9．In my first week as a graduate student at Cambridge University in 1964I met with a fellow student，two years ahead of me in his studies； he was unsteady on his feet and spoke with great difficulty．This was Stephen Hawking．I learned that he had a bad disease and might not live long enough even to finish his PhD degree．
But，amazingly，he has reached the age of 73．Even mere survival would have been a medical miracle，but of course，he didn't merely survive．He has become arguably the most famous scientist in the world for his brilliant research，for his bestselling books，and，above all，for his astonishing victory over hardship．
Stephen received his"death sentence"in 1964，when I thought it was hard for him to go on with his study．Stephen went from Albans School to Oxford University．He was said to be a"lazy"undergraduate，but his brilliance earned him a first-class degree，an"entry ticket"to a research career in Cambridge and a uniquely inspiring achievement．Within a few years of the burst of his disease he was wheelchair-bound，and his speech was so unclear that it could only be understood by those who knew him well．But his scientific career went from strength to strength：he quickly came up with a series of insights into the nature of black holes （then a very new idea） and how the universe began．In 1974he was elected to the Royal Society at the exceptionally early age of 32．
The great advances in science generally involve discovering a link between phenomena that were previously conceptually unconnected-for instance，Isaac Newton realized that the force making an apple fall to earth was the same as the force that holds the moon and planets in their orbits．Stephen's revolutionary idea about a link between gravity and quantum（量子） theory has still not been tested．However，it has been hugely influential； indeed，one of the main achievements of string theory（弦理論） has been to confirm and build on his idea．He has undoubtedly done more than anyone else since Einstein to improve our knowledge of gravity and he is one of the top-ten living theoretical physicists．

41．What impressed the author most about Stephen Hawking？D
A．His brilliant research．
B．His bestselling books．
C．His serious disease．
D．His defeating hardship．
42．What made Stephen Hawking start his research career at Cambridge？C
A．His death sentence．
B．His"lazy"attitude．
C．His above-average talent and ability．
D．His rich experience．
43．It can be inferred that Stephen Hawking was bornA．
A．in the early 1940s
B．in the late 1940s
C．in the early 1930s
D．in the late 1930s
44．What can we learn from the text？C
A．Hawking's theory was proved years ago．
B．Hawking was not as successful as Newton．
C．String theory built on Hawking's idea．
D．Hawking's theory has had little influence on others．
45．Which of the following is Not True according the passage？B
A．He achieved one success after another in his career despite his disease．
B．He couldn't walk when the author first met him at Cambridge．
C．He not only survived his disease but contributed greatly to science．
D．He is among the greatest scientists to improve the knowledge of gravity．

分析 本文主要介紹了當代著名的科學家斯蒂芬•霍金，雖身患嚴重疾病，而且早在1964年就被醫(yī)學界判處"死刑"，能活到70多歲已經(jīng)是一個奇跡，但是在量子力學、弦理論以及黑洞方面都有卓越的成就，難怪他能與牛頓，愛因斯坦等巨匠齊名．

解答 41．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段的"and，above all，for his astonishing victory over hardship．"可知令作者感受最深的是他能克服常人難以逾越的困難．故選D．
42．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段的"He was said to be a"lazy"undergraduate，but his brilliance earned him a first-class degree，an"entry ticket"to a research career in Cambridge"可知，雖然有人說霍金是一個懶學生，但他的才華使他獲得了一個一流的學位，一個在劍橋的研究事業(yè)的"入場券"．故選C．
43．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段的"In 1974 he was elected to the Royal Society at the exceptionally early age of 32．"可判斷霍金出生于1941年．故選A．
44．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段的"one of the main achievements of string theory（弦理論）has been to confirm and build on his idea．"可知，弦理論是建立在霍金的理論之上的．故選C．
45．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段的"he was unsteady on his feet，"可知，作者開始見到霍金的時候，他走路不穩(wěn)．所以B項的表達是錯誤的，故選B．

點評 本篇考查人物故事類閱讀，考查學生對細節(jié)的辨認能力以及推理判斷能力．閱讀這類文章應(yīng)該抓住時間線索來獲取有關(guān)信息，即主人翁在某個時間做過什么，然后通過分析推理、綜合歸納的方法進行解題．

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