2021-2022学年深圳市福田区九校联考试卷.pdfVIP

2021-2022 学年广东省深圳市福田区九校联考 九年级 (上) 期中英语试卷 I. 完形填空。 “Huh! Rice again ？” These days, many people are so picky (挑剔的) about food. When they feel fed up with eating rice, they just (1) lots of it. Well, if they had lived 75 years ago, they would never have done so. At that time, starving (挨饿) to death was (2) in China. Yuan Longping, then a teenager, felt heartbroken about this. He thought, “What if I could grow enough rice? In that way, nobody would ever die of (3) !” This dream became a little (4) in Yuan’s heart. After he finished high school, he decided to study agriculture. China is large, but the land that can be used to grow rice is quite limited . That’s why it was difficult to grow (5) rice for everybody. In 1960, as an agricultural researcher, Yuan came up with the idea for hybrid rice (杂 名校 交水稻). After years of hard work, in 1973, he developed the world ’s first high--yield (高 真题 产的) hybrid rice. It was a(n) (6) piece of news. 试卷 With this rice, an extra 70 million people could be fed each year! The seed in Yuan’s heart finally sprouted (发芽) ! Yuan ’s rice has since been grown worldwide. Yuan, (7) , always wanted his rice to be more, and more, productive. Even in his 90s, the “Father of Hybrid Rice” was still busy doing (8) . Yuan died several months ago, but his invention will continue to (9) people around the world. The next time you see rice, think about Yuan and his hard work. Ask yourself: Is i