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1、单元综合测评(三)Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)A(2016·西安质量检测)StephenHawking，whospenthiscareerexploringtheuniverseandevenexperiencedweightlessness，isurgingthecontinuationofspaceexploration—forfuturegeneration'ssake.The71yearoldHawkingsaidhedidnotthinkhumanswouldsurviveanother1

2、，000years“withoutescapingbeyondourfragileplanet”．TheBritishscientistmadetheremarksTuesdaybeforeanaudienceofdoctors,nursesandemployeesatCedarsSinaiMedicalCenter，wherehetouredastemcell(干细胞)laboratorythat'sfocusedontryingtoslowtheprogressionofLouGehrig'sdisease(“渐冻人

3、”病)．Wellknownforhisworkonblackholesandtheoriginsoftheuniverse,Hawkingisfamousforbringingmysteriousphysicsconceptstothemassesthroughhisbestsellingbooks,includingABriefHistoryofTime,whichsoldmorethan10millioncopiesworldwide.HawkingtitledhishourlonglecturetoCedarsSi

4、naiemployees“ABriefHistoryofMine”．Hawkingwasdiagnosed(诊断)withLouGehrig'sdisease50yearsagowhenhewasastudentatCambridgeUniversity.Herecalledhowhebecamedepressedandatfirstdidn'tseeapointinfinishinghiseducation，buthecontinuedhisstudies.Hawkinghassurvivedlongerthanmos

5、tpeoplewithLouGehrig'sdiseasebecausefewpeoplewithLouGehring'sdiseaselivelongerthanadecade.Peoplegraduallyhavemoreandmoretroublebreathingandmovingasmusclesweakenandwasteaway.What'sworse,there'snocure.Dr.RobertBaloh,directorofCedarsSinai'sALSprogramsaidhehadnoexpla

6、nationforthephysicist'slongevity.Balohsaidhehas19treatedpatientswholivedfor10yearsormore.“But50yearsisunusual，tosaytheleast，”hesaid.Despitehisdiagnosis,Hawkinghasremainedactive.In2007，hefloatedlikeanastronautonanaircraftthatcreatesweightlessness.Hawkinghadsomeval

7、uableadvice：Lookupatthestarsandnotdownatyourfeet.Becurious.“Howeverdifficultlifemayseem,thereisalwayssomethingyoucandoandsucceedat.”【语篇解读】　本文是一篇人物介绍。主要介绍了StephenHawking这个人。虽然患有“渐冻人”症，但是他对人生的态度是积极的，并且取得了很多成就。1．WhydidHawkingthinkhumanshouldcontinuetoexplorespace?A．

8、Becausetheearthbecametooweaktosupportus.B．Becausehumanbenefitedbyexploringtheuniverse.C．BecausemanypeoplesufferedLouGehrig'sdisease.D．Becauseitisgoodforfutureg