Hawking's Five Easy Steps for Making Yourlf a Genius As we all know，Stephen H

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Hawking's Five Easy Steps for Making Yourlf a Genius As we all know，Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains the origin of the univer. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and has sold 10 million copies. He is，most agree，very smart. In his recently published autobiography My Brief History，Hawking offers five life lessons on how to become a genius. 1)Don’t miss opportunities by being too cool “We showed an air of complete boredom and the feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for. One result of my illness has been to change all that. When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realize that life is worth living and that there are lots of things you want to do. ”Seize the moment，as Oxford types would say. 2)Keep it simple When writing A Brief History of Time，he tried to make science understandable for the rest of us. “I was sure that nearly everyone is interested in how the univer operates，but most people cannot follow mathematical equations(数学公式). ”He has trouble with them，too. “This is partly becau it is difficult for me to write them down，but mainly becau I don't have an inborn feeling for equations. My aim in the book was to describe the mental images in words. It is such an easy book that everybody can understand it.” The moral：You don't have to be a genius to know everything. 3）Have fun Hawking has a long history of being a joker，and he has placed lots of bets with other scientists on the nature of black holes. One was with Cal-Tech scientist John Preskill. After paying off his bet by giving Preskill a baball encyclopedia，Hawking wrote，“but maybe I should have just given him the ashes. ”So lighten up! Genius like bad jokes too. 4) Always look for a silver lining (even if you are riously ill) Hawking's dia has slowly robbed him of the ability to walk，move his arms，even speak. But，Hawking says，“in some ways I guess my disability has been an assist：I haven't had to lecture or teach students, and I haven't had to sit in meetings. So I have been able to devote mylf completely to rearch.”In other words，Hawking was given lemons，and he made Champagne. 5)Don’t work too hard at school……小题1:The passage tells us the facts about A Brief History of Time EXCEPT that ________.A．it explained the origin of the univerB．it has sold 10 million copies up to nowC．it spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller ListD．it included Hawking's five life lessons on how to become a genius小题2:According to the passage，which of the following statements is guiding you to be a genius?A．Place lots of bets with your friends. B．Seize the moment to learn everything. C．Find something good even in bad situations. D．Get to know everything including math equations.小题3:Hawking shows his viewpoint by ____________. A．making comparisonsB．quoting a famous sayingC．listing the numbers and equationsD．talking about his own experience 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:C小题3:D

解析

这篇文章是《时间简史》的作者霍金写的另外一本书《我自己的简史》中的内容，书中霍金告诉读者成为天才的5个道理。小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：As we all know，Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains the origin of the univer. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and hassold 10 million copies. 可知ABC都是对的，而从第二段的句子：In his recently published autobiography My Brief History，Hawking offers five life lessons on how to become a genius.可知他给出5个人生的经验是在My Brief History，里面的，所以选D。小题2:推理题：从第四个经验：Always look for a silver lining (even if you are riously ill)可知霍金建议人们要在逆境中找到好的事情，选C小题3:推理题：从每个经验下面的描述可以看出霍金是用自己的人生的故事来说明这些道理的，选D

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“ Hawking's Five Easy.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。