容可知，斯蒂芬•霍金最早较喜欢数学，但学习了物理专业，是因为那所大学没有数学专业。3•AllthepeoplehasheldthepostofLucasianProfessorofMathematicsexcept・A•HenryLucasB.Stephe
