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The 2015 Nobel Prizes have been announced. Sweden's Nobel Prize committee said the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the drug avcrmectin（除虫菌素）.The prize for medicine is also going to Tu Youyou. She discovered artemisinin（青蒿素）. Artemisinin is a drug that has greatly lowered the number of people who die from malaria(疟疾). The committee said her greatest achievement is that discovery of artemisinin has given the world new ways to fight against two serious diseases. That's why Ms. Tu got the prize. It is said those diseases influence millions of people every year.

Ms. Tu is the chief professor at the China Academy of Traditional Medicine. She is also the first Chinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine. It took her great and painful effort to make the great discovery. She always tested the medicine by herself and her liver(肝) got badly hurt. From 1972 to 2012, Ms. Tu went through about 40 failures before she succeeded. But she never gave up and always fought on.

A member of the Nobel committee said that the award for Tu Youyou is the result of a great change in the way that Chinese do scientific research. He says China has spent a lot of money on this kind of research. This member also said that the work of the three scientists could help end the health risk of diseases affecting 3.4 billion people.

【1】Is Ms. Tu the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel prize for medicine?

【2】How long did it take her to make the discovery?

【3】What is her greatest achievement?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, she is.

【2】40/Forty years.

【3】 Discovery of artemisinin has given the world new ways to fight against two serious diseases.

【解析】

试题分析：药学家屠呦呦由于青蒿素的发现和在治疗疟疾方面的杰出贡献，成为中国大陆第一个赢得诺贝尔奖的科学家。中国科学家仍将致力于消除影响34亿人的疾病的健康风险的实验。

【1】细节理解题。根据第二段中“She is also the first Chinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.”可得知，屠呦呦是中国第一个获得诺贝尔奖的女性。故答案是Yes, she is。

【2】细节理解题。根据“From 1972 t0 2012, Ms. Tu went through about 40 failures before she succeeded.”可知，从1972年起到2012年，在这40年间，她失败了大概40次才成功。故填40/Forty years。【3】细节理解题。根据文章第一段中“The committee said her greatest achievement is that discovery of artemisinin has given the world new ways to fight against two serious diseases.”可知，屠呦呦的最大贡献是青蒿素的发现给世界新的方法来对抗严重的疾病。故答案是Discovery of artemisinin has given the world new ways to fight against two serious diseases。