Question

三、完形填空（共10分，每小题1分）

Every scientist has a childhood dream. A scientist in China once had a(n)__________. He wished to grow a new type of rice which could produce a lot. This person is Yuan Longping,

___________was born in 1930. He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural (农业) University

in 1953. Yuan Longping came up with an idea for a hybrid rice in the 1960s. Since then, he has devoted himself to the research and development of new varieties (品种).

In 1973, together with other people, he__________in the development of hybrid rice. This made China a worldwide leader in rice production. For this, he was called “Father of Hybrid Rice”. In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was__________to the United States.___________ Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to__________her people every year.

In his spare time, he loves playing__________violin and listening to music. Every night, he reads__________half an hour before he goes to sleep. He likes swimming, too. People think that Professor Yuan is one of the__________people in China because he cares about__________but his research.

Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields

twice a day.

1.A. dream B. idea C. thought D. will

2.A. where B. whom C. which D. who

3.A. success B. succeeded C. successfully D. successful

4.A. given B. grown C. showed D. introduced

5.A. Because of B. Because C. In order to D. Instead of

6.A. look after B. feed C. send D. fed

7.A. an B. / C. a D. the

8.A. on B. in C. for D. to

9.A. greatest B. richest C. cleverest D. most careful

10.A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something

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