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阅读理解 On May 22, 2021, the whole nation was saddened by the news that Chinese scientist Yuan Longping died. Dr Yuan Longping worked most of his life growing better rice. As a result of his research, Chinese people are no longer worried about getting starved. His great work also helped the world produce more and more rice. In the 1960s, Yuan saw many people die of hunger every day. Since then, he has researched how to grow much better crops. In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice（杂交水稻）plant that had great advantages over others. He then began to study the parts of this unusual plant.