When two Bangs meet
SHELDON Cooper is a scientific genius on the popular American TV show, The Big Bang Theory (《生活大爆炸》). He finally met his match last year: Stephen Hawking.
This is not the first time that the scientist has appeared on TV. He has also been on Star Trek (in 1987) and The Simpsons (in 1989). Each time, he played himself.
Hawking, 71, is perhaps the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He has spent his whole life studying the beginning and the end of the universe, including the Big Bang (宇宙大爆炸) theory.
The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe. According to the theory, about 13.7 billion years ago everything was all squeezed together in a tiny, tight little ball, and then the ball exploded. The results of that explosion are what we call the universe.?
Hawking has always tried to make science more popular with people. His book: A Brief History of Time was published in 1988. In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. The book tries to explain many subjects about the universe to common readers, including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones (光錐).
Hawking’s achievements are even greater if you think about his disability. When he was 21, Hawking caught a bad illness that slowly stopped him from moving or talking. Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer’s mouse. He chooses his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer (合成器).
Hawking also believes that there might be aliens in space. However, he believes they are probably very dangerous, so we should not look for them. “I imagine they might exist in very big ships ... having used up all the resources from their home planet,” Hawking said in a British documentary named Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. 
【小題1】What does the “two Bangs” in the title refer to?

A．The director of “The Big Bang Theory” and the founder of it.
B．The director and the actor of “The Big Bang Theory”.
C．The founder of the “Big Bang” theory and its spreader.
D．The scientific genius on TV show and the one alive in real life.
【小題2】Acting in The Big Bang Theory is Hawking’s _____ time on TV.
A．first B．second C．third D．fourth
【小題3】According to Paragraph 5, Hawking wrote the book A Brief History of Time especially for _____.
A．scientists who study the universe
B．people who know a lot about the universe
C．people who know little about the universe
D．people who only know simple language
【小題4】The Big Bang theory mainly explains _____.
A．how the universe started B．what the universe is like
C．how old the universe is D．how the universe exploded
【小題5】According to the passage, which of the following about Hawking is TRUE?
A．He was born with a disability.
B．He uses a computer to communicate.
C．He believes aliens are our friends.
D．He encourages people to look for aliens.


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：文章從電視劇《生活大爆炸》引出霍金和他寫的書，介紹了霍金的成就，也提到他的疾病對(duì)他生活造成的影響。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：SHELDON Cooper is a scientific genius on the popular American TV show, The Big Bang Theory (《生活大爆炸》). He finally met his match last year: Stephen Hawking. 可知“two Bangs”指的是電視劇中的天才和現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的天才，選D
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：This is not the first time that the scientist has appeared on TV. He has also been on Star Trek (in 1987) and The Simpsons (in 1989). Each time, he played himself.可知這是霍金第三次在電視劇中扮演自己，選C
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：In the book he shares his understanding of the universe in simple language. 可知霍金寫《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》是因?yàn)楹芏嗳瞬涣私庥钪�，選C
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：The Big Bang theory explains the early development of the universe.可知宇宙大爆炸理論主要是解釋宇宙是怎么形成的，選A
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer’s mouse.可知霍金用電腦進(jìn)行交流，選B
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