Stephen Hawking has said he believes brains could exist independently of the body after people die，but that the idea of a conventional afterlife（傳統(tǒng)意義上的死后重生）is a fairy tale．Speaking at the premiere（首映）of a documentary film about his life，Stephen Hawking said： "I think the brain is like a program in the mind，which is like a computer，so it's theoretically possible to copy the brain onto a computer and so provide a form of life after death．"
   "However，this is way beyond our present scientific and technological level．I think the conventional afterlife is a fairy tale for people afraid of the dark．" The author of "A Brief History of Time"，who earlier approved of the right for the deadly ill to end their lives as long as safeguards were in place，suffered from motor neuron（運(yùn)動(dòng)神經(jīng)元）disease at the age of 21 and was given two to three years to live．
   "All my life 1 have lived with the menace of an early death，so I hate wasting time，" Hawking said on Thursday night，using the computer-created voice he controls with a facial muscle and a blink（眨眼）from one eye．The documentary explores a brilliant schoolboy with unclear handwriting who enjoyed the life of Oxford University before illness led to a lifelong desire of discovery about the origins of the universe，which began as a graduate at Cambridge University and has shocked the world．
   Hawking's sister Mary says in the film that her brother was highly competitive and curious about everything in a household which friends described as very academic，and explains how she received a toy house as a present when they were children，to which Stephen immediately added electricity．
   She said that life with her brother was attractive and exciting． "It's a waste of time arguing with Stephen because he always manages to turn the argument round，" she said．The film goes back to his childhood and his student days and shows the scientist，who uses a wheelchair，at home with break It also explores his family life with his first wife，Jane，and their three children，the breakdown of their marriage and his marriage to one of his careers．
   Jane appears on camera to explain how the pressures of caring for the children and the increasingly disabled Hawking became even worse once full-time nurses were brought into the home，destroying any privacy（隱私）．His second wife and former nurse，Elaine Mason，does not appear in the film，and Hawking introduces their 1995-2007 marriage with a few pictures and a brief description．

（1）To the will of incurable patients to end their lives，Hawking

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A．shows his deep concern
B．holds a negative attitude
C．is conditionally agreeable
D．expresses his strong approval
（2）What does the underlined word "menace" in Paragraph 3 mean？

B

B

A．power
B．threat
C．influence
D．desire
（3）According to Mary，when they were children

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A．they never argued with each other
B．Hawking gave her a toy house with electricity
C．Hawking showed outstanding talent for physics
D．she didn't like living with Hawking because of his competitiveness
（4）It can be inferred that

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D

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A．Hawking's first wife was once a full-time nurse
B．the film mainly presents Hawking's student days
C．Hawking now has to use his wheelchair wherever he goes
D．Jane felt too stressed to continue her marriage with Hawking