President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions
Zhong Nanshan, 84,
Zhong also has long been devoted to the research, prevention and
2 . Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January,1942.He went to school in St. Albans-a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admitted he wasn’t very serious about studying. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still achieved extremely good marks.
Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him at the age of 20. He started to bump into things, and often fell over for no reason. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his father was so worried that he was sent to hospital for a test. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neurone disease(运动神经元病), an incurable illness which causes the muscles of the body to waste away. Doctors said he would die before he was 23.
At first, Hawking became extremely depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness had been diagnosed(诊断),there had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, where he worked all his life, and had three children. He also went to do some of the most important scientific research ever carried out.
His story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”
1. As a university student, Stephen Hawking _________.A.worked extremely hard | B.studied maths and chemistry |
C.was lazy and did very little work | D.only achieved average marks |
A.he visited his family at Christmas time one year |
B.he was 20 |
C.his father made him see a doctor |
D.he was sent to hospital for a test |
A.Never lose hope even if it is a bad situation. |
B.No pain, no gain. |
C.You never know what will happen in life. |
D.Life is full of challenges. |
A.A Lazy Boy | B.Life Is Fair |
C.Motor Neurone Disease | D.Professor Stephen Hawking |
Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, was born in 1930.
Since his graduation, Yuan
Today,
Though Yuan’s hybrid have made him quite
4 . By 2019, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had founded for 70 years. Over the past decades, many people had made great contributions to the country’s development. On Sept 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree (主席令) to award (授予) national medals and honorary titles to forty-two of these contributors, including both Chinese citizens and foreigners. Eight people received the Medal of the Republic, six foreigners received the Friendship Medals, and 28 people received the National Honorary Titles (国家荣誉称号). Now let’s learn about four of the persons who got the Medal of the Republic (共和国勋章).
Shen Jilan is a lifelong lawmaker. In 1954, she became a deputy (代表) to the National People’s Congress. Since then, she has served at all 13 NPCs. She came up with the idea of equal pay for equal work between men and women. The idea was written into China’s first constitution (宪法) in 1954. | Sun Jiadong made great contributions toward developing Chinese satellite technology and space exploration. He was the chief designer of both the Beidou navigation (导航) system and China’s lunar exploration project. |
Zhang Fuqing was a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army during the Liberation War. He was twice awarded the title of Combat Hero. In 1955, he volunteered to work in a remote (偏远的) county in Hubei province and has been helping poor people there ever since. | Tu Youyou, a scientist, is known for winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015. She got inspiration from traditional Chinese medicine theories and discovered artemisinin, a medicine that can be used to cure malaria. Her finding has saved the lives of millions. |
A.the Nobel Prize | B.the Medal of the Republic |
C.the Friendship Medals | D.the National Honorary Titles |
A.Shen Jilan | B.Sun Jiadong |
C.Zhang Fuqing | D.Tu Youyou |
A.some friends | B.some patients |
C.western medicine | D.traditional Chinese medicine theories |
A.malaria is a kind of illness |
B.Sun Jiadong only designed the Beidou navigation system |
C.Shen Jilan’s 13 ideas were written into China’s constitution |
D.Zhang Fuqing was twice awarded the the National Honorary Titles |
5 . There are many famous scientists in the world, some of whom are very young. Here are four hot young scientists working right now to change the world.
Rizia Bardhan
Rizia Bardhan is 29 and a post doctor at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Her research mainly deals with amazing possibilities of micro robots that can be used to cure diseases which are now untreatable. In an interview, she said that when she thought of science, she would think of major problems that she could help to solve.
Heather Knight
Heather Knight, the 28-year-old Chief Executive of the Marilyn Monrobot company, is performing new applications for robotics by casting her shows with robots. She considers humor to be one of the most important human features. Therefore, if she can teach humor to robots, they will be able to better connect with humans.
Imre Bartos
Imre Bartos is a 29-year-old Columbia University graduate student. As one of the young minds, he is remarkable enough to drive others crazy with envy. He studies everything from the formation of black holes to the physics of how mosquito eyes see the world. In the paper Hunting Black Holes with a Gas Cloud, he explains that a gas cloud meeting a black hole in its path will be partially eaten by the black hole. His task is to check the X-rays that are given off during the process.
Jeremy England
Jeremy England is a 36-year-old professor at MIT, a school that is known for its young genius. He is working right now on new ideas about the physics behind basic biology. He says that he wants to make sense of life at the molecular(分子) level.
1. What might be used to cure the untreatable disease?A.Atoms. | B.X-rays. | C.Basic biology. | D.Micro robots. |
A.To make new inventions. | B.To teach humor to robots. |
C.To make it easier to communicate. | D.To make robots learn to show. |
A.Jeremy England. | B.Rizia Bardhan. | C.Imre Bartos. | D.Heather Knight. |
6 . The national outpouring of grief(悲痛) at the death of two legendary academicians(院士)over the weekend, as if people had lost beloved members of their own families, offers much food for thought.
At 1:02 pm on May 22nd, 2021, liver surgeon Wu Mengchao, 99, died in Shanghai. He is known as the founder of hepatobiliary surgery(肝胆外科) in the country and was the teacher of roughly 80 percent of the nation's experts and doctors specializing in liver surgery today. Wu operated on thousands of patients, and saved at least 16,000 lives. Five minutes later in Changsha, Hunan province, agricultural scientist Yuan Longping died at the age of 91. He was known as the father of hybrid rice who helped lift the nation out of hunger.
With their dedication to science and commitment to the people, the two devoted their lives to saving lives and improving people's livelihoods. Together with generations of their students, they not only made a big difference to the lives of the Chinese people, but also many living in other developing and least-developed countries.
Wu insisted that medical science is humanity while Yuan's lifelong dream was always to enable the Chinese people to fill their own bowls with rice. What makes Wu and Yuan great is not only their achievements, but also their shared attachment to the people. The public's spontaneous(自发的) outpouring of grief at their deaths, which has been rare in the country for decades, shows how much their down-to-earth dedication to improving people's lives touched hearts throughout the country.
Yuan and Wu are just two representatives of the large numbers of scientific workers that have devoted their lives to their research, giving the country's people-centered development principle with more practical meaning. The country needs more scientists to inherit and carry forward their spirit. Even those in other walks of life can draw inspiration from the two academicians' commitment to their dreams, care for the people, and unconcern about material enjoyment, so as to make the best of what life grants for themselves and others.
1. Which two fields do the Wu Mengchao and Yuan Longping specialize in?A.Education and agriculture. | B.Medicine and social science. |
C.Education and social science. | D.Hepatobiliary surgery and agriculture. |
A.devotion | B.influence | C.exploration | D.respect |
A.Because the modern Internet helped to spread the news. |
B.Because Wu and Yuan are well known over the country. |
C.Because people think it necessary to follow the sorrowful trend. |
D.Because they made great contributions and shared selfless love to the people. |
A.A sorrowful weekend |
B.Let their scientific spirit live on |
C.Two great academicians passed away |
D.The great contributions of two great scientists |
Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybridrice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists, Yet, he considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of miliions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has
Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and somnetimes even had a serious
After
However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate.The common
姓名 | 梁建英 | 出生年份 | 1972年 |
职务 | 高铁设计师 | ||
主要经历 | (1)1995年大学毕业后开始从事高铁研究工作 (2)研制出时速300~350千米的高速动车组 (3)2015年获奖 |
参考词汇:高速动车组high-speed EMU
9 . Although he is one of China’s most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. Yuan Longping grows super hybrid rice. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow the super hybrid rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice is from this hybrid strain.
Born in 1930, Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to produce more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a problem in many parts of China. Yuan Longping looked for a way to increase rice output without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce about 56 million tons of rice, but now nearly 200 million tons per year. Nearly 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in the world, which is due to the super hybrid rice grown by Yuan Longping.
1. What is Yuan Longping?A.He is an artist. | B.He is a scientist. | C.He is a doctor. | D.He is a teacher. |
A.fifty million years. | B.fifty thousand years. | C.fifty hundred years. | D.fifty years. |
A.He was born. | B.He grew the super hybrid rice as the first agricultural pioneer. |
C.He graduated from the college. | D.He produced 56 million tons of rice. |
A.nearly 50 million tons. | B.nearly 100 million tons. |
C.nearly 200 million tons. | D.nearly 250 million tons. |
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The person I respect
There are many respectable people around us. As for me, Marie Curie was the person I respect most. It is general acknowledged that Marie Curie is one of the greatest scientist in the world. Her discoveries are crucial to the later scientific research.
Marie Curie was interesting in science when she was young. After she graduated from university, she committed himself to her work with the objective of serve the whole society. Marie and her husband found the element radium, for that they were awarded the Nobel Prize. Not only was Marie the first female professor at the University of Paris, but she was also the first scientist win two Nobel Prizes in the world.
Madam Curie was intelligent, brave, strong-willed but never gave up. To sum up, she is a person I respect her most.