2017-2018学年高中英语人教版必修四检测：unit2workingthelandword版含解析高考.docVIP

Unit 2　Working the land 【导语】　袁隆平年9月7日生于北京江西德安县人。中国杂交水稻育种专家被称为中国的“杂交水稻之父”中国工程院院士。 Yuan Longping，a Chinese scientist，was born in 1930.Professor Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 and since then he has devoted himself to agricultural education and research. Professor Yuan was a pioneer in hybrid rice research and made remarkable achievements in this area，first developing hybrid rice in the world.The achievements of Yuan Longping greatly solved the food shortage，and provided a solution to the worldwide starvation.It is regarded as the fifth invention after Chinas Four Major