I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom（开花） and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren't any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.
Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.
In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.
Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.
1. Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for .
| A．one day | B．one year C . two weeks | C．two months |
| A．unhappy | B．peaceful | C．hopeful | D．surprised |
| A．Patience is needed in life. |
| B．Flowers can make life better. |
| C．Friendship is necessary for us. |
| D．Jasmine can be a wonderful plant. |
相似题推荐
【推荐1】Many people believe that toys are mainly made for kids. When we grow up, we should put away such childish things.
But now many grown-ups are getting them out again.
According to data from the market research firm NPD Group, toys bought by people over the age of 12 account for 23 percent of the European market. Among them, adults are still the main force. In 2019, Beijing’s Toy Show attracted tens of thousands of visitors, including many grown-ups.
But why are adults interested in these seemingly “childish” things?
Toys can “bring back happy childhood memories” noted website SWNS Digital. Many adults are under a lot of pressure at home and at work. Items that they were familiar with in childhood can remind them of easier times.
Rob Willner, 25, is one such person who finds solace in items from the past. At his home in London, he keeps two boxes of loose childhood Lego tucked away under a bed, as well as various large “sentimental” models on shelves in his house.
When he comes home after a hard day, he often plays with the toys. “It reminds me of the playful side of life, but also helps me to keep perspective. Lego isn’t great, but it’s fun, and helps you to think about what’s really important,” he told The Telegraph.
There is another reason for the rise in popularity of toys among adults. This pastime offers pressure-free creativity. Even hobbies such as baking and painting can be shadowed by the worry that the results will fail to please other people. Dressing up a doll or playing with a model train set doesn’t come with a lot of pressure to please others.
It seems that adults are no longer taking their childhood freedom for granted. After all, just as UK artist David Hockney said,“Play is serious.”
1. Why are toys popular among adults according to website SWNS Digital?| A．They don’t want to grow up at all. | B．Playing helps develop and improve social skills. |
| C．They want to get along well with their kids. | D．Toys can bring back positive memories. |
| A．It makes him more creative at work. | B．It helps him realize important things in life. |
| C．It makes him think more about the past. | D．It helps him connect with other people. |
| A．The rising pressure to please others that adults face. | B．How playing with toys can increase creativity at work. |
| C．Another reason why adults love to play with toys. | D．The reason why young people don’t cook nowadays. |
| A．Remaining a Kid at Heart | B．Let’s Put Away Childish Toys |
| C．How to Go Back to Childhood | D．Adults Are Under Lots of Pressure |
【推荐2】An old cowboy was riding his trusty horse followed by his honesty dog along an uncommon road. The man was enjoying the new scenery（风景）, when he suddenly remembered dying. He realized that the dog beside him had been dead for years and so had his horse. He wondered what was happening, and where the road was leading them.
After a while, they saw a tall arch topped by golden letter "H" and a gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl. The street that led to the gate looked like gold.
He rode toward the gate and saw a man at a desk. Thirsty and tired out by his journey, he called out," Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the cowboy asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water for you."
"Can I bring my partners, too?"
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
The cowboy thought for a moment, then turned back to the road and continued riding, his dog running by his side.
After another long ride, he came to a dirt road leading through a gate that looked as if it had never been closed. As he went closer to the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. “Excuse me,” he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"
"Sure, there's a pump right over there. Help yourself."
"How about my friends here?" the cowboy pointed at the dog and his horse.
"Of course! They look thirsty, too," said the man.
The three went through the gate and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with buckets（水桶）beside it. The cowboy took a long drink, as did his horse and dog. "What do you call this place?" the cowboy asked the man who was still standing by the tree.
"This is Heaven," he answered.
"That's strange," the cowboy said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the shinning, gold street and fake pearly gates? That's Hell." "Doesn't it make you angry when they use your name like that?"
"Not at all. Actually, we’re happy they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The cowboy didn't know about________.
| A．his death | B．his destination | C．his partners | D．his partners’ death |
| A．he didn't like ice water served here |
| B．he was unwilling to be separated from his friends |
| C．he believed he would find the real Heaven |
| D．he disliked the rule of forbidding keeping pets here |
| A．水井 | B．水池 | C．水泵 | D．水缸 |
| A．He thought only people who wouldn't leave their friends behind can go to Heaven. |
| B．He was angry with the man in Hell. |
| C．He wasn't used to keeping open house for travelers. |
| D．He enjoyed having pets around. |
| A．A Long Journey | B．Heaven and Hell | C．Friends in Heaven | D．A Kind Cowboy |
【推荐3】“There will be miracles (奇迹) only if you believe in them,” Yi Yangqianxi said when he introduced his latest film Nice View (《奇迹·笨小孩》).
According to Maoyan company, it had made over 1 billion yuan as of Feb. 16. It is mainly about how Jing Hao, played by Yi, raised a great deal of money for his young sister’s disease.
For Jing, 20, he needed a miracle to start his own business in face of the many difficulties he met. “Remember that nothing is impossible as long as you try your best,” Yi quoted (引用) his lines from the film in an interview with Cover News.
For Yi, 21, his road to becoming an A-list star could also be seen as a miracle. He doesn’t have a family background in the show biz (演艺圈) industry. Before moving to Beijing with his mother, Yi and his family lived in Shenzhen. When he was a child, Yi took many interest classes such as street dance, writing and accordion (手风琴). “I was either taking these classes, or on the way to the classes,” Yi said in a vlog.
Yi then lived far away from the center of Beijing. He spent almost four hours a day going to these training classes and back. To save time, Yi had meals and did homework on the bus.
This childhood experience shaped his personality. He became more mature than the people who has the same age as him. This also gave him the personal qualities of working hard and never giving up in his acting.
“He stayed at the filming place almost every day,” Gong Jinguo, an actor of Nice View, told Yangcheng Evening News. “He took part in over 270 of the movie’s 290 scenes.”
Like Jing finally receiving a miracle, ____▲____. He has become the first movie actor born in the 2000s who has starred in making an overall box office of over 10 billion yuan, Maoyan reported in February.
1. What do Jing Hao and Yi Yangqianxi have in common?| A．They both need to raise a lot of money for their family. | B．They both try their best to face the difficulties they meet. | C．They both had to take many interest classes in the childhood. |
| A．By working hard and never giving up in his acting. | B．By taking part in all the scenes in the movie Nice View. | C．By having a family background in the show biz industry. |
| A．开朗的 | B．成功的 | C．成熟的 |
| A．Yi is only famous to a few young people. | B．Yi grew up from a nobody to a somebody. | C．Yi started to have his own business on acting. |
| A．No pain, no gain. | B．Life is short, but art is long. | C．Where there is life, there is hope. |
【推荐1】“I hate Tuesdays,” said Finn. “Tuesdays are the worst days now.”
“Wait and see,” said his mother. “You haven’t even met Miss Bea.”
Finn was starting piano lessons at 3:30 every Tuesday, right after school. That’s when his hands wanted to build his new Star-Blaster, a toy like Lego (乐高). Finn’s mother rang the doorbell. “Maybe she went shopping,” said Finn hopefully. But when the door opened, and there was Miss Bea, at home, with a warm smile.
“Hello there, Finn,” she said. “Come in.”
Miss Bea’s piano was black and shiny. Finn sat on the bench (长凳). His feet sure couldn’t run now. They couldn’t even touch the floor. He held on his Star-Blaster box. “That looks like a special box,” said Miss Bea. “Is it something new?”
“It’s going to be a Star-Blaster,” said Finn, “but I have to wait till I get home.” He tried not to look impolite when he said it.
“Ah, so you are a builder,” said Miss Bea. “That’s very good. I bet you can find out how this piano works. Why don’t you start by pressing (按) some keys?”
Finn pressed some white keys and then black keys. Then he pressed a white and black one at the same time. It didn’t really make a song, but Miss Bea said she liked it.
Then Miss Bea had a question. “If you were going to build a piano, how many pieces would you need?” Finn guessed all the way up to nine hundred fifty-seven, but it was “More-more-more.”
He tried sixty-eight zillion. “Not exactly,” laughed Miss Bea. “But it’s still a big number: ten thousand pieces.” “Whoa,” said Finn. “My Star-Blaster only has sixty-two. But it’s still going to be hard to put it together.” “But it will be worth (值得) it,” said Miss Bea, “Piano lessons are like that, too. You work and work to build a song. Your songs can be fast or slow, high or low, soft or loud.”
“I want to build a fast loud one,” said Finn. “You will,” said Miss Bea, “when your fingers learn to run and jump. But for now, our time is up.”
On the way home, Finn asked his mother how many songs there were to learn.
“There must be thousands,” she said, “especially (尤其) you practice.”
“Then I’d better start soon,” said Finn. He looked at all his fingers. “How many days,” he asked, “until Tuesday?”
1. How did Finn feel when he met Miss Bea at first?| A．Excited. | B．Afraid. | C．Worried. | D．Unwilling. |
| A．make him interested in playing the piano | B．ask him to work hard at the piano lesson |
| C．tell him it’s important to learn about the piano | D．let him know it’s difficult to build a piano |
| A．Finn still didn’t like Tuesdays. | B．Finn was going to be a great pianist. |
| C．Finn started to like the piano lesson. | D．Finn would build a piano by himself. |
| A．Tuesdays | B．A Boring Piano Lesson |
| C．Star Blasters | D．A Humorous Piano Teacher |
【推荐2】“All right, are you ready? Okay, the camera’s rolling.” I was really realizing my dream. I stood inside the empty school hallway on a spring afternoon. In my slightly shaking hand, I held the script On Patrol. “For this scene,” I explained, “all I need you to do is walk quietly.” In front of the camera was my best friend, Gavin, wearing a blue uniform. “Would it be funnier if I looked into the camera?” Gavin suggested. “Hmm.” I said. “Yeah, you’re right. Let’s do it that way.” This was certainly not a Hollywood blockbuster. I didn’t have a producer, a script director, or even something as simple as a light setup. The only equipment (设备) I had was my camera and my tripod (三脚架), but they were enough to make my dream come true. “Okay, are you good?” I asked. Gavin nodded his head. “Okay. Action!” I said.
Since my preschool years, movies have been my life. Some people may think back to their childhood as they hear the sound of table tennis or see a baseball flying into the blue sky during a backyard game, Some people may smell the salty air of the ocean during a family vacation. As for me, I hear the sound of the video recorder, as it replays the tape of a video. The movie I watched most as a child was Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. From then on, I watched as many movies as I could. When I began high school, I was wondering what I should choose as a job. After months of not having any idea of what I would become, an idea appeared: if I love movies so much, why not make it a career? I began to write my first short film, On Patrol, a ten-minute silent video about a hall monitor trying to stop someone from throwing rubbish at a school. After I finished my first script, I was very excited. Then I was thinking, “Now it is up to me to make my first movie.”
It was not a famous movie, but it was my step-ping-stone. Now looking back at On Patrol still gives me a dream that could direct more good movies. Watching my first movie not only gives me a laugh, but also gives me the encouragement to continue running after a love I have had since I put Spider-Man into my video recorder many years ago.
1. What was the writer doing according to Paragraph 1?| A．Directing a movie |
| B．Writing a script |
| C．Taking photos of his friend. |
| D．Talking about his movie with his friend |
| A．A big cinema. |
| B．A movie poster. |
| C．A successful movie. |
| D．A famous film festival. |
| A．The sound of table tennis |
| B．The scene of a baseball |
| C．The smell the salty air of the ocean |
| D．The sound of the video recorder |
| A．The equipment for making On patrol is very simple. |
| B．Before the writer figured out what job to choose, he began to write short a film. |
| C．He decided to make his first movie after his first script. |
| D．On patrol is a short film without any sound. |
| A．It was his best movie. |
| B．It was a big success. |
| C．It was an interesting story. |
| D．It was an encouragement for him |
| A．Turing My Dream into Reality |
| B．Learning to Make Movies |
| C．Choosing a Life-long Job for Myself |
| D．Preparing for My First Movie |
【推荐3】Being compared to great people like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein is not something that happens to a common person. At the age of just 23, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski has already achieved much more goals than most of us ever will in our lifetime.
When she was only 14 years old, the Chicago girl made her own single engine airplane by herself. Then at 16, she flew it across Lake Michigan, becoming the youngest person to ever fly her own plane. She recorded this two-year experience and put it on YouTube.
Completing her study in Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) in 2010, she entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
At first, she had to wait to be accepted into the school but once Professors Allen Haggerty and Earll Murman watched her video and they had no doubt. After just three years at MIT, she has already achieved the highest possible grade point—an average (平均) of 5.0.
She is now studying further at Harvard University, with full academic freedom (学术自由). Once again she is only 23 years old.
What’s even more amazing is that she is no longer interested in building planes but has turned her attention to physics, namely black boles and how gravity has an effect on space and time—that is why she is being compared to Einstein and Hawking. And she records all of her work on her website Physicsgirl.
During an interview earlier this year she said, “Look on the bright sides about what you believe you can do. When you’re little, you say a lot of things about what you’ll do or be when you’re older—I think it’s important not to forget those dreams. You must hold on your dreams and have a strong will. Work hard and never give up. Your dreams will come true finally!”
1. Why does the writer mention Einstein and Hawking at the beginning?| A．To remember the two scientists. | B．To compare the two scientists. |
| C．To bring out the main character. | D．To introduce their achievements. |
| A．Her further study in Harvard. | B．Her highest average grade point of 5.0. |
| C．Her ability of making videos on YouTube. | D．Her video of making and flying her plane. |
a. Study at Harvard University.
b. Wait to be accepted by MIT.
c. Achieve an average of 5.0 grade point.
d. Finish her study in IMSA in 2010.
e. Make a single engine airplane alone.
| A．e-d-c-b-a. | B．e-d-b-c-a. | C．d-e-c-a-b. | D．d-e-a-c-b. |
| A．She has full academic freedom at Harvard. |
| B．She records all of her work on her website. |
| C．She becomes the youngest person to fly a plane. |
| D．She is interested in some special fields of physics. |
| A．Being friendly and strong minded. | B．Being positive and strong minded. |
| C．Being friendly and hard-working. | D．Being interesting and hard-working |
【推荐1】Chinese are very generous(慷慨的，大方的） when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course ( 额外的课程 ) activities where they will either learn music or dance, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills are different, maybe good in some areas ,but poor in others. Most parents fail to realize that today’s children are in need of self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious (好奇的) and have interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．Parents care about their money. when educating their children. |
| B．Parents don’t often send their children to the best schools. |
| C．Parents seldom want their children to take extra-course activities. |
| D．Parents spend much money on the education without thinking. |
| A．how much the best education is worth |
| B．when children should be educated |
| C．what children really need in later life |
| D．why school tests don’t satisfy children |
| A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is |
| B．children today should learn different skills |
| C．practical skills are helpful to children’s growth |
| D．school education can’t meet parents’ expectations |
【推荐2】Research proves that nearly half of the cancers diagnosed(诊断) in the UK each year—over 130,000 in total— are caused by life choices that include smoking, drinking and eating the wrong things.
Tobacco(烟草) is the biggest factor, causing 23% for cases in men and 15.6% in women, says the Cancer Research UK report. Next comes a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in men’s diets, while for women it is being overweight. Lead author of the report, Professor Max Parkin, said: “Many people believe cancer is related to fate(命运) or ‘in the genes(基因)’, and that it depends on luck whether they get it or not. Looking at all the evidence, it is clear that around 40% of all cancers are caused by things we mostly have the power to change.”
For men, the best advice appears to be: stop smoking, eat more fruit and vegetables and cut down on how much alcohol you drink. For women, again, the best advice is to stop smoking, but also watch your weight.
In total, 14 lifestyle and environmental factors, such as where you live and the job you do, cause 134,000 cancers in the UK each year.
Some risk factors are well founded, such as smoking’s link with lung(肺) cancer. But others are less well realized. For stomach cancer, a fifth of the risk comes from having too much salt in the diet, data suggests. Some cancers, like mouth and throat cancer, are caused almost mainly by lifestyle choices. But others, like gall bladder cancer(胆囊癌), are largely not related to lifestyle.
Public Health Minister, Anne Milton, said: “By making small changes you can cut your risk of serious health problems—giving up smoking, watching you drink, getting more exercise and keeping an eye on your weight.”
1. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to________.| A．change | B．lifestyle | C．cancer | D．weight |
| A．cancers are caused because of genes |
| B．some cancers may be avoided mainly |
| C．most cancers are caused for no reason |
| D．men can keep an eye on their weight to avoid cancers |
| A．working overtime | B．taking in too much salt |
| C．lack of exercise | D．smoking too much |
| A．Smoking is the only cause of lung cancer. |
| B．Drinking a small amount of wine is good for health. |
| C．Some cancers may not be caused by lifestyle choices. |
| D．About 134,000 people die of cancer in the UK each year. |
【推荐3】Mr. Swales wanted to find out what his students’ parents did. He had just called Jodie when some girls burst out laughing. Shirley shouted, “Jodie’s daddy is a garbage man(垃圾清理工)!”
Everybody in the class laughed out loud, except Jodie. She felt her face turn red.
“Silence!” Mr. Swales said, “Being a garbage man is a difficult and useful job. We should all be grateful to Jodie’s father.”
Jodie’s father came to walk her home from school as usual, but she didn’t run up to him the way she always did. When they got back home, Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time.
Her father came into her room, “What happened, Jodie? Why are you so sad?”
Jodie told her father what had happened and looked at him. He didn’t seem angry or hurt. “Well,” he said, “they are right. Being a garbage man is a dirty job. Tomorrow is Saturday. Come to work with me, Jodie.”
The place really smelt too bad. Jodie wrinkled her nose. “Don’t worry, kid. In five minutes you won’t smell a thing.” said her father.
Everybody there was working hard, and they seemed to have a good time. Jodie’s father handed her a pair of gloves and told her to get the little plastic bags and throw them into the truck.
It was fun, but also hard work. Jodie’s arms soon got tired. At last, no more garbage was left and Jodie felt very happy.
“Garbage is disgusting(令人厌恶的), but when we clear it away, everything’s nice and clean. You can make yourself happy only by making other happy. That’s why I like being a garbage man so much.”
Jodie gave her dirty, smelly garbage man daddy a big kiss(吻). She said, “When I grow up, I will be a garbage-girl!”
Now whenever someone asks Jodie what her daddy does, she says, “He’s a garbage man! Everybody makes garbage, but my daddy takes it away!”
1. Which of the following is Not True according to this story?| A．Jodie didn’t run up to her father the way she always did. |
| B．Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time after got home. |
| C．Jodie gave her father a sweet kiss as usual. |
| D．Jodie told her father what happened and had a talk with her father. |
| A．To make Jodie cool down. |
| B．To prove how dirty his job was. |
| C．To help Jodie learn about his job. |
| D．To keep Jodie away from her classmates. |
| A．Sad | B．Dirty | C．Angry | D．Proud |
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula（公式）. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in math. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem.
Great scientists didn’t get everything from school. For example, Edison didn’t even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things . The reason for their success was that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use their brain.
1. According to the passage, the most important thing a teacher should do is _______.
| A．to teach his students everything he knows |
| B．to teach the students how to think |
| C．to know everything they want to know |
| D．to teach the students how to work out a math problem |
| A．a certain formula | B．a certain fact |
| C．some facts | D．the way to solve it |
| A．Great scientists read a lot of books and asked many questions while reading. |
| B．Great scientists did thousands of experiments. |
| C．Great scientists always worked hard and never wasted time. |
| D．Great scientists got everything from school. |
| A．how to memorize some facts or a formula（公式） |
| B．who the great scientists are |
| C．How to study |
| D．why Edison didn’t finish primary school |
In 2007, when she took part in film shooting in that area. she was shocked by the poverty（贫穷）there. Children had to walk along mountain roads to attend classes at a neighbouring village school. So she came up with the idea of doing something for these children.
Besides giving classes, Jiang also plays games with children and sings songs for them. And she cares much for their daily life. Moreover, she donated billion yuan to set up a fund（基金） for students there.
“Like the grass in stone clefts（裂缝）， they have to try their best to find sunshine on their own rather than waiting for others to do it for them. "Jiang said.
When asked how she persisted in her volunteer to services for such a long time, Jiang said,"I’m not persisting but enjoying.
“It's not that I gave these kids love. I am actually learning about love. "Jiang added.
To enjoy and share love is seen as the most important thing in her life.
At the same time, children in the big mountains have also influenced Jiang.
Whenever I meet with something difficult to do, I'll think of these kids. Born in the kind of environment,they have to learn to face a lot of difficult things from birth. So, why can't I?"Said Jiang.
1. Jiang Yiyan spends as a teacher in mountain villages in Guangxi.
| A．a day a week | B．a day a month | C．a week a month | D．a month a year |
| A．In1987 | B．In1997 | C．In2007 | D．In2017 |
| A．放弃 B坚持 C．拒绝 D．宽容 |
| A．To set up a fund. |
| B．To enjoy and share love |
| C．To take part in film shooting. |
| D．To learn to face a lot of difficult things from birth. |
| A．The Children's Poverty |
| B．The Mountain Roads |
| C．The Grass in Stone Cleft |
| D．A kind and helpful Actress |
【推荐3】Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76 on March 14, 2018. Hawking is known as the most famous physicist(物理学家) after Einstein.
Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on January 8, 1942. During his life, he married twice, and had three children. When he was a kid, Hawking went to school in St. Albans—a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving high school, Hawking went first to Oxford University to study physics, and then he went to Cambridge University to study the universe(宇宙).
At the age of twenty, Hawking started noticing that something was wrong with him. Later, he went to the hospital and doctors said that he would die before he was 23. But Hawking didn't give up. In 1988, Hawking completed his book A Brief History of Time. In the book, he talked about many things, like the universe, the big bang(宇宙大爆炸) and the black hole.
1. At which university did Hawking study physics?| A．Oxford University. | B．St Albans University. |
| C．Cambridge University. | D．London University. |
| A．21 | B．22 | C．12 | D．20 |
| A．Hawking was a very famous physicist. |
| B．Hawking married but didn’t have children. |
| C．Hawking was born in Oxford, England in 1942. |
| D．Doctors said Hawking would die before he was 23. |
| A．Hawking’s life | B．Hawking’s study |
| C．why Hawking got ill | D．how Hawking became famous |
