Unit 5 Working the Land 课文改编语法填空- 高二上学期英语人教版选择性必修第一册.docVIP

A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Yuan Longping, known 1 the “father of hybrid rice”, is one of China’s most famous 2 (scientist). Yet, he considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim 3 strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to 4 he has devoted his life. Yuan Longping was born 5 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was 6 farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. 7 (tackle) this crisis, he chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing. After 8 (graduate) in 1953, he worked 9 a researcher. Yuan Longping realised that larger fields were not the 10 (solve). Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. How this, could be done was a 11 (challenge) question at the time. Yuan was convinced that the answer could 12 (find) in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross between two or more 13 (variety) of a species. One characteristic of hybrids is 14 they usually attain a 15 (high) yield than conventional crops. However, whether it was possible 16 (develop) a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. The common assumption then was 17 it could not be done. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the 18 (one) hybrid rice that could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers 19 (expand) their output 20 (great). Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops 21 (generate) from Yuan’s hybrid strains, and his strains have allowed China’s farmers 22 (produce) around 200 million tons of rice per year. Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China,