Hawking's Five Easy Steps for Making Yourself a Genius
As we all know，Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains the origin of the universe. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and has sold 10 million copies. He is，most agree，very smart.
In his recently published autobiography My Brief History，Hawking offers five life lessons on how to become a genius.
1)Don’t miss opportunities by being too cool
“We showed an air of complete boredom and the feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for. One result of my illness has been to change all that. When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realize that life is worth living and that there are lots of things you want to do. ”Seize the moment，as Oxford types would say.
2)Keep it simple
When writing A Brief History of Time，he tried to make science understandable for the rest of us. “I was sure that nearly everyone is interested in how the universe operates，but most people cannot follow mathematical equations(數(shù)學(xué)公式). ”He has trouble with them，too. “This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down，but mainly because I don't have an inborn feeling for equations. My aim in the book was to describe these mental images in words. It is such an easy book that everybody can understand it.” The moral：You don't have to be a genius to know everything.
3）Have fun
Hawking has a long history of being a joker，and he has placed lots of bets with other scientists on the nature of black holes. One was with Cal-Tech scientist John Preskill. After paying off his bet by giving Preskill a baseball encyclopedia，Hawking wrote，“but maybe I should have just given him the ashes. ”So lighten up! Geniuses like bad jokes too.
4) Always look for a silver lining (even if you are seriously ill)
Hawking's disease has slowly robbed him of the ability to walk，move his arms，even speak. But，Hawking says，“in some ways I guess my disability has been an assist：I haven't had to lecture or teach students, and I haven't had to sit in meetings. So I have been able to devote myself completely to research.”In other words，Hawking was given lemons，and he made Champagne.
5)Don’t work too hard at school
……
小題1:The passage tells us the facts about A Brief History of Time EXCEPT that ________.
A．it explained the origin of the universe
B．it has sold 10 million copies up to now
C．it spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List
D．it included Hawking's five life lessons on how to become a genius
小題2:According to the passage，which of the following statements is guiding you to be a genius?
A．Place lots of bets with your friends.
B．Seize the moment to learn everything.
C．Find something good even in bad situations.
D．Get to know everything including math equations.
小題3:Hawking shows his viewpoint by ____________.
A．making comparisonsB．quoting a famous saying
C．listing the numbers and equationsD．talking about his own experience

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題分析：這篇文章是《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》的作者霍金寫(xiě)的另外一本書(shū)《我自己的簡(jiǎn)史》中的內(nèi)容，書(shū)中霍金告訴讀者成為天才的5個(gè)道理。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：As we all know，Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains the origin of the universe. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and has
sold 10 million copies. 可知ABC都是對(duì)的，而從第二段的句子：In his recently published autobiography My Brief History，Hawking offers five life lessons on how to become a genius.可知他給出5個(gè)人生的經(jīng)驗(yàn)是在My Brief History，里面的，所以選D。
小題2:推理題：從第四個(gè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)：Always look for a silver lining (even if you are seriously ill)可知霍金建議人們要在逆境中找到好的事情，選C
小題3:推理題：從每個(gè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)下面的描述可以看出霍金是用自己的人生的故事來(lái)說(shuō)明這些道理的，選D
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I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — here’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.
小題1:The author decided to write a novel ______ .
A．to finish the writing courseB．to realize her own dream
C．to satisfy readers’ wishD．to earn more money
小題2:How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A．Disturbed.B．Ashamed.C．Confident.D．Uncertain.
小題3:What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?
A．It pays off to stick to one’s goal.
B．Hard work can lead to success.
C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.
D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

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