On September 7, 1930, Yuan Longping was born in Beijing. Fluent in English, his mother often read Friedrich Nietzsche's works to him. Influenced by his mother, Yuan Longping liked English, geography and chemistry at school. After graduating from university, he became a teacher in the countryside of Hunan in 1953.
With lots of crop failures, nationwide hunger hit China in the 1960s, making many people live a bad life. Yuan was sad and felt he must do something. Since the climate in Hunan was not friendly to growing wheat. He decided to devote himself to studying how to increase the production of rice, a basic food for over 60 percent of Chinese people. From then on, he began a lifelong connection with rice.
Yuan Longping succeeded in growing the world's first high production hybrid rice (杂交水稻) variety in 1973, which could reach a yield of over 500 kg per more than 200 kg than before. For the next four decades, he continued to work on the research of hybrid rice. In 2020, hybrid rice developed by his team achieved 1,500 kg per mu in two growing seasons, a new world record.
Nowadays, the hybrid rice is grown in almost half of China's rice fields and its production accounts for 60 percent of the total rice production in China. The hybrid rice production is 20 percent more than the common kinds , the yearly increase of which feeds up to 100 million people.
In 2019, Yuan Longping, known as the “Father of hybrid rice”, was awarded with Medal of the Republic, China's highest honor.
Yuan Longping's biggest dream in life was to develop more hybrid rice varieties, which could be grown all over the world to help solve the global food problem. So far, the hybrid varieties he developed have been grown in over 40 countries, including the USA, Brazil and India.
4. What do we know about Yuan Longping according to the text?
A. He began to study hybrid rice in 1973.
B. He received the highest honor in China at 90.
C. He ever taught math in the city after graduation.
D. He ever hoped Chinese would be free from hunger.
5. How does the author mainly show the achievements of Yuan Longping in hybrid rice?
A. By listing figures. B. By quoting reports.
C. By imagining results. D. By explaining reasons.
6. Which of the following best describes Yuan Longping according to the text?
A. Patient and honest. B. Energetic and athletic.
C. Capable and remarkable. D. Humorous and adventurous.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. The life of Yuan Longping. B. The team of Yuan Longping.
C. The honor of Yuan Longping. D. The education of Yuan Longping.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. C 7. A
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了杂交水稻之父——袁隆平。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中的“With lots of crop failures, nationwide hunger hit China in the 1960s, making many people live a bad life. Yuan was sad and felt he must do something. Since the climate in Hunan was not friendly to growing wheat. He decided to devote himself to studying how to increase the production of rice, a basic food for over 60 percent of Chinese people. (上世纪60年代，由于大量农作物歉收，全国范围内的饥荒袭击了中国，使许多人过着恶劣的生活。袁隆平很伤心，觉得自己必须做点什么。因为湖南的气候不适合种植小麦。他决定致力于研究如何增加水稻的产量，水稻是60%以上中国人的基本食物)”可推知，袁隆平曾经希望中国人能免于饥饿。故选D。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Yuan Longping succeeded in growing the world's first high production hybrid rice (杂交水稻) variety in 1973, which could reach a yield of over 500 kg per more than 200 kg than before.(1973年，袁隆平成功地培育出了世界上第一个高产杂交水稻品种，比以前每200多公斤产量可达500多公斤)”和“In 2020, hybrid rice developed by his team achieved 1,500 kg per mu in two growing seasons, a new world record.(2020年，他的团队开发的杂交水稻在两个生长季节内亩产达到1500公斤，创造了新的世界纪录)”可推知，作者主要通过列出数字展示了袁隆平在杂交水稻方面的成就。故选A。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中的“After graduating from university, he became a teacher in the countryside of Hunan in 1953.(1953年大学毕业后，他到湖南农村当了一名教师)”到后来致力于杂家水稻的研究，并获得“中华人民共和国最高荣誉勋章”可知，袁隆平很能干，很了不起。故选C。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，本文主要介绍了杂交水稻之父——袁隆平。故选A。
