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Stephen William Hawking (born on January 8, 1942) is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. As a child, he was enthusiastic about(design) complicated toys but (unfortunate), in his twenties, he suffereda disease that couldn't be cured,was a great challenge for him. As the condition (progress) over the years, finally he became almost entirely paralysed (癱瘓的) and could only communicate through a speech generating device. However, not only was he positive about the misfortunes, but he also eventually defeated all the (obstacle) and became (absorb) in his research into the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time(publish), in which he put forward the idea that time(it) has a beginning, and that it will have an end. This book stayed on the British Sunday Times best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. In (conclude), he has made outstanding contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

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【答案】designing；unfortunately；from；which；progressed；obstacles；absorbed；was published；itself；conclusion
【解析】本文主要介紹了Stephen William Hawking的故事，年輕時(shí)，Hawking患上了一種不能治療的疾病，以致最后身體完全癱瘓，但是他并沒(méi)有自暴自棄，而是堅(jiān)強(qiáng)樂(lè)觀的面對(duì)人生。他在宇宙學(xué)和量子引力這些領(lǐng)域做出了重要的貢獻(xiàn)。
（1）考查固定用法。句意：他熱衷于設(shè)計(jì)復(fù)雜的玩具。be enthusiastic about doing sth.熱心于做某事，是固定用法，所以填designing。
（2）考查副詞。句意：不幸的是，在他二十多歲的時(shí)候，他患上了一種不能治愈的疾病。修飾整個(gè)句子，而且有逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)，需要用副詞，所以填unfortunately。
（3）考查固定短語(yǔ)。句意：他患上了一種不能治愈的疾病。suffer from患……病，所以填from。
（4）考查非限制性定語(yǔ)從句。句意：這對(duì)于他是最大的挑戰(zhàn)。____4____ was a great challenge for him. 是一個(gè)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，關(guān)系詞在從句中作主語(yǔ)，指代整個(gè)主句內(nèi)容，所以填which。
（5）考查時(shí)態(tài)。句意：情況繼續(xù)發(fā)展。表示發(fā)生在過(guò)去的事情，用一般過(guò)去時(shí)，所以填progressed。
（6）考查名詞單復(fù)數(shù)。句意：他最終克服了所有障礙�！八�有障礙”是復(fù)數(shù)意義，所以用名詞復(fù)數(shù)，填obstacles。
（7）考查固定用法。句意：他開(kāi)始專(zhuān)注于對(duì)宇宙的研究。be absorbed in全神貫注于，是固定用法，所以填absorbed。
（8）考查語(yǔ)態(tài)。句意：《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》出版了。A Brief History of Time 與publish之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，并且表示發(fā)生在過(guò)去的事情，所以用一般過(guò)去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，填was published。
（9）考查反身代詞。句意：在《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》中，他提出了這樣一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)，時(shí)間本身有一個(gè)起點(diǎn)。所以填itself。
（10）考查固定短語(yǔ)。句意：總之，他做出了杰出的貢獻(xiàn)。in conclusion總之，最后，是固定短語(yǔ)，所以填conclusion。