首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
【F1】Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation
【F1】Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation
admin
2014-10-27
38
问题
【F1】
Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space exploration—for humanity’ s sake.
【F2】
The 71-year-old Hawking said he did not think humans would survive another 1, 000 years "without escaping beyond our fragile planet."
The British cosmologist made the remarks Tuesday before an audience of doctors, nurses and employees at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he toured a stem cell laboratory that’s focused on trying to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Hawking was diagnosed with the neurological disorder 50 years ago while a student at Cambridge University.【F3】
He recalled how he became depressed and initially didn’t see a point in finishing his doctorate.
But he continued to delve into his studies. "If you understand how the universe operates, you control it in a way," he said.
Renowned for his work on black holes and the origins of the cosmos, Hawking is famous for bringing esoteric physics concepts to the masses through his best-selling books, including "A Brief History of Time," which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Hawking titled his hourlong lecture to Cedars-Sinai employees "A Brief History of Mine."
Hawking has survived longer than most people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control the muscles.【F4】
People gradually have more and more trouble breathing and moving as muscles weaken and waste away.
There’s no cure and no way to reverse the disease’s progression. Few people with ALS live longer than a decade. Hawking receives around-the-clock care, can only communicate by twitching his cheek, and relies on a computer mounted to his wheelchair to convey his thoughts in a distinctive robotic monotone. Despite his diagnosis, Hawking has remained active. In 2007, he floated like an astronaut on an aircraft that creates weightlessness by making parabolic dives.【F5】
Hawking rattled off nuggets of advice: Look up at the stars and not down at your feet, be curious.
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at," he said. Dr. Robert Baloh, director of Cedars-Sinai’s ALS program who invited Hawking, said he had no explanation for the physicist’s longevity. Baloh said he has treated patients who lived for 10 years or more. "But 50 years is unusual, to say the least," he said.
【F3】
选项
答案
他回忆起自己变得抑郁的过程,当时甚至觉得自己拿不到博士学位。
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ByK4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
EuropeansandAmericansalikehavecertainromanticnotionsaboutSweden.Weimagineitasalandofliberal-mindedpeoplelivin
Everyonehassufferedfromheadaches,but【C1】______recentlymedicalresearcherswerenotcertainwhatcausedthem.Blewresearch
Consumersandproducersobviouslymakedecisionsthatmoldtheeconomy,butthereisathirdmajor【C1】______toconsidertherole
Thegreatchariotofsociety,whichforsolonghadrundownthegentleslopeoftradition,nowfounditselfpoweredbyaninter
Thegreatchariotofsociety,whichforsolonghadrundownthegentleslopeoftradition,nowfounditselfpoweredbyaninter
TheInternationalCommunityTextbookMakesSelectionaModeDifferentIt’softenbeensaidthathistoryiswrittenbythewi
TheInternationalCommunityTextbookMakesSelectionaModeDifferentIt’softenbeensaidthathistoryiswrittenbythewi
TheOilProducesWorldoilproductionisabouttoreachapeakandgointoitsfinaldecline.Foryears,ahandfulofpetrol
CharacteristicMedicalTreatmentItisstartlinghowcommonthesechronicdiseaseslikecancerarewhenonelooksatthenum
IncontrasttoBritain,FranceisfundingtheirmedicalcareTheproposed"alternativefundingmodels"(Paragraph2)mightbem
随机试题
A.左心室增大B.右心室增大C.左心房增大D.右心房增大E.左心房、心室均增大在右前斜位X线片上食管受压向后移位,提示
XYZ股票50美元时,某交易者认为该股票有上涨潜力,便以3.5美元的价格购买了该股票2013年7月到期、执行价格为50美元的美式看涨期权,该期权的合约规模为100股股票,即该期权合约赋予交易者在2013年7月合约到期前的任何交易日,以50美元
简述现代教育的特征。
下列句子有语病的一项是()。
近日,有人称甲状腺癌在癌症中的发病率大幅升高,主要原因是长期食用加碘盐。而据专家介绍,世界卫生组织推荐成人每日碘摄入量为150一300微克,欧盟和美国的医学研究机构认为成人碘摄入可耐受上限每日600微克和1100微克。我国碘盐平均含碘量为30毫克/千克。按
一个馒头店老板承诺每天早上无偿为每位环卫工人提供5个热馒头,经媒体报道后,来领取馒头的人显著增多。一段时间后造成馒头店资金亏损严重,生意经营困难,老板想收回承诺。对此,你怎么看?
在一个实验中,被试的简单反应时是300ms,辨别反应时是450ms,选择反应时是850ms,该被试的选择时间是()。[统考2014]
设z=z(x,y)是由方程x2+y2一z=φ(x+y+z)所确定的函数,其中φ具有二阶导数且φ’≠一1。记u(x,y)=求[img][/img]
Whatdoesthespeakerfeelaboutsummerpictures?
WhenfamiliesgatherforChristmasdinner,somewillsticktoformaltraditionsdatingbacktoGrandma’sgeneration.Theirtable
最新回复
(
0
)