话题(九) 中国的骄傲——袁隆平
第一节 用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成句子(每空仅限1个单词)
1.The twins didn't eat up all the food they , so they took the rest away.(order)
2.I hope that in a few time, you will come back to visit our school. (year)
3.—How many times have you been here?
—This is my visit. (four)
4.Doctors say that too much is not good for a child's development. (pressure)
5.I believe that a better environment can be in China and we should work together to make it come true. (create)
6.I think online saves a lot of time because people don't have to wait in line. (shop)
7.If you talk with others about your problem, you are halfway to it.(solve)
8.He was told to have another on his right leg. (operate)
9.How can you tell whether it's a change or a chemical one? (physics)
10.In order to provide passengers with better service, about 300 trains in China started Wi-Fi service this year. (free)
11.I prefer historical dramas because they are a way for me to learn history. (relax)
12. After the Senior High Entrance Exam, I'll have two holiday. (month)
13. After working all night, Kate couldn't stay the next morning. (wake)
14.Of all the teachers in the school, Mrs. Smith is the most with students. (patient)
15. The foreigner is with the pleasant taste of Chinese food. (please)
第二节 阅读短文,根据首字母、音标及语境的提示在空白处填入适当的单词(1个单词);或根据汉语意思的提示,在空白处填入适当的短语,使短文语意连贯,意思完整。
As the old Chinese saying goes, “Humanity's most basic relationship is with what we eat.”
Although food has 16. (扮演重要的角色) in Chinese culture for years, 17. had been a huge problem until the 1970s.However, the Chinese scientist Yuan Longping helped to fix this problem.
On Sept. 8, 2018, Yuan, 18. China's 2018 Future Science Prize, for his research on rice. Even on his 88th birthday, he took part in the International Development Forum of Rice Production. Although he was recovering 19. an illness, he was happy to talk to reporters about his latest research with seawater rice.
Yuan has been conducting(指导) research on rice 20.s he was at college. In 1964, he discovered a natural hybrid rice plant. Since then, he has focused on developing high-yield, hybrid rice varieties. These varieties now account for about two 21.t of China's rice crop. So, it's no wonder that he 22. (作为……而著名) the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. And thanks to China's Belt and Road Initiative, Yuan's hybrid rice is helping to solve food problems around the world. Indeed, hybrid rice plants in Kenya produce four to five 23.t more rice than the country's regular rice plants.
Yuan delivered a 24.s in English at the 9th Shandong High-Level Talents Forum in Qingdao last year.
His speech made him an Internet sensation(轰动). 25. with “I speak broken English”, his 20-minute speech 26. (结果是) to be a huge success, with barely any pauses or mistakes.
But 27. (尽管) his great knowledge, Yuan understands that even the 28. [?wa?z?st] people should still be open to learning new things. “The farmers of our country possess rich 29.e in planting rice,” he told Xinhua. “We should 30. (向……学习) them.”
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