Father of hybrid rice—Yuan Longping    1    (pass) away at 13:07 pm in Changsha of Hunan province, Xinhua reported    2     Saturday. Yuan Longping(1930-2021)was a pioneer for all people. Although he was one of China’s most famous    3    (science),Yuan Longping considered     4    (he) a farmer. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body were just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for     5     he had struggled for decades. Dr Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice. In 1974,he became     6     first agricultural pioneer in the world    7     (grow)rice with a high output. Now more than 60% of the rice     8    (produce) in China each year is from this hybrid strain.

In 1949, Yuan applied for Southwest Agricultural College and began his special    9    (connect)with rice — a staple food of the Chinese people that would become the focus of his lifelong research career.

Now the focus of Yuan’s hybrid rice project    10    (change)from increasing output to green and sustainable development. The second dream is that the whole world can plant the rice he developed and all the people in the world are not hungry.

Let’s remember the great man.

The 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 2015 was rewarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), a committed and patient Chinese scientist, whose research led    1    the discovery of artemisinin. Artmisinin has become a vital treatment for malaria and it is estimated    2    artemisinin saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.

According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. Upon    3    (hear) that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “ The honour is not just    4    (I). There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of     5    (tradition) Chinese medicine. It is indeed an honour for China’s scientific research and Chinese medicine    6    (spread) around the world.”

Would you like to explore the oceans? Do you want to find    1    than we imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was “yes”. His career was a lifelong dream, and he is    2    (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.

Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even as a child, he loved water. Cousteau was bright,    3    he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. His parents sent him to a strict boarding school. There, Cousteau finally    4    (challenge). He studied hard and did well     5    all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water.    6    (invent) in 1943, the breathing machine made it possible for him to stay under water longer.

In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship    7    (help) with his dives. But he    8    (need) a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films and published a number of books. His films include The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1996). One of his books is The Living Sea (1963).

In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society,    9    function was to further oceanic research and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.

Cousteau won many honors for his work,    10    (include) the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.