Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford（牛津），England on the eighth of January, 1942. He went to school in ST Albans-a small city near London. After leaving school, Mr. Hawking went to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University（剑桥大学）.
When he was 29 years old, Mr. Hawking got a bad illness. He couldn't speak or一 move without the help of a machine（机器）.Doctors said they, had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23. At first, Mr. Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. He worked hard and later became a very famous professor（教授）.Today he still works at Cambridge University as a professor.

1. 1.

   When was Mr. Hawking born?

2. 2.

   How many universities did Mr. Hawking study in?

3. 3.

   In which year did Mr. Hawking get a bad illness?

4. 4.

   Did Mr. Hawking go to school in London?

5. 5.

   Where does Mr. Hawking still work today.

　　Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child. He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford (牛津大学) for two or three years. At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home. He wanted a change. And he also wanted to tell his parent about Oxford.

　　It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper. They had in front of them only two chickens. Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, “My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford. Now I want to know what you have learned. ”The son smiled and said, “Father, I have studied a science which can make prove (证明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens. ”“Well, ” said the father, “this is something I would like very much to know. ”

　　“There are two chickens on the plate, ” said the student, he took one of the chickens in his hand and said. “Here is one more; and one and two makes three. So here are three chickens. ” Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, “I will have one of the chickens myself; your mother shall have another; and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else.” The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

1．The rich man loved his son very much, so he ________ .

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A．sent him to work at Oxford for two or three years.

B．wanted him to live at Oxford for two or three years.

C．sent him to Oxford to study.

2．The story happened ________ .

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A．one morning when the family were having breakfast

B．One night when the student and his parents were having dinner

C．one evening when they were sitting at the table

3．The father asked his son ________ .

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A．how much money he had spent at the university

B．how he likes Oxford

C．what he had learned by the end of the first year at the university

4．The student said that ________ .

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A．he could make three chickens

B．he could change the two chickens on the plate into three

C．he could prove the two chickens on the plate were really three

5．In the end ________ .

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A．the student had nothing to eat for his supper

B．each of them had a chicken for their supper

C．the father gave his son the third chicken to eat