【金版学案】高中英语人教版必修五练习：Unit 1　Great scientists.docVIP

Unit 1　Great scientists 【导语】　 史蒂芬·威廉·霍金英国剑桥大学应用数学及理论物理学系教授当代最重要的广义相对 Hawking Stephen William(1942—　)irregularities in space and time known as singularities.Hawking has also devoted much of his life to making his theories accessible to the public through lectures，books and films. Hawking was born in Oxford，England，and he showed exceptional talent in mathematics and physics from an early age.He entered Oxford University in 1958 and became especially interested in Thermodynamics (the study of the interaction of matter and energy)，Relativity Theory，and Quantum Mechanics(see Quantum Theory)．In 1961 he attended a summer course at the Royal Observatory that encouraged these interests.He completed his undergraduate courses in 1962 and received a bachelors degree in physics.Hawking then enrolled as a research student in general relativity at the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. Hawking earned his Ph D degree from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge in 1966.He stayed at the University of Cambridge，doing post-doctoral research，until he became a professor of physics in 1977.He became one of the youngest fellows of the Royal Society in 1974.In 1979 he was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. 【词海拾贝】　　　．不规则的事物；不整齐的事物异常；奇怪易接近的；容易理解的罕见的特殊的；卓越的热力学【问题思考】1．What is Hawkings main field of research? (no more than 8 words) _______________________________________________________ 答案：The nature of space and time.blic？(no more than 6 words)答案：Through lectures Ⅰ.为单词选择正确的释义　　　　A．向……挑战宣布；通告责备；谴责认为；怀疑结束；推断出暴露；揭露；使曝光小心的；谨慎的捐献；贡献答案：1.D　2.A　3.E　4.C　5.B　6.F　7.H　8.G根据所给汉语提示写出单词________n．特征；特性________vt.打败；战胜；使受挫 ()失败________n．治愈；痊愈 ()治愈；治疗________vt.吸收；吸引；使专心________vt.预见；预知答案：1.characteristic　2.defeat　3.cure　4.absorb根据英语释义写出单词________：to be present at an event________： to have an idea that something is bad but without having definite proof________： to make a connection between two or more things or people________：