人教版精品解析：广东省广州市第二中学中考一模英语试题（解析版）.doc

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Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans-a small city near London. ____1____ he did well, he was never top of his class.
After_____2_____school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology（宇宙学）. As he himself____3____, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very ____4____work. However, he still got good marks.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was ____5____worried that she made him see ___6___ doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital ___7___tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neurone disease(运动神经元病）, a serious illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to ___8___ him. He would die before he was 23.
At first, Hawking became very ___9___. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. _____10_____he later wrote, "Before I ______11______ about my illness , I had been very bored with life. There _____12_____ nothing worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do." _______13_______ a meaningful life, Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that _____14_____, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. "Life is not fair, "he once said. "You just_____15_____ do the best you can in your own situation."
1. A. And B. Although C. But D. While
2. A. leaving B. to leave C. left D. leaves
3. A. admit B. admitted C. admits D. was admitted
4. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little
5. A. such B. very C. so D. quite
6. A. the B. an C. a D. /
7. A. with B. of C. on D. for
8. A. help B. to