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 mon 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 puter by his side. To municate, he moves two fingers to control the puter’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 universeB．people who know a lot about the universeC．people who know little about the universeD．people who only know simple language【小题4】The Big Bang theory mainly explains .A．how the universe startedB．what the universe is likeC．how old the universe isD．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 puter to municate.C．He believes aliens are our friends.D．He encourages people to look for aliens.D
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(答案→)D
解析：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 puter by his side. To municate, he moves two fingers to control the puter’s mouse.可知霍金用电脑进行交流，选B