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 （擠壓）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 (光錐).
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（紀(jì)錄片） named Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. 
【小題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.
【小題2】Acting in The Big Bang Theory is Hawking’s _____ time on TV.
A．first B．second C．third D．fourth
【小題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
【小題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
【小題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.


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：文章從電視劇《生活大爆炸》引出霍金和他寫(xiě)的書(shū)，介紹了霍金的成就，也提到他的疾病對(duì)他生活造成的影響。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：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”指的是電視劇中的天才和現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的天才，選D
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：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.可知這是霍金第三次在電視劇中扮演自己，選C
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. 可知霍金寫(xiě)《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》是因?yàn)楹芏嗳瞬涣私庥钪�，選C
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe.可知宇宙大爆炸理論主要是解釋宇宙是怎么形成的，選A
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)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.可知霍金用電腦進(jìn)行交流，選B
考點(diǎn)：考查人物傳記類短文

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Nelson Mandela is respected and admired across the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist regime(政權(quán))
Mandela, who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid(種族隔離) in 1944,retired in 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.
“He’s loved by all people, whether you’re white or black, whether you’re young or old,” said Ali Bacher, South Africa’s former cricket(板球) chief.
His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan(首都)area was named in his honor and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness---- the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.
His popular appeal is similar to that of John F. Kennedy wth US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in his times have achieved his level of admiration, said Tom Lodge, head of the political science department of the University of the Witwatersrand.“ Sometimes it isn’t completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career. He is a very ,very clever man,”However , he is far from perfect.
Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, briefly mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings. Then they returned to their flowing praises. “Through the ages, the human race has had its icons（偶像）---- men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generation,” The Mail and Guardian Weekly said. “In our generation, the gods presented us Nelson Mandela.”
【小題1】Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because_____________.

A．he’s as popular as Kennedy and Churchill
B．he spent 27 years in prison
C．he’s a great fighter against the racialism
D．he’s the first all-race elections president
【小題2】Which of the following statements about Mandela’s portrait is true ?
A．It helps develop business
B．It appears on the Statue of Freedom
C．It is used to raise money for the Statue of Freedom
D．It is similar to that of John F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill
【小題3】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means “_____________”
A．Mandela is as great as a god
B．We are proud to live in Mandela’s time
C．Mandela lives together with us all
D．We are proud to know Mandela
【小題4】What can we infer from the text?
A．Mandela is a very skilled politician
B．Most articles specially stressed Mandela’s shortcomings.
C．The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela’s birthday.
D．The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela’s birthday.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Nanjing-style paper cutting is an important part of Chinese paper cutting. It is known for its different designs, simplistic but graceful shapes, finely cut lines and unique skills. Zhang Fanglin is a leading figure in the Nanjing-style paper cutting. Zhang was born in a paper-cutting family. He is the fourth generation to continue the family’s paper-cutting skills. Taught by his father, he began to learn paper cutting in his childhood. In 1963 when he was only 14 years old, he started his artistic career in a local folk handicraft factory. Over the past decades, Zhang has created many works and developed excellent skills. In 1985, Zhang was admitted into Nanjing Municipal Fine Arts Company, creating and designing paper cuts. Throughout his artistic career, Zhang has absorbed characteristics and elements（元素）of various styles of paper cutting and created a large number of creative paper-cutting works. Thanks to his great contributions, he won many national prizes and was awarded the title of “National Master Artist in Handicraft Art”.
As a leading figure, Zhang Fanglin has been invited to more than 30 countries and regions around the world, showcasing his paper-cutting skills. In the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Zhang showcased his new creations of gold foil-embedded paper cutting works.
【小題1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese paper cutting. B．Nanjing-style paper cutting.
C．A paper cutting family. D．A paper cutting artist.
【小題2】How old was Zhang Fanglin when he was admitted into Nanjing Municipal Fine Arts Company?
A．36. B．14. C．22. D．18.
【小題3】What can we infer from the passage?
A．Nanjing-style paper cutting is the most important part of Chinese paper cutting.
B．Zhang is a creative artist who knows different styles of paper cutting well.
C．Zhang won many international prizes because of his great contributions.
D．All the members of the family taught Zhang how to design paper cuts.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift.
“I can’t leave her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what she said, the hitchhiker (搭便車的人) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug.
Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker’s hands which were large and hairy.Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said. “Would you mind clearing it for me?”
The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off.
When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp — inside the bag was a gun.
【小題1】The young woman stopped the car because ______.

A．“the old woman” asked her to
B．she knew “the old woman”
C．she knocked “the old woman” down
D．she wanted to help “the old woman” out in the bad weather
【小題2】What’s the weather like that day ?
A．SunnyB．CloudyC．RainyD．Windy
【小題3】The young woman asked the hitchhiker to clear the rear screen because _______.
A．this was the way she thought of to get rid of him
B．she couldn’t see out of the rear screen
C．the hitchhiker was very helpful
D．the rear screen was covered with dirt
【小題4】 The hitchhiker left the bag with a gun in it behind because _______.
A．he wanted to give the young woman a warning
B．he hadn’t expected that the young woman would leave him behind in the rain
C．it was his present for the young woman
D．he wanted to kill the young woman with the gun
【小題5】What might the man be?
A．a(chǎn) teacherB．a(chǎn) soldierC．a(chǎn) robberD．a(chǎn)n actor

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

In side their one-storey, metal-roofed house on Vancouver Island’s west coast，Janet Schwartz and her domesticated(馴養(yǎng)的) deer, Bimbo，are returning to their normal lives. The law—represented by men and women dressed in black uniforms and carrying guns — is no longer threatening to forcibly separate Schwartz and Bimbo，freeing the l0-year-old deer to the fates (命運(yùn)) of the surrounding rainforest and its hungry wolves and black bears．
“We love each other，”said Schwartz who turned 70 on Saturday. “she’ll come up to me and she’ll kiss me right on the lips，1ike a man kisses a woman’’
For four days last week，Schwartz’ life turned as rocky as the rough logging road that connected her life to the outside world. Conservation officers had arrived with orders to 1oose Bimbo. Schwartz was to1d she wasn’t allowed to touch Bimbo any more It seemed somebody had complained，said  Environment Minister Terry Lake earlier in the week, noting it’s illegal to keep wild animals as pets.
During those tense days，sleepless nights were made even more restless by nightmares，said Schwartz. There were news stories and Facebook pages which supported Schwartz and by Friday，the government had changed its mind. Schwartz could keep her pet with the help of a veterinarian and conservation officers.
“It makes me feel good，”said Schwartz of the announcement．“She is my life．a(chǎn)nd I’ve had her since the day she’s been born.”
The relationship began when a friend found the orphaned fawn (幼鹿) along a nearby logging road，more than a kilometer away from her current home，said Schwartz. The friend brought the fawn over because she knew Schwartz had raised a deer before.
Schwartz named the fawn Bimbo，based on a Gene Autry song that was playing inside her home at the time，and began feeding the animal goat’s milk.
Days turned into months and years, and now Bimbo’s a part of the family.
【小題1】According to Paragraph 1 , Janet Schwartz’s life is returning to normal because______.

A．no one disturbs her life again
B．she can continue to keep the deer
C．she has married again
D．Bimbo has returned to the forest
【小題2】Why didn’t Schwartz want to loose the deer?
A．It was the only companion in her house
B．She wanted to study the lifestyle of the deer．
C．The deer had become part of her life．
D．She had a veterinarian to help her．
【小題3】 Conservation officers ordered Janet to loose Bimbo because              .
A．the deer was not properly taken care of
B．the deer brought harm to the neighborhood
C．it was against the law to keep the deer as a pet
D．the deer made too much noise
【小題4】 What made the government change its mind?
A．Schwartz’s love for the deer.
B．The threat to the deer in the wild.
C．The change of the law.
D．The influence from the press and the Web.
【小題5】What can we conclude from the text?
A．Bimbo will continue to stay with Schwartz.
B．Bimbo will be loosed to the wild.
C．A professional worker will take over Bimbo.
D．Bimbo will stay m a nearby Zoo.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. He took the only escape route—through the boot.
Mr. Johnson’s car had ended up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after he lost proper control on ice and hit a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors open because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape. [來(lái)源:學(xué).科.網(wǎng)]
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench (扳手) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed up clear as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms cut and bruised, Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
【小題1】Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A．The hammer. B．The coin. C．The seat. D．The horn.
【小題2】We know from the passage that ______.
A．Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down
B．Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road
C．Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat
D．Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam
【小題3】“Finally it gave” in Paragraph 5 means that ______. 
A．a(chǎn)t last the wrench went broken
B．the chance was lost at the last minute
C．the lock came open after all his efforts
D．luckily the door was torn away in the end
【小題4】What is the best title for this newspaper article?
A．Driver Escapes through Car Boot
B．The Story of Mr. Johnson, a Sweet Salesman
C．The Driver Survived a Terrible Car Accident
D．Car Boot Can Serve as the Best Escape Route

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

The centenary（百年）of the birth of William Faulkner, one of the great modern novelists, was celebrated in September 1997. Faulkner wrote about the southern states of the United States of America where he grew up, and where his family had an important part to play in the history of that region. His work became a touchstone for insights into the troubled issues of southern American identity, race relations, and the family interrelationships of the old time southern gentry(貴族).
Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. Despite his interest in writing, he left Oxford High School, Mississippi, without graduating. After World War I, he entered the University of Mississippi as a special student, a right to study which was granted to retired soldiers, although Faulkner had only finished training with the Air Force in Canada, and not entered combat(戰(zhàn)斗).
Faulkner began to write poems, a verse play, short stories and finished his first novel Sartoris in 1928. His fiction was centered for 14 of the 19 novels published during his lifetime in a fictional region called Yoknapatawpha County. The name is said to come from the Indian Chickasaw word meaning split land.
In December 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. When he accepted it in Stockholm, his speech emphasized that he wished to continue writing, but in a positive way that affirmed the power of humanity to prevail over adverse circumstances. As he said in his speech, he still felt that, despite the threat of nuclear war then hanging over the world, the central concern of the writer should be “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself”. He wanted the tensions and problems that he had cast the spotlight on in the southern states of America to be resolved by the life-affirming attitudes and action of his characters. Like playwright Tennessee Williams, Faulkner was a major voice who spoke for the troubled heart of the southern states of America. His achievement is all the more remarkable because, as a schoolboy, he was not only a frequent absentee but also reportedly failed to reach pass grades in English class. His collected short stories, novels, poems, and other writings form a legacy( 遺產(chǎn)) of literature which casts profound illumination(啟發(fā)) on the special culture of the South, a culture which developed from a history and social circumstances that were always unique.
From the focus on a fictional county, and by remaining true to his view of a close-knit but real society that reflected the greater world around him, Faulkner in the end fashioned a legend of the Deep South that is one of the major achievements of the 20th century literature.
【小題1】Which of the following statements about William Faulkner is NOT true？

A．William Faulkner’s work focuses on several troubled problems of southern America.
B．William Faulkner died one hundred years ago.
C．Although William Faulkner did not graduate from high school, he had great interests in writing.
D．William Faulkner once took part in the army when he was young.
【小題2】Why did William Faulkner write about the southern states of America?
A．They were the place where he grew up and his family took an important role in the history of that region.
B．His work became a touchstone.
C．He cared about the troubled issues of southern America.
D．He felt sympathy for the poor in southern America.
【小題3】Which of the following statements about Tennessee William is true?
A．Both Tennessee William and William Faulkner are playwrights.
B．Tennessee William was a major voice who spoke for the troubled people in southern America.
C．Like Faulkner, he once won Nobel Prize for literature.
D．Tennessee William had to pursue his writing career through difficult times.
【小題4】What was William Faulkner’s attitude toward the troubled issues of southern America?
A．He reflected them by writing and criticized them.
B．He intended to call on the troubled people to rebel.
C．The troubled issues of southern America just provided many elements for his novels.
D．He advocated resolving them in positive attitudes and actions.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 am. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak and elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It's nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you are such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It's not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I'm in no hurry,” she said. “I'm on my way to a hospice (臨終醫(yī)院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (計(jì)價(jià)器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, “I'm tired. Let's go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers.” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
【小題1】Why did the man help the old woman so much?

A．He wanted to get more money from the old woman.
B．He was out of patience with the woman and wanted to leave quicker.
C．The old woman asked him to help.
D．He hoped others could also treated his old mother as well as he did.
【小題2】The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to       .
A．show she was familiar with the city
B．see some places for the last time
C．let the driver earn more money
D．reach the destination on time
【小題3】According to the text, what would the old woman feel after the driver showed her around the city and gave her a warm hug?
A．Excited.B．Shocked.
C．Grateful.D．Upset.
【小題4】What can we learn from the story?
A．Giving is always a pleasure.
B．People should respect each other.
C．An act of kindness can bring people great joy.
D．People should learn to appreciate others' concern.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

When the Farnsworth family moved to their new farm in 1919, eleven-year-old Philo was surprised to find it wired for electricity. This unusual circumstance contributed to his fate — to become an important inventor of the twentieth century.
By thirteen, Farnsworth had become a self-taught electrical engineer. He was able to fix the farm’s generator（發(fā)電機(jī)）when none of the adults could. In 1922, he read an article about a new idea of John Baird, a Scottish scientist, who had been working with the cathode ray tube (陰極射線管) for the transmission of electronic pictures and wanted to attempt it himself.
Farnsworth studied everything he could find on the subject. Although many older engineers with money backers were already developing television, Farnsworth made a bold decision — he was going to perfect a working model of it before anybody else.
In college, Farnsworth continued his research with cathode ray and vacuum tubes, but the death of his father, the only money maker in the family, forced him to give up this research and find a job. His first job was for George Everson, with whom Farnsworth discussed his dream of television. While acknowledging the achievements of those who came before, Farnsworth thought that he could get closer. Everson agreed to risk $6,000 for the research.
Backers came in 1927 to see the first American television, one year after Baird’s. They were astonished to see the image of a single white line resolve itself on the screen before them, and agreed that this new invention was worth putting money into.
In 1930, Farnsworth won a patent (專利權(quán)) for his all-electronic TV. By the time he died, he had earned over 300 American and foreign patents for electronic and mechanical devices.
【小題1】When Farnsworth was at a young age, he _______

A．had to drop out of school to help on the family farm
B．was sent to school to study electrical engineering
C．wanted to be the first person to invent the television
D．had shown a surprising ability in the electrical field
【小題2】What difficulty did Farnsworth meet when he first began his research on the television?
A．His parents didn’t support his work.
B．He didn’t have enough knowledge in this field.
C．He didn’t have enough money for his research.
D．No one was interested in this research.
【小題3】How old was Philo Farnsworth when he invented the first American television?
A．11. B．13.C．19.D．22.
【小題4】From the passage, we can learn that Farnsworth is ______.
A．the first person who worked for the transmission of electronic pictures
B．a(chǎn)n inventor who improved on somebody else’s idea
C．a(chǎn)n inventor who always came up with an original idea
D．a(chǎn) person who earned over 300 American patents for electronic devices

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案