Tu Youyou, pharmacologist, born in December 1930 Tu, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, a kind of medicine used to fight against malaria (疟疾) has solved the problem of fighting against malaria and done a lot for scientific and technological inventions in traditional Chinese medicine and human health. |
Zhang Fuqing,war hero, born in December 1924 Zhang served as a People's Liberation (解放) Army soldier in the Liberation War and was twice given the name of War Hero. He volunteered in 1955 to work in Laifeng County, Hubei Province's remotest county,so he could give his life to the poor in the mountainous region. |
Wang Youde,desert fighter, born in September 1953 Wang led his partners to build over 600,000 mu of sand﹣fixation (固定) forest and managed to control nearly 1 million mu of quicksand, helpfully preventing the development of the Maowusu Desert. His work offered valuable experience to sand prevention and control in China. |
Yuan Longping, agriculturalist, born in September 1930 Yuan, the Father of Hybrid Rice, was the first person in the world to develop a hybrid rice strain, and his research on higher rice yields (产量) helped provide a solution to worldwide hunger and starvation. |
(1)Which of the following is Tu Youyou's great achievement?
A. Discovering artemisinin.
B. Serving the people in the poor region.
C. Preventing and controlling sand.
D. Developing a hybrid rice strain.
(2)Who used to be a soldier and then worked in the poor region?
A. Tu Youyou.
B. Zhang Fuqing.
C. Wang Youde.
D. Yuan Longping.
(3)What is Wang Youde doing for our country?
A. He is doing a research on higher rice yields.
B. He is protecting the environment.
C. He is working on the inventions in human health.
D. He is trying to help poor people to be rich.
(4)Which is the right statement?
A. Zhang Fuqing is a desert fighter.
B. Tu Youyou is a war hero.
C. Wang Youde is the winner of the Nobel Prize.
D. Yuan Longping is the Father of Hybrid Rice.
(5)The passage may come from .
A. A storybook.
B. A novel.
C. A newspaper.
D. Science fiction.