Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology (宇宙學) and quantum gravity（量子重力）, especially in the context of black holes. He experienced extreme difficulties and obstacles in his life, which only made him stronger. Finally he contributed much to the careers he devoted to and became one of the most famous scientists in the world.
Hawking was outstanding in his school life. After a successful period of education at St. Albans School, the entrance of Oxford opened to him. In March 1959, at the age of 17, Hawking took the scholarship examination with the aim of studying natural sciences at Oxford. Then Hawking went to Cambridge to do research in cosmology.
When Stephen Hawking was dreaming about his future, he faced extreme difficulties and obstacles. Symptoms of disorder first appeared while he was enrolled at Cambridge; he lost his balance and fell down a flight of stairs, hitting his head. The diagnosis (診斷) of motor neuron （運動神經(jīng)元）disease came when Hawking was 21, shortly before his first marriage, and doctors said he would not survive more than two or three years. Hawking gradually lost the use of his arms, legs, and voice, and is now almost completely paralyzed（癱瘓）.
Despite his disease, he describes himself as "lucky" --- not only has time to make influential discoveries, but also has, in his own words, "a very attractive family".
As someone has said, when we meet frustration, someone fights, someone cries, someone escapes, someone tries. Hawking succeeds because he tries.
61. You may meet "frustration" if you ______________.
A. are defeated in an important match B. win 1,000 yuan in a lottery
C. finally give up some bad habits D. meet old friends by chance
62. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Hawking is famous in the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.
B. Hawking was diagnosed to have the motor neuron disease.
C. Hawking started to suffer symptoms of disorder when he was in Oxford.
D. Hawking gradually lost the use of his arms, legs and voice.
63. Hawking describes himself to be lucky because ________.
A. he is one of the most famous scientists in the world.
B. he is a famous scientist in spite of the disease.
C. he was born in St. Albans.
D. he is almost completely paralyzed as time goes by.
64. What's Hawking's attitude towards the disease?
A. Optimistic. B. Sad C. Disappointed. D. Negative.
65. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Hawking is famous for his contributions.
B. Hawking has a successful school life.
C. Hawking overcame extreme difficulties and achieved his aims.
D. Hawking suffers from disease and is completely paralyzed.
科目：高中英語 來源：2010-2011學年山東省聊城市高三上學期12月月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
Robert Fredy was general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury park. New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pear man, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fredy’s car hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield．Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fredy turned on the wipers to show he wasn’t interested．
Pearman put his head close to the window．“Come on, mister．Give me a chance．I need a job,” he said．Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy．In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed a business card and told him to call if he was serious．
“My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, ”said Pearman．“But I said, “ No, he’s a
businessman．I need to give it a shot．”
Two days later,29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel．Fredy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him．
Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings．In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy’s loans．
“Mr．Fredy gave me a second chance, “says Pearman, ” And I took advantage of it．I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left．But there is no future in washing windshields．”
Ordinarily, Fredy keeps away from the street people．“But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money,” Fredy says, “I don’t hand my business card to just anybody．But I’m glad I did in this case．”
1.When Pearman first appeared before Fredy, ．
A．Fredy took him as a beggar
B．Pearman was told to do it later
C．Fredy gladly agreed to let him do it
D．Pearman knew Fredy was a kind man
2.When Fredy told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if .
A．Pearman was really hardworking
B．Pearman was really looking for a job
C．Pearman’s conditions were truly scrious
D．Pearman was really interested in washing windshields
3.By saying “he was just pulling my leg (paragraph 3)”, Pearman’s friends meant.
A．Fredy knew Pearman intended to ask for a job
B．Fredy was making fun of Pearman
C．Fredy wanted to help the poor
D．Fredy was tired of being stopped
4.Pearman is now .
A．in charge of Fredy’s loans
B．still washing car windshields
C．full – time employed at the hotel
D．a(chǎn)rranging dinner parties for the hotel
5.What can we learn about Fredy?
A．He helps those who will work hard themselves．
B．He likes to give his help to anyone in need．
C．He always gives help to the unemployed．
D．He is easily moved by poor people．
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科目：高中英語 來源：20102011浙江瑞安中學高二下學期期末考試英語試題 題型：完型填空
Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 21 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 22 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 23 , he loaded his family into the car and 24 them to see family members in Canada with a 25 ,“there are more important things in life than money. ”
The 26 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 27 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 28 that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. 29 , their reaction echoed （共鳴） their great-grandfather’s. What they 30 was how warm the people were in the house and how 31 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 32 hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing 33 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 34 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 35 parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety. The 36 is telling the stories in a way children can 37 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that 38 , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s 39 , and make eye contact （接觸） to create “a personal experience”,. We don’t have to tell children 40 they should take from the story and what the moral is. ”
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科目：高中英語 來源：0910年浙江省高二第一學期期中考試 題型：任務閱讀
第二節(jié)：任務型閱讀：
從所給的六個選項中選出符合各小題要求的最佳選項，其中有一項是多余項。
The people below are all looking for someplace to enjoy some kind of activity in Beijing.
81. Stephen studies art in Beijing University. He shows great interest in paintings and he is especially interested in those oil paintings that reflect the variety of life.
82. Mark has just come to China and he is very interested in Chinese culture. He has been waiting for a long time to have a chance to see a wonderful Chinese acrobatic performance in China.
83. Oscar is a student from Yangzhou University, visiting his friends who share the same interest in music. They are planning to find someplace to enjoy rock and roll and pop songs.
84. Charles works in Philips Company, Shanghai Branch. He is going to Beijing on business in middle September. He will be free in the evening, so he wants to go to someplace to enjoy some music performed by foreign bands.
85. Carol studies Chinese in Beijing. She is free recently during the day time, so she would like to find someplace where she can attend some kind of activity so that she can learn some details about Chinese modern literature.
A. Capital Theatre: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe will present "The Soul of China", where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills (寒戰(zhàn) ) will run down your spine (脊柱 ) as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art ant the bodies to the edge. Time: 7:30 p.m., September 13-19.
B. Huangshicheng Gallery: A group ink pain ting exhibition is running. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display. Time:9 a.m-5p.m. until September 10.
C. The Wangfung Art Gallery: A joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists will be hosted by the gallery. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wonderous variety of life in unique (獨特的) styles.
D. Anyuan Museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an indepth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949. Time: 9a.m.--4p.m., daily.
E. The Olympic Center: "The Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock" is set to bring back fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm. Time: September 16.
F. Grand Theater of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities: La Petite Band, the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium, will perform as part of activities across the world to commemorate (紀念) the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. Time: 70:30p.m. September1 1-14.
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科目：高中英語 來源：0910學年浙江省高一第一學期期末考試 題型：閱讀理解
When a new Harry Potter book hits the shelves, kids aren’t the only people who are happy．Doctors are happy, too．
Doctors in England recently reported that when the last two Harry Potter books came out，the number of kids in the hospital emergency room（急診室）fell．
Dr．Stephen Gwilym studied the number of kids aged from 5 to 15 who were in the hospital emergency room after the latest Harty Potter books came out．They focused on two weekends：after Order of the Phoenix came out in 2003 and after Half-Blood Prince arrived in stores in the end of 2004．
During the non-Harry Potter weekends，an average（平均）of 67.4 children visited the emergency room．On Harry Potter weekends，that number was 36.5．
Kids were so interested in the books that they would not go outside to play those weekends．Once Dr Stephen Gwilym saw a child sitting peacefully for hours while reading Harry Potter．
69．Why were the doctors happy when the Harry Potter books came out?
A．Because they could read the books．
B．Because there would be fewer injuries in hospital．
C．Because they found the children peacefully reading books．
D．Because they could make the study．
70．What is the name of the last Harry Potter book?
A．Harry Potter B．Order of the Phoenix
C．Half-Blood Prince D．Dr.Stephen Gwilym
71．The sentence“…an average of 67.4 children visited the emergency room’’means“…an average
of 67.4 children .”
A．were injured and went to see the doctor
B．read Harry Potter in the emergency room
C．went to see the emergency room
D．stayed at the emergency room to be studied
72．The phrase “hit the shelves” in the passage means .
A．break the shelves B．begin to be sold
C．become very popular D．become ill
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科目：高中英語 來源：0910學年廣東省深圳市龍崗區(qū)高二第一學期期末考試 題型：閱讀理解
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabres(劍). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behaviour, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behaviour for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”
36．Bossy children like Stephen Jackson
A．make good decisions B．show self-centeredness
C．lack care from others D．have little sense of fear
37．The underlined phrase “inheritable trait” in Paragraph 2 means
A．inborn nature B．developed character
C．a(chǎn)ccepted theory D．particular environment
38．The study on bossy behaviour implies that parents .
A．should give more power to their children
B．should be strict with their children
C．should not be so anxious about their children
D．should not set limits for their children
39．Bossy children may probably become .
A．relaxed B．skillful C．hesitant D．lonely
40．What is the passage mainly about?
A．How bossy behaviour can be controlled.
B．How we can get along with bossy children.
C．What leads to children’s bossy behaviour.
D．What effect bossy behaviour brings about.
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