Stephen Hawking is the ___1__ physicist and mathematician of today. He is also _2___ “Einstein of today” “The most talented ___3__ the wheelchair”. He is one __4___ of the many disabled people who have achieved great success. At the age of 21, he found __5___ hard to move around without falling over, and he had a disease of the brain, which was getting worse, but he decided ___6__ with his research and his writing. He had to find ways that would make it possible ____7__ him to ___8___, read and write, even though he could later only move the ___9__ of one hand. In 1988 his book “ A Brief History of Time”（时间简史）___10___ a best seller.

（  ）1. A．greatest                 B．great              C．greater                  D．biggest

（  ）2 A．call                       B．called             C．calling                   D．calls

（  ）3. A．in                         B．on                  C．from                     D．of

（  ）4 A．person                    B．people            C．picture                  D．example

（  ）5. A．it                          B．them              C．him                       D．he

（  ）6. A．continuing             B．continued       C．to continue            D．continue

（  ）7. A．of                         B．for                 C．to                         D．on

（  ）8. A．tell                        B．talk                C．speak                    D．talk to

（  ）9. A．fingers                  B．hands             C．ears                      D．toes

（  ）10. A．become               B．became          C．came                    D．come