Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD

Language in use You are going to read a text about Stephen Hawking. Some words are missing from the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–12) in the text. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 11 Stephen Hawking, cosmologist, physicist and best-selling author is professor of mathematics at Cambridge University and is without (0) ..... the leading theoretical scientist of our time. His fame has been (Q1) ….. by the extraordinary determination with which he has (Q2) ..... the disease that has progressively paralysed his body. (Q3) ..... the age of 21 he was given a life expectancy of three years. He is now 68. When he lost the (Q4) ..... of speech through his illness, he learnt to communicate via a voice synthe- sizer, using muscles in his cheek to (Q5) ..... text on a computer. For years, when he was spotted around Cambridge by tourists who (Q6) ..... exclaim, ‘No way it’s Stephen Hawking,’ this speech machine (Q7) ..... with the automatic reply: ‘I am always being (Q8) ..... for that man.’ His wheelchair and voice have made him (Q9) ..... recognisable, and he has (Q10) ..... on several TV shows, including e Simpsons , in (Q11) ..... he tells Homer: ‘Your (Q12) ..... of a doughnut-shaped universe intrigues me, Homer. I may have to steal it.’ 0 A uncertainty B problem C difficulty D doubt Q1 A increased B multiplied C expanded D developed Q2 A received B coped C dealt D faced Q3 A On B With C At D In Q4 A power B ability C possibility D capacity Q5 A register B enter C set D give Q6 A did B would C should D could Q7 A programmed B had programmed C was programming D was programmed Q8 A mistaken B confused C mixed D puzzled Q9 A directly B instantly C quickly D suddenly Q10 A revealed B appeared C shown D arrived Q11 A what B whom C whose D which Q12 A system B theory C plan D scheme 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 D Stephen Hawking 203 6 Compact unit 6: Science Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv