Unit 1 【单元测试 · 提升卷】
一、完形填空
(共
10
小题;每小题1分,满分
10
分
)
Every scientist has a childhood dream. A scientist in China once had a(n)
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. He wished to grow a new type of rice which could produce a lot. This person is Yuan Longping, who was
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in 1930. He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural(农业) University in 1953. Yuan Longping came up with an idea for a hybrid(杂交的) 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
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in the development of hybrid rice. This made China be a worldwide leader in rice production. For this, he was called “Father of Hybrid Rice”. In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was
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to the United States.
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Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to
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her people every year.
In his
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time, he loved playing the violin and listening to music. Every night, he read for half an hour
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he went to sleep. He liked swimming, too.
It was said that Professor Yuan is one of the
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people in China. And he cared about
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but his research.
1.A.idea
B.dream
C.thought
D.invention
2.A.born
B.appeared
C.discovered
D.took
3.A.failed
B.succeeded
C.arrived
D.defeated
4.A.given
B.introduced
C.won
D.included
5.A.According to
B.Compared with
C.Because of
D.Based on
6.A.feed
B.offer
C.send
D.provide
7.A.spare
B
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