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高二英语阅读练习题 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共计40分） A Physicist Stephen Hawking moved to heart hospital World-renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, author of science best-seller A Brief History of Time, has been transferred to a specialist heart and lung hospital due to the effects of pneumonia（肺炎）, the hospital said on Tuesday. Mr Hawking, 62, who is wheelchair-bound due to the motor neurone（运动神经元病）disease he has suffered for more than 40 years, was moved to Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, eastern England, from a general hospital also in his home. Hes stable and was brought in yesterday [Monday] morning, said a spokeswoman for Papworth, a centre of excellence in cardiac treatment. Cambridge University, where Mr Hawking is a mathematics professor, was unable to say why he had been moved but said he had initially（最初）gone to hospital in relation to the pneumonia he was being treated for in December and January. British police are currently investigating claims made by nurses looking after Mr. Hawking who say that he had been physically abused（虐待）by his wife, Elaine. Last month the physicist issued a statement saying he firmly and whole-heartedly rejected the rumors, describing media reports of supposed assaults（攻击）by his wife as completely false. Brief History, which sold more than 10 million copies, made Mr Hawking a millionaire and one of the most famous scientists on the planet. When Mr. Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease while still a university undergraduate, his life expectancy was put at around two years, and he is one of the longest-surviving sufferers of the condition. Despite his illness and his need to speak through an electronic voice box, Mr. Hawking has continued to tour the world, giving science lectures. 66.From the passage we can see___________. A. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to treat his pneumonia B. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to treat his long-suffered disease C. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to avoid assault