1.According to the 1 st paragraph, a promising graduate student _______

1. 1.According to the 1 st paragraph, a promising graduate student _______ A. has an incurable disease which makes people disabled. B. is a man who never gives up his dreams and hopes for the future C. is very likely to be successful or very good in the future. D. Learns at one of the well-known universities in the world.

2. 2.The incurable disease mentioned in the text made Stephen Hawking _____ • stop working on a PHD • lose the ability to walk and talk • get engaged to a nice girl • Give up the way of life he dreamed of

3. 3.______made Stephen Hawking well-known in the world. • The research on the incurable disease • His book A Brief History of Time • His new discoveries about universe • The lectures he gave all over the world.

4. 4.A Brief History of Time became a best-seller because _________ • It’s about the Big Bang and black holes. • it explains what it means to be a scientist and how science works • it includes answers to many questions about the universe • It was written in a way ordinary people • could understand

5. 5. According to Hawking, many people think that _______ • Science is often misunderstood • Science is changing all the time • Some science facts can be wrong • True science facts always stay unchanged

6. 6.The basic steps of scientific method do Not necessarily include ______ • getting a model with which to test the theory • building a theory about how things happen • observing sth. with care and attention • trying to test the theory in a practical way

7. words； • The most recent survey of rare birds was u__________ in 1991. • His disappointment was o______ to everyone. Didn’t you see it ? • The school is w______ 5 minutes walk of my house;I go to it on foot every day. ndertaken bvious ithin

8. urious 4.Don’t be so c_______ -- it’s got nothing to do with you. 5.The little boy climbed the tree and sat on a b_________ 6.At the airports, machines s______ all the luggage for bombs and guns. ranch can

9. heory 7.Your plan sounds fine in t_______, but I don’t know if it will work in practice. 8.There must be some m_________________; I ordered coffee, not black tea. isunderstanding

10. atch 9.These shoes do not m______; one is large and the other is small. 10. Scientists still cannot p______ when earthquakes will happen. redict

11. believe in; go on with ; work on turn out ; make a difference; break down; go by ; be satisfied with ; the other way round ; use up

12. Phrases: 1.Dad’s so tired;a week’s holiday will certainly ________________ to his health. 2.-What if the computer ____________? -Don’t worry. You can call in experts to repair it. make a difference breaks down

13. 3.-I’m not going to Paris then Tokyo – I’ll do it _____________________. -Then I’ll meet you in Tokyo before you leave for Paris. 4.In western countries, most young children ________ Father Christmas. the other way round believe in

14. 5.With the temperature dropping rapidly, we couldn’t ___________ the experiment. 6. The athlete will have to _______ getting fit before the game . 7.I ________ the post office on the way home and posted your letters. go on with work on went by

15. 8.The president said that he _________________ the progress of the peace talks. 9.I’ve ________ all my money, but it’s only a week after payday. 10.Sometimes things don’t _________ the way we think they’re going to. was satisfied with used up turn out