World famous scientist Stephen Hawking(霍金) died {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the age of seventy-six in his home in Cambridge, England on March 14. British Prime Minister Theresa May said Hawking was one of{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(great)  scientists of his time. She also said, "His achievements will not{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(forget)."

    Hawking was one of the most respected scientists in the modern history of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}/ 'fiziks/. Because of an uncommon disease(疾病) , he was kept to a wheelchair.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, the disease did not stop Hawking from studying. He used every new day that life offered{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(continue) his research of the universe(宇宙). He said, "Where there is life, there is hope." He developed {#blank#}7{#/blank#}way of thinking about problems in his mind to reach a solution.

    This way of thinking has led to his important discoveries. He was{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(one) person to present the idea of some special energy in the universe. At the same time, Hawking tried to explain many of these difficult{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(science) ideas to more people. He{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(write) several popular science books, including the bestseller A Brief History of Time which made him a household(家喻户晓的) name.

    Stephen Hawking spent his whole life understanding the universe. He is, no doubt, a legendary(传奇的) scientist of all time.

    April Fool's Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. It is also {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (call) All Fools' Day. It is not a legal(法定的) holiday. Even {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it has been celebrated for many years, it is still not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (include) in the official list of holidays every year.

    April Fool's Day is a day when people can play jokes and hoaxes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} each other. In the United States, Canada，France and South Korea, jokes and hoaxes last all day, and in some countries such {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, they last only until noon.

    In these countries if someone plays a trick on you in the afternoon, he or she will be called {#blank#}6{#/blank#} April Fool.

    Here are two{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (piece) of real April Fool's Day news in history. On April 1st, 1946, Hawaii and Alaska were hit by a tsunami(海啸) that {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (kill) 165 people. On April 1st, 2002 WWE RAW changed its logo which is used until now.

    A famous April Fool's Day hoax in history is when the Leaning Tower of Pisa was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（announce） to have fallen over， many people

called the radio station to confirm (确认) the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (surprise) news.