Unit 6 Period One Getting Ready ReadingⅠ 同步练习.docVIP

Unit 6 Perseverance and Success Period One Getting Ready Reading(Ⅰ) 同步练习 基础落实 .课文理解 1．Stephen Hawking studied ________ at University College. A．mathematics B．medicine C．law D．physics 2．Why did Stephen Hawking go on to Cambridge to do research in cosmology? A．Because Cambridge had better teachers in cosmology than those in Oxford. B．Because Cambridge’s lab was better than that in Oxford. C．Because no one worked in that area in Oxford at that time. D．Because his father forced him to. 3．Since ________, Stephen Hawking has held the post of Professor of Mathematics. A．1973 B．1979 C．1980 D．1985 4．Stephen Hawking became a Professional Fellow at ________. A．University College B．St. Albans school C．Zhejiang University D．Gonville and Caius College 5．When someone pointed to the right letter on a spelling card, Stephen Hawking ________. A．raised his eyebrows B．raised his hands C．shook his head D．nodded his head .课文缩写 Stephen Hawking is the most famous theoretical physicist after Albert Einstein. He was to attend the opening 1.__________ of a mathematics institute at Zhejiang University. When Stephen was eleven, he went to St. Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford. Stephen wanted to study mathematics, but his father would have preferred 2.__________.Mathematics was not 3.__________ at University College, so he did Physics instead. After three years, he was awarded a first class 4.________ degree in Natural Science. Then Stephen went on to Cambridge to do 5.__________ in cosmology. Since 1979, he has held the 6.________ of Professor of Mathematics. He has worked on the basic laws that govern the 7.________.He is a great man of science sitting in a 8.________ and has suffered from a serious disease. In 1985, he caught pneumonia and had an 9.__________.After that, he lost his ability to speak altogether. The only way he could communicate was to spell out words letter by letter, by raising his 10.__________.Though there are these difficulties, he