2.C　细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知有人说霍金是一个懒学生,但他的聪明让他名列前茅并为他赢得了从事研究事业的“敲门砖”,故选C项。

　　3.A　推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“In 1974 he was elected to the Royal Society at the exceptionally early age of 32.”可判断霍金出生于1942年,故选A项。

　　4.C　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“one of the main achievements of string theory has been to confirm and build on his idea”可知,弦理论基于霍金的理论,故C项正确。

　　二、语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

　　My Italian grandmother was a wonderful woman.I always felt 1.(bless) growing up in her home as a boy.She worked hard,laughed loud,and was never afraid of what life threw 2. her. 

　　When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties,my dad 3.(force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home.It was with a heavy heart 4. dad moved grandmother into a nursing home. 

　　Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room.It was a wonderful 5.(celebrate) of her life and the love we all had for her.

　　Shortly after that birthday,however,life gave her the 6.(tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too.The dementia(痴呆)grew worse and worse.At times when I visited her she didn’t know 7. I was.During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept.When she awoke,her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize 8..She looked down at my hand 9.(hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away,she smiled at me.Then she closed her eyes and went 10.(peace) back to sleep.I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me,her spirit still remembered love. 

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