Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76 on March 14,2018. Hawking is known as the most famous physicist（物理学家）after Einstein.
Hawking was born in Oxford,England, on January 8,1942. During his life,he married twice,and had three children. When he was a kid,Hawking went to school in St. Albans-a small city near London. Although he did well,he was never top of his class. After leaving high school,Hawking went first to Oxford University to study physics,and then he went to Cambridge University to study the universe （宇宙）.
At the age of twenty,Hawking started noticing that something was wrong with him. Later,he went to the hospital and doctors said that he would die before he was 23.But Hawking didn't give up. In 1988,Hawking completed his book A Brief History of Time. In the book, he talked about many things, like the universe,the big bang（宇宙大爆炸）and the black hole.
【小题1】At which university did Hawking study physics?
| A．Oxford University. | B．St. Albans University. |
| C．Cambridge University. | D．London University. |
【小题2】Hawking first felt there was something wrong with his body when he was __________.
【小题3】Hawking's book A Brief History of Time talks about the following EXCEPT __________.
| A．the universe | B．the big bang |
| C．the black hole | D．the history of science |
【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Hawking was a very famous physicist. | B．Hawking married but didn't have children. |
| C．Hawking was born in Oxford, England in 1942. | D．Doctors said Hawking would die before he was 23. |
【小题5】The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．Hawking's life | B．Hawking's study |
| C．why Hawking got ill | D．how Hawking became famous |
