Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is un...

Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet ________ life has developed gradually.

A. whose           B. where           C. which           D. what

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Stephen Hawking, ________ “the greatest genius of the late 20th century”, announced that there are really grey holes in the universe.

A. calling            B. to call            C. to be called            D. called

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Stephen Hawking, who is the most famous physicist, was born in Britain on January 8th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic about 1. (design) complicated toys but 2. (fortune), in his twenties, he suffered 3. a disease that was impossible to be cured,4. was a great challenge for him. However, not only was he positive about the misfortunes, and eventually he 5. (defeat) all the obstacles but also he was 6. (absorb) in his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time 7. (publish), in which he put forward the idea 8. time itself has a beginning, and that it will have 9. end. In 10. (conclude), he has made outstanding contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

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Stephen Hawking, who is one of the famous physicists, was born in Britain on January 8th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic about 1. (design) complicated toys but 2. (fortune), in his twenties, he suffered 3. a disease that was impossible to be cured,4. was a great challenge for him. However, he was not only positive about the misfortunes, and eventually he 5. (defeat) all the obstacles but also he was absorbed 6. his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time 7. (publish), in which he put forward the idea 8. time itself has a beginning, and that it will have 9. end. In 10. (conclude), he has made outstanding contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

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London (CNN) There is no God -- that's the conclusion of the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book is published Tuesday. The book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, which was completed by his family after his death, presents answers to the questions that Hawking said he received most during his time on Earth.

Other bombshells the British scientist left his readers with include the belief that alien life is out there, artificial intelligence could outsmart humans and time travel can't be ruled out.

"There is no God. No one directs the universe," he writes in the book."For centuries, it was believed that disabled people like me were living under a curse by God," he adds. "I prefer to think that everything can be explained another way, by the laws of nature."

While Hawking spoke of his lack of belief in God during his life, several of his other answers are more surprising."There are forms of intelligent life out there," he writes. "We need to be cautious about answering back until we have developed a bit further."

"Travel back in time can't be ruled out according to our present understanding," he says. He also predicts that "within the next hundred years we will be able to travel to anywhere in the Solar System."

In remarks prepared by Hawking and played at the launch of the book in London on Monday, the scientist also turned his attention to the world he was leaving behind. His greatest concern, his daughter said, "is how divided we've become," adding ,"He makes this comment about how we seem to have lost the ability to look outward, and we are increasingly looking inward to ourselves."

Hawking's final message to readers, though, is a hopeful one. Attempting to answer the question "How do we shape the future?", the scientist writes, "Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet."

1.Which question is NOT probably included in the book Brief Answers to the Big Questions,?

A. Is there Alien life?　　 B. Does the solar system exist?

C. Is time travel possible?　　 D. Does anyone direct the universe?

2.Hawking mentioned his disability in his book to________.

A. show his confidence.　　 B. complain of God.

C. tell readers about his hardship.　　 D. support his disbelief in God.

3.What was Hawking most concerned about?

A. Artificial intelligence will outsmart humans.　　 B. Allen life will come to the earth some day.

C. Technology will destroy the world.　　 D. Human beings are not united.

4.What did Hawking suggest human beings do?

A. Contact alien life.　　 B. Explore the universe.

C. Develop the earth.　　 D. Respect artificial intelligence.

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London (CNN) There is no God -- that's the conclusion of the well-known physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book is published on Tuesday. The book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, which was completed by his family after his death, presents answers to the questions that Hawking said he received most during his time on Earth.

Other bombshells(爆炸性事件)the British scientist left his readers with include the belief that alien life is out there, artificial intelligence could outsmart humans and time travel can't be impossible.

"There is no God. No one directs the universe," he writes in the book." For centuries, it was believed that disabled people like me were living under a curse by God," he adds. "I prefer to think that everything can be explained another way, by the laws of nature."

While Hawking spoke of his lack of belief in God during his life, several of his other answers are more surprising. "There are forms of intelligent life out there," he writes. "We need to be cautious about answering back until we have developed a bit further."

"Travel back in time can't be ruled out according to our present understanding," he says. He also predicts that "within the next hundred years we will be able to travel to anywhere in the Solar System."

In remarks prepared by Hawking and played at the launch of the book in London on Monday, the scientist also turned his attention to the world he was leaving behind. His greatest concern, his daughter said, "is how divided we've become," adding ,"He makes this comment about how we seem to have lost the ability to look outward, and we are increasingly looking inward to ourselves."

Hawking's final message to readers, though, is a hopeful one. Attempting to answer the question "How do we shape the future?", the scientist writes, "Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet."

1.Which question is NOT probably included in the book Brief Answers to the Big Questions,?

A. Is there alien life?　　 B. Does anyone direct the universe?

C. Is time travel possible?　　 D. Does the solar system exist?

2.Hawking mentioned his disability in his book to________.

A. show his confidence.　　 B. support his disbelief in God.

C. tell readers about his hardship.　　 D. complain of God

3.What was Hawking most concerned about?

A. Artificial intelligence will outsmart humans.

B. Human beings are not united.

C. Technology will destroy the world.

D. Allen life will come to the earth some day.

4.What did Hawking suggest human beings do?

A. Contact alien life.　　 B. Respect artificial intelligence.

C. Develop the earth.　　 D. Explore the universe.

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Stephen Hawking has said he believes brains could exist independently of the body after people die, but that the idea of a conventional afterlife（传统意义上的死后重生）is a fairy tale. Speaking at the premiere（首映）of a documentary film about his life, Stephen Hawking said: “I think the brain is like a program in the mind, which is like a computer, so it’s theoretically possible to copy the brain onto a computer and so provide a form of life after death.”

“However, this is way beyond our present scientific and technological level. I think the conventional afterlife is a fairy tale for people afraid of the dark.” The author of “A Brief History of Time”, who earlier approved of the right for the deadly ill to end their lives as long as safeguards were in place, suffered from motor neurone(运动神经元) disease at the age of 21 and was given two to three years to live.

“All my life I have lived with the menace of an early death, so I hate wasting time,” Hawking said on Thursday night, using the computer-created voice he controls with a facial muscle and a blink(贬眼) from one eye. The documentary explores a brilliant schoolboy with unclear handwriting who enjoyed the life of Oxford University before illness led to a lifelong desire of discovery about the origins of the universe, which began as a graduate at Cambridge University and has shocked the world.

Hawking’s sister Mary says in the film that her brother was highly competitive and curious about everything in a household which friends described as very academic, and explains how she received a toy house as a present when they were children, to which Stephen immediately added electricity.

She said that life with her brother was attractive and exciting. “It’s a waste of time arguing with Stephen because he always manages to turn the argument round,” she said. The film goes back to his childhood and his student days and shows the scientist, who uses a wheelchair, at home with break. It also explores his family life with his first wife, Jane, and their three children, the breakdown of their marriage and his marriage to one of his carers.

Jane appears on camera to explain how the pressures of caring for the children and the increasingly disabled Hawking became even worse once full-time nurses were brought into the home, destroying any privacy（隐私）. His second wife and former nurse, Elaine Mason, does not appear in the film, and Hawking introduces their 1995-2007 marriage with a few pictures and a brief description.

1.Which statement is most probably agreed with by Hawking?

A. People can become alive again after they die.

B. Brains could exist out of the body.

C. Brains can now be copied onto computers.

D. People are expected to continue living in a certain form after death.

2.To the will of incurable patients to end their lives, Hawking ________.

A. is conditionally agreeable

B. holds a negative attitude

C. shows his deep concern

D. expresses his strong approval

3.What does the underlined word “menace” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. power　　 B. threat

C. influence　　 D. desire

4.According to Mary, when they were children ________.

A. Hawking gave her a toy house with electricity

B. they never argued with each other

C. she didn’t like living with Hawking because of his competitiveness

D. Hawking showed outstanding talent for physics

5.It can be inferred that ________.

A. Hawking now has to use his wheelchair wherever he goes

B. Hawking’s first wife was once a full-time nurse

C. Jane felt too stressed to continue her marriage with Hawking

D. the film mainly presents Hawking’s student days

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All scientists subscribe to the view that the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil to produce energy. Some byproducts of this process1. (call) “greenhouse” gases, and the most important one of2.is carbon dioxide. Dr. Janice Foster explained “There is a natural phenomenon3.is called the greenhouse effect. This is when small amounts of gases in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour trap heat from the sun and therefore warm the earth. 4.for the greenhouse effect, the earth would be about 33 degrees Celsius cooler　 than it is. So, we need those gases. The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere 5. (cause) the global temperature to go up.

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Titan is believed to be the only body in _____ solar system other than the Earth with liquid on ______ surface.

A. the; /               B. /; the               C. /; /             D. the; the

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—Have you heard the bad news that Stephen Hawking， one of world’s greatest physicist passed away on March 14?

—You bet! It is only when you suddenly lose someone _______ you fully realize how much you value him.

A. do　　 B. then

C. will　　 D. that

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