When two Bangs meet
SHELDON Cooper is a scientific genius on the popular American TV show, The Big Bang Theory (《生活大爆炸》). He finally met his match last year: Stephen Hawking.
This is not the first time that the scientist has appeared on TV. He has also been on Star Trek (in 1987) and The Simpsons (in 1989). Each time, he played himself.
Hawking, 71, is perhaps the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He has spent his whole life studying the beginning and the end of the universe, including the Big Bang (宇宙大爆炸) theory.
The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe. According to the theory, about 13.7 billion years ago everything was all squeezed together in a tiny, tight little ball, and then the ball exploded. The results of that explosion are what we call the universe.
Hawking has always tried to make science more popular with people. His book: A Brief History of Time was published in 1988. In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. The book tries to explain many subjects about the universe to common readers, including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones (光锥).
Hawking’s achievements are even greater if you think about his disability. When he was 21, Hawking caught a bad illness that slowly stopped him from moving or talking. Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer’s mouse. He chooses his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer (合成器).
Hawking also believes that there might be aliens in space. However, he believes they are probably very dangerous, so we should not look for them. “I imagine they might exist in very big ships ... having used up all the resources from their home planet,” Hawking said in a British documentary named Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.
小题1:What does the “two Bangs” in the title refer to?| A．The director of “The Big Bang Theory” and the founder of it. | | B．The director and the actor of “The Big Bang Theory”. | | C．The founder of the “Big Bang” theory and its spreader. | | D．The scientific genius on TV show and the one alive in real life. |
小题2:Acting in The Big Bang Theory is Hawking’s _____ time on TV.| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
小题3:According to Paragraph 5, Hawking wrote the book A Brief History of Time especially for _____.| A．scientists who study the universe | | B．people who know a lot about the universe | | C．people who know little about the universe | | D．people who only know simple language |
小题4:The Big Bang theory mainly explains _____.| A．how the universe started | B．what the universe is like | | C．how old the universe is | D．how the universe exploded |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following about Hawking is TRUE?| A．He was born with a disability. | | B．He uses a computer to communicate. | | C．He believes aliens are our friends. | | D．He encourages people to look for aliens. |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B |
试题分析：文章从电视剧《生活大爆炸》引出霍金和他写的书，介绍了霍金的成就，也提到他的疾病对他生活造成的影响。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：SHELDON Cooper is a scientific genius on the popular American TV show, The Big Bang Theory (《生活大爆炸》). He finally met his match last year: Stephen Hawking. 可知“two Bangs”指的是电视剧中的天才和现实生活中的天才，选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：This is not the first time that the scientist has appeared on TV. He has also been on Star Trek (in 1987) and The Simpsons (in 1989). Each time, he played himself.可知这是霍金第三次在电视剧中扮演自己，选C
小题3:细节题：从第五段的句子：In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. 可知霍金写《时间简史》是因为很多人不了解宇宙，选C
小题4:细节题：从第四段的句子：The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe.可知宇宙大爆炸理论主要是解释宇宙是怎么形成的，选A
小题5:细节题：从倒数第二段的句子：Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer’s mouse.可知霍金用电脑进行交流，选B |
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I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and of a big city, and where teenagers like me leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that changed one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. they kept handing alcohol to me I was pretty . I asked Tyler to take me home. With some , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. My friend Martin was in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Martin, who was more drunk than me, got into his car and towards the highway to go home. Driving on the wrong side of the road, he never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see him to avoid the car. They hit head on. Martin died immediately, and the driver was thrown the truck windshield（挡风玻璃）and died a week later.
Whenever I back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my to drink so much that night. things would be different. I know Martin the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel for what happened.
I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that by my story I can make you that you not only have a responsibility for yourself but also for others. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours . Every choice is like a stone dropped into water—each ripple (涟漪) represents someone who your choice . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
| 小题1: | | A．death | B．fashion | C．danger | D．challenge |
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| 小题2: | | A．succeeded in | B．dreamed of | C．applied for | D．agreed to |
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| 小题3: | | A．As | B．While | C．When | D．Although |
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| 小题4: | | A．lost | B．drunk | C．frozen | D．sleepy |
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| 小题5: | | A．fun | B．difficulty | C．hope | D．method |
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| 小题6: | | A．died | B．injured | C．killed | D．hurt |
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| 小题7: | | A．constantly | B．frequently | C．clearly | D．equally |
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| 小题8: | | A．headed | B．walked | C．pushed | D．fled |
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| 小题9: | | A．in trouble | B．in time | C．in danger | D．in place |
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| 小题10: | | A．above | B．below | C．into | D．through |
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| 小题11: | | A．turn | B．hold | C．look | D．get |
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| 小题12: | | A．desire | B．fault | C．right | D．chance |
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| 小题13: | | A．Thus | B．Nevertheless | C．Otherwise | D．Therefore |
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| 小题14: | | A．faced | B．avoided | C．regretted | D．made |
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| 小题15: | | A．responsible | B．disappointed | C．sensitive | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题16: | | A．remembering | B．sharing | C．declaring | D．stopping |
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| 小题17: | | A．explain | B．escape | C．limit | D．realize |
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| 小题18: | | A．alone | B．finally | C．merely | D．perhaps |
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| 小题19: | | A．clean | B．deep | C．still | D．fresh |
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| 小题20: | | A．affects | B．inspires | C．attracts | D．benefits |
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Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: Things aren’t always what they seem.
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” “Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death(死神) came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
小题1:The underlined part “the pair” in the second paragraph two refers to .| A．the poor couple | B．the rich couple | C．the angels | D．the guests |
小题2:The younger angel was very angry because .| A．the older angel killed the farmer’s cow | | B．the older angel treated the two families unfairly | | C．the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live | | D．the angel of death took the cow away |
小题3:Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?| A．Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow. | | B．Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson. | | C．Because she was sympathetic to the rich. | | D．Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife. |
小题4:The story tries to tell the reader that .| A．sometimes things are not what they seem | | B．angels are always ready to help the poor | | C．angels are always ready to help the rich | | D．the young should always learn from the old |
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The sun was just coming up when I headed out to work last May at 6 a.m. Not quite dark but dark enough to need my headlights. I turned onto one of the lonely rural country roads.
Maybe it was because I was listening to the radio, maybe it was because I was already thinking about some projects at work, that I didn’t spot the dark object on the road until I was too late. I ran over it and felt the back left tire pull, and then sink. I stopped and got out of the car.
No mystery here---- my back left tyre was cut like a loaf of bread. Back 50 yards was a piece of sharp iron I had run over. I had never changed a tyre. I looked up the road. Not a car in either direction. The nearest service station was miles away. I threw up my hands. Then I remembered---- my cell phone! I powered it up before realizing, I didn’t know who to call.
Wouldn’t you know it, I spotted a car coming from the opposite direction. The driver slowed as he approached. I guessed he could see I was in trouble. He stopped his car, got out and immediately saw the trouble. “Madam, would you like me to change that tyre for you?” he asked. The man couldn’t have been more friendly. I was frightened out there and he put me completely at ease. “There,” he said, after putting on the spare, “you are all set to go.”
“Good thing for me that you were driving this way,” I told him, as I climbed back into my car.
“Funny you should say that,” he said. “Just like you, I was heading to work, but my job is in the opposite direction. I made a wrong turn at some point. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
小题1:The writer didn’t notice the object on the road because ______. | A．it was rather dark then | B．she didn’t use her headlights | | C．there was much traffic | D．she was careless when driving |
小题2:From Paragraph 4 we learn that______. | A．the writer felt quite anxious | | B．no one would like to help the writer | | C．the writer was a new driver | | D．the cell phone should be powered up |
小题3:What did the man do when he saw the writer?| A．He stopped and laughed at her. | | B．He walked over to frighten her. | | C．He helped her without hesitation. | | D．He drove away in the opposite direction. |
小题4:The end of the story tells us that the man ______. | A．went a wrong way | B．felt the writer funny | | C．didn’t know what he was doing | D．come specially to help the writer |
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I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come and get on the list.
The next morning I went down to the at about 5 A. M., and four hours later I the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to me, and that I would stay in with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to the rest of the way.
And somewhere in there I became when I went into something I . I once worked there in 1966 for the of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten tall. And it was burning. I started to ask in which my crane might be a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People falling down, people them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely . I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to die.”
Then I a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”
| 小题1: | | A．noticed | B．reached | C．hit | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．finding | B．making | C．getting | D．losing |
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| 小题4: | | A．volunteer | B．soldier | C．police | D．fireman |
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| 小题5: | | A．company | B．hotel | C．center | D．home |
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| 小题6: | | A．answered | B．made | C．heard | D．received |
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| 小题7: | | A．be curious about | B．forget about | C．laugh at | D．worry about |
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| 小题8: | | A．peace | B．touch | C．connection | D．relation |
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| 小题9: | | A．walk | B．complete | C．cancel | D．smooth |
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| 小题10: | | A．delighted | B．frightened | C．embarrassed | D．interested |
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| 小题11: | | A．built | B．met | C．designed | D．had |
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| 小题12: | | A．construction | B．plan | C．destruction | D．use |
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| 小题13: | | A．miles | B．centimeters | C．stories | D．floors |
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| 小题14: | | A．means | B．numbers | C．position | D．directions |
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| 小题16: | | A．driven | B．let | C．asked | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题17: | | A．pushing | B．giving | C．looking | D．picking |
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| 小题18: | | A．dangerous | B．urgent | C．efficient | D．important |
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| 小题19: | | A．view | B．sight | C．breath | D．sense |
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| 小题20: | | A．put down | B．settled down | C．knocked down | D．let down |
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The worker I hired to repair my house had just finished a difficult first day on the job. A broken wheel made him an hour late; his ladder (梯子) fell down when he was painting the roof and now his old truck wouldn" t start. With each problem he shouted angrily, more at himself than at his things. As I drove him home, the man didn"t say a word.
I tried talking to the man to kill time. I managed to find out that he had come up from Blue Hills in Victoria with his family six months ago to find a job. This was his first job since moving here. I now knew why his price was lower than any other worker I could find in the local newspaper. He really needed the job. His clothes told me as much.
On arriving, much to my surprise, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked through his front garden he suddenly stopped at a small tree and placed his hands on it. Then, when he opened the door he completely changed. Instead of his troubled face, there was now a warm smile, hugs for his two children and a kiss for his wife.
The following day, I asked him about the tree.
"That"s my trouble tree," he answered. "Work troubles aren"t welcome at home with my wife and the children. So I hang them on that tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again. "
"And you know what else?" he said smiling,"The next morning I find that there aren"t as many as I remember hanging up the night before. "
小题1:Which of the following things did NOT happen to the worker? | A．His truck broke down. | B．He was late for work. | | C．He fell onto the roof. | D．His ladder fell down. |
小题2:When did the worker first arrive in this town?| A．Today. | B．Last night. | | C．Six weeks ago. | D．Six months ago. |
小题3:Where did the writer find the worker?| A．Through a newspaper. | B．Beside the trouble tree. | | C．In his old house. | D．In Blue Hills, Victoria. |
小题4:Why did the worker touch the tree?| A．To get good luck, | B．To leave his trouble outside. | | C．To send good wishes to his family. | D．To clean his hands. |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?| A．Looking for a job can make trouble. | | B．It is important to get to work on time. | | C．Often our problems are worse than what we think. | | D．A happy family can make many problems go away. |
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