（三十）B(2018·四川达州)
If anyone can be called a scientific giant after Albert Einstein,that person must be Stephen Hawking.He was born in Oxford,England on Jan.8th,1942.What a pity!On March 14th,2018,the world-famous British scientist   41  in Cambridge,UK.
After leaving high school,Hawking went first to Oxford University   42   he studied cosmology(宇宙学).As he himself admitted,he didn’t work hard.And he did   43   work. However,he always enjoyed thinking everything around him,especially the universe.Today,he is called the King of the Universe.
It was at the age of 21 that Hawking first   44   something was wrong with him.He started to bump into some things.When he visited his family at Christmas time,his mother was so worried that she   45   him see a doctor.Hawking was sent to hospital for tests.Finally,the result came back.He   46   to have motor neuron disease(运动神经元病),an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak,breathe or move   47  the help of a machine.Doctors said they had no ways to help him.He might die before 23.
  48  ,Hawking became very depressed.After a while,though,he began to see his life in a different way.As he later wrote,“After my illness was diagnosed(诊断)，I was very   49   with life.There had not seemed to be anything worth doing.But shortly after I came out of hospital,I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile(值得做的)things I could do.”Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor.We strongly believe that his story shows that   50  ,how bad their situation is,should lose hope.“Life is not fair”He once said,“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”      
41.A.has been dead B.died C.has died D.was died
42.A.which B.when C.that D.where
43.A.much              B.lots of C.little D.few
44.A.noticed       B.saw     C.feels    D.watches
45.A.advised           B.made     C.told          D.wanted
46.A.found           B.was founded C.was found D.founded
47.A.without       B.with    C.under   D.by
48.A.At last          B.At first C.However D.Firstly of all
49.A.boring        B.excited   C.interested D.bored
50.A.nobody      B.somebody   C.anybody    D.everybody

【主旨大意】
本文是一篇记叙文。这篇短文讲述了霍金的故事。1942年出生在英国牛津，毕业后他去牛津大学学习物理，后来去剑桥大学学习宇宙学，正如他自己承认，他工作不努力。在他21岁的时候，他得了一种无法治愈的疾病，起初他很难过，后来他意识到他有很多值得要做的事情。他的故事表明，无论状况有多么的糟糕，都不应该放弃希望。