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1、专题六人物传记类专项强化·训练A(2015湖南怀化一模)InmyfirstweekasagraduatestudentatCambridgeUniversityin1964Imetwithafellowstudent,twoyearsaheadofmeinhisstudies;hewasunsteadyonhisfeetandspokewithgreatdifficulty.ThiswasStephenHawking.Ilearnedthathehadabaddiseaseandmightnotlivelongenougheventofin
2、ishhisPhDdegree.But,amazingly,hehasreachedtheageof73.Evenmeresurvivalwouldhavebeenamedicalmiracle,butofcourse,hedidn’tmerelysurvive.Hehasbecomearguablythemostfamousscientistintheworldforhisbrilliantresearch,forhisbestsellingbooks,and,aboveall,forhisastonishingvictoryoverha
3、rdship.Stephenreceivedhis“deathsentence”in1964,whenIthoughtitwashardforhimtogoonwithhisstudy.StephenwentfromAlbansSchooltoOxfordUniversity.Hewassaidtobea“lazy”undergraduate,buthisbrillianceearnedhimafirst-classdegree,an“entryticket”toaresearchcareerinCambridgeandauniquelyi
4、nspiringachievement.Withinafewyearsoftheburstofhisdiseasehewaswheelchair-bound,andhisspeechwassounclearthatitcouldonlybeunderstoodbythosewhoknewhimwell.Buthisscientificcareerwentfromstrengthtostrength:hequicklycameupwithaseriesofinsightsintothenatureofblackholes(thenaveryn
5、ewidea)andhowtheuniversebegan.In1974hewaselectedtotheRoyalSocietyattheexceptionallyearlyageof32.Thegreatadvancesinsciencegenerallyinvolvediscoveringalinkbetweenphenomenathatwerepreviouslyconceptuallyunconnected—forinstance,IsaacNewtonrealizedthattheforcemakinganapplefallto
6、earthwasthesameastheforcethatholdsthemoonandplanetsintheirorbits.Stephen’srevolutionaryideaaboutalinkbetweengravityandquantum(量子)theoryhasstillnotbeentested.However,ithasbeenhugelyinfluential;indeed,oneofthemainachievementsofstringtheory(弦理论)hasbeentoconfirmandbuildonhisid
7、ea.HehasundoubtedlydonemorethananyoneelsesinceEinsteintoimproveourknowledgeofgravityandheisoneofthetop-tenlivingtheoreticalphysicists.【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了当代著名的科学家:斯蒂芬·霍金。身患严重疾病的他早在1964年就被医学界判处死刑,能活到70多岁已经是一个奇迹,更何况还有那么多重大发现。难怪他能与牛顿、爱因斯坦等巨匠齐名。1.WhatimpressedtheauthormostaboutStephe
8、nHawking?A.Hisbrilliantresearch.B.Hisbestsellingbooks.C.Hisseriousdisease.D.Hisdefeatingh
