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Jane Hawking met the man who was to become her husband in 1963, shortly before the beginning of his illness. They married two years later and, as Hawking got down to work, the disease progressed (1) i...................tandem with his fame.
A string of academic positions and awards came his way (2)
a.................... did an increasing dependence on his wife and those
around him. For Mrs Hawking, (3) h..............., life became paradoxically easier. An American philanthropic organization provided the (4) f............... for 24-hour nursing. For the first time in their marriage, she was no (5) I...............wholly (6) r..........for keeping him
alive, and could devote more time (7) t...................concentrating on
her own work and their three children.
Mrs Hawking has a neat, organized air, and a (8) v.................
that is high-pitched and genteel. (9) N................of which conceals
the fact that she regards the world's belief that her husband is about
to come up with an explanation for the universe (10) w..................
the deepest suspicion. It is ironic that his work threatens to undermine the foundations of her strongly (11) h..................religious convictions, which have sustained her throughout the years of caring,
and (12) w................which he might not have been able to continue
his work.
«There's one aspect of his thought that I (13) f.................. increasingly upsetting and difficult to live (14) w.................,» she explains It is the feeling that, because everything is reduced (15) t..................a rational, mathematical formula, that must be the truth.
He is now postulating a (16) t................ in which the universe is like
the shape of the earth with no beginning and no end and no need for God at all.
(17) W……….. I cant understand is whether his theory
allows (18) f………….other interpretations or not. I can never get an
answer and I find it very upsetting». What she does get, when the
conversation (19) r............. a point beyond which he will not go, is
the Hawking grin, which can clearly be infuriating. For Mrs Hawk ing, a devout Anglican, it seems like an agnostic slamming a (20; d..................in her face.
The Hawking Story
Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
Hawking's illness prevented him from working. T/F
The Hawkings were initially unable
to afford full-time professional nursing. T/F
Jane Hawking gave up working when she had children. T/F
Jane Hawking is dubious about her husband's work. T/F
Jane Hawking and her husband share
the same fundamental beliefs. T/T
There are certain beliefs that Hawking
does not discuss with his wife. T/F
THEME THREE
