Unit 1 单元话题阅读理解练习高二英语选择性必修第二册单元重难点.docx

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Unit1ScienceandScientists

单元话题阅读理解练习

（2022春·宁夏银川·高二校考学业考试）AlthoughheisoneofChina’smostfamousscientists,YuanLongpingconsidershimselfafarmer,forheworksthelandtodohisresearch.Indeed,hissunburntfaceandarmsandhisslim,strongbodyarejustlikethoseofmillionsofChinesefarmers,forwhomhehasstruggledforthepastfivedecades.YuanLongpinggrowssuperhybridrice.In1973,hebecamethefirstagriculturalpioneerintheworldtogrowthesuperhybridricethathasahighoutput.Thisspecialstrainofricemakesitpossibletoproduce20%moreofthecropinthesamefields.Nowmorethan60%ofthericeisfromthishybridstrain.

Bornin1930,YuanLongpinggraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953.Sincethen,findingwaystoproducemorericehasbeenhislifegoal.Asayoungman,hesawthegreatneedforincreasingthericeoutput.Atthattime,hungerwasaprobleminmanypartsofChina.YuanLongpinglookedforawaytoincreasericeoutputwithoutexpandingtheareaofthefields.In1950,Chinesefarmerscouldproduceabout56milliontonsofrice,butnownearly200milliontonsperyear.Nearly22%oftheworld’speoplearefedfromjust7%ofthefarmlandintheworld,whichisduetothesuperhybridricegrownbyYuanLongping.

1．WhatisYuanLongping?

A．Heisanartist. B．Heisascientist.

C．Heisadoctor. D．Heisateacher.

2．Whatdoestheunderlinedwords“fivedecades”meaninparagraphone?

A．fiftymillionyears. B．fiftythousandyears.

C．fiftyhundredyears. D．fiftyyears.

3．In1973,whathappenedtoYuanLongping?

A．Hewasborn.

B．Hegrewthesuperhybridriceasthefirstagriculturalpioneer.

C．Hegraduatedfromthecollege.

D．Heproduced56milliontonsofrice.

（2023秋·重庆·高二校考开学考试）Recently,therehavebeenhugeadvancesinArtificialIntelligence(AI)programsthatcreateart.Theprograms,whichcreateartworksbasedonshortdescriptions,haveama