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课时数智作业(十七)

选择性必修第一册UNIT1PEOPLEOFACHIEVEMENT

Ⅰ．阅读理解

A篇(限时6分钟)

HEROESINYOUREYES

Everyoneknowsthepeoplewhohavehelpedtochangethefaceoftheworldinrecentyears．FromBillGatestoSteveJobs，fewwouldnotrecognisetheirnames．However，thosewhoworktirelesslybehindthescenesoftengounnoticed，inspiteoftheirgreatachievements．Ifyouknowanyonewhodeservestohavetheircontributionsrecognised，wewouldlovetohearfromyou!Letusknowhowthesepeoplehavehelpedtomakeadifferenceinyoureyes．

·ThepersonIrespectmostisthegeophysicistHuangDanian，whohelpedChinatomakemanytechnologicaladvance．Huangwasaremarkablescientist．HehadstudiedandworkedinBritainfor18years，butwhenhefeltthathiscountryneededhim，hegaveuphiswell-paidjobandreturnedtoChina．Overthenextsevenyears，Huangworkedtodevelopmanydevicesneededfordeep-Earthexploration．Unfortunately，suchachievementsdidntcomecheap．Duetothefranticpaceofhisresearch，Huangwasabsentfromhisfathersfuneral，andevenhisowncancerwentundetectedashehadnotimetoseeadoctor．Tosumup，HuangsacrificedeverythingforhisresearchandIthinkmorepeopleshouldhonourhim．

(ZhangKeyu，Hubei)

·IwanttotelleveryoneabouttwoteachersonChangyuIsland—WangKaiquanandLinZhujin．Fewpeopleknowaboutthishometownofmine．Theislandisbeautiful，butitsquiteisolated，andtherearentmanymodernconveniences．Inbadweatherevenourwaterandpowersuppliesareunstable．Peoplewhohaveneverbeentoourislandareoftensurprisedbythisandfindithardtoadjust．Manywholiveontheislanddreamofleaving．Thesetwoprimaryschoolteachers，however，havestayedonfor23longyears!Theyaretheonlyteachershere，andtheyplantostayforaslongastherearechildrenwhoneedtoattendschool．Iwanttothankthem，andlettheworldknowabouttheseteacherswhoworktirelesslyeverydayforthesakeofthechildren．

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