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Unit5WorkingtheLand?

Readingandthinking(P50)

APioneerforAllPeople

Para.1YuanLongping,knownasthefatherofhybridrice1.(),isoneofChinasmostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsidershimselfafarmerbecausehe2.__________(continue)worksthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,3.____?whom?hehas?4._______(把......献给;专心于)?hislife.

Para.2YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhim1._________(pursue)acareerinscienceormedicine.However,2.________concernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaserious?3.__________(不足;缺少)?offoodtoeat.4.________________________(为了应对这一危机),hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.

Para.3Aftergraduatingin1953,he?workedas?aresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthe1._________(solve).Instead,farmersneededto?boost?yields2.()inthefieldstheyhad.3.______thiscouldbedonewasa4.____________(challenge)questionatthetime.Yuanwas?5.___________(坚信;深信)?thattheanswercouldbefoundinthe6._________(create)ofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormore7._________(vary)ofaspecies.One?8.__________(特征;特点;品质)?ofhybridsisthattheyusually?9._______(获得;得到)?ahigheryieldthan?10.____________(传统的)?crops.However,whether?itwaspossibleto?developahybridofself-pollinatingplants11.()suchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommon?12._________(假定;设定)?thenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.?Through?13._______(十分强烈的;激烈的)?effort,Yuan?14.__________(克服;解决;战胜)?enormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcould?beusedfor?farmingin1974.Thishybridenabledfarmers15.______________________________(大幅增加他们的产量).

Para.4Today,1.___________________________(据估计)about60percentof2._________(国内的)rice3.___________(