Unit1MakingadifferenceRevision:II.Fillintheblanks:ReadingSpeechimpairedStephenWilliamHawkingwasbornon8January1942(300yearsafterthedeathofGalileo)inOxford,England.AtelevenStephenwenttoStAlbansSchool,andthenontoUniversityCollege,Oxford,hisfather'soldcollege.WithRogerPenroseheshowedthatEinstein'sGeneralTheoryofRelativityimpliedspaceandtimewouldhaveabeginningintheBigBangandanendinblackholes.Fastreading:Carefulreading:Morequestions:Makethebestchoices:2.Hawkingbecamefamousinthe1970sbecause_____.A.hewasdisabled.B.hewasaPhD.C.hewassittinginafamouschair.D.hemadenewdiscoveriesabouttheuniverse.3.Accordingtothepassage,whatdoes“anAmericanaccent”mean?A.Hawking’saccent.B.Hawking’svoice.C.Soundstranslatedbythecomputer.D.AccentofsomeBritishpeople.4.Whichofthefollowingbestexpressesthemainideaofthetext?A.Hawkingisfamousforhisnewdiscoveries.B.Peopleshouldcometotermswiththeirfate.C.Ascientifictheoryisalwayswrong.D.Anyonewithgreatdeterminationwillachievehissuccess.5.Fromthetext,wecaninferthat____.A.HawkinggotmarriedtoJaneWildebeforehefellill.B.scienceisalwaystrue.C.HawkingisanAmerican.D.greatscientistsalwayswanttoknowmore.Good-bye