A. a little B. little C. a few D. few

A. Yes, I can’t. B.I can’t.

C. No, I can D. I’m sorry, I can’t.

—Yes, she is Mary. She plays ______ piano very well.

A. a; / B. the; the C. the; / D. a; the

A. computer book B. computer books

C. computers book D. computers books

A. box B. books C. man D. woman

—Because he was ________ to reach the apples on the tree.

A. too short B. short enough

C. too tall D. long enough

A. in; on B. on; in C. in; / D. /; on

A. next ; some B. next to ; one

C. in front ; one D. next to; not any

A、the funniest B、funnier C、funny

Have you ever read the book A brief History of Times? It 【1】 (write) by Stephen Hawking in 2013.

Stephen Hawking was born on January 8th, 1942, exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo in Oxford, England. At the age of eleven, Stephen went to Oxford University, his father’s old college. After three years, he won a first class honour degree in 【2】 (nature) science.

In October 1962, Stephen arrived at the University of Cambridge 【3】 (do) research. He 【4】 (real) enjoyed his time there. Unluckily, Stephen had a bad 【5】 (ill) shortly after his 21st birthday in 1963 and was given two years to live. Yet he went on 【6】(work) hard to become an excellent scientist. Stephen didn’t live by 【7】 (he), he fell in love with Jane Wilde and they got 【8】 (marry) in 1965, then they had three 【9】 (child).

Hawking liked China very much, and he had visited China several times. On November 24th, 2017, Hawking【10】 (reply) Wang Junkai on his Weibo. He said he was pleased to answer the excellent question from Mr. Wang Junkai.

He once said, “My goal is simple, it is complete understanding of the universe（宇宙）.” Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most famous scientists since Einstein. Hawking died on March 14th, 2018.