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阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Famous British physicist Stephen Hawking,     1     mental genius (智力天才) and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76 on March 14th, 2018.


Propelled (推动) to superstar by his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which became     2    unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking devoted    3    (he) to unlocking the secrets of the Universe.

Hawking refused to accept the predictions that he would only live for a few years after developing a form of motor neurone disease (运动神经元病) in his early     4    (twenty). The illness gradually robbed him of mobility (移动的能力)    5    (leave) him confined to a wheelchair, almost completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his voice synthesizer (合成器). It was with these difficulties     6     he revised the draft of A Brief History of Time which was published in 1988.

    7     (translate) into thirty languages, the book has sold over ten million copies worldwide and lives on as a science book that continues to captivate (迷住) and inspire new readers each year.

When I came into contact with the book, I did not know much about the time and space. Was there a     8     (begin) of time? Could time run backwards? …These questions may be with all of us during our childhood.     9    (lucky), Stephen Hawking shows us the time and the space, the God and a mystery. The book, A Brief History of Time, is available in paperback and I     10     (strong) recommend it. For me, books like A Brief History of Time are more captivating (迷人的) than any novel.

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