Tu Youyou, an 84yearold female(女性)scientist, became the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize in science on Oct. 5.Before that, she ever won the 2011 Lasker Award for finding out artemisinin(Qinghaosu), which saved millions of lives.She was grateful(感激的)for the Lasker prize, but said, “It is just a scientist's duty.I will go on fighting for the health of all humans.”
Tu kept her work in the 1960s and 1970s.In that age, Malaria(疟疾)could take away people's health.Scientists all over the world had already tried over 240 000 times but failed.Tu Youyou, a member of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, began to study Chinese herbs.
Before 2011, people didn't know Tu very much.Many friends played jokes with her “the Professor of Three None's” : no degree(学位), no study experience abroad, not a member of any Chinese national colleges.But she is hardworking.She read a lot of traditional Chinese medicine books and did a lot of researches on the disease.
In February, 2012, Tu was named National Outstanding Females(One of the Ten)．Tu is now a model of Chinese medical workers.
1.Artemisinin is used to ________．
A. make medicine B. make food
C. get award D. do the experiment
2.In the 1960s and 1970s ________ could find ways to stop the Malaria.
A. scientists in China
B. only Tu Youyou
C. scientists all over the world
D. no scientist
3.Tu Youyou became very famous ________．
A. in the 1960s B. in 1970
C. before 2011 D. after 2012
4.From Tu Youyou's story, we know that she is a ________ woman.
A. friendly B. kind C. clever D. hard-working
5.What can't we learn from the passage?
A. Tu Youyou was the winner of 2011 Lasker Award.
B. Tu Youyou was a professor of much experience abroad.
C. Tu Youyou is the finder of artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou was one of the ten National Outstanding Females.
Everyone has a place which he remembers most from his childhood(童年), and so do I．One of the places I remember from my childhood is a __________ in the country.It belonged to my parents.I spent my summers in that place __________ I was a teenager(青少年), and now I begin to miss the farm again.
It was lovely to __________there.There were a lot of __________cows, sheep, hens, and naturally dogs and cats.My sister and I __________ helped to work on the farm.We helped people graze(放牧)sheep or make bread or cheese.I can still remember that on Tuesdays we __________ the bread and on Thursdays, the cheese.
I love that farm because I __________ to love animals and not to be afraid of them there.We saw a sheep give a birth to its baby there, and we enjoyed staying there to see how lovely the __________ sheep was.
Now my sister and her son are __________ this place.My nephew(侄子)is __________ with the place.I hope that he has a good time there and when he is older, he will remember the place as I do.
1.A. house B. farm C. village D. park
2.A. as soon as B. until C. though D. since
3.A. stay B. read C. learn D. leave
4.A. flowers B. plants C. animals D. dogs
5.A. sometime B. some time C. some times D. sometimes
6.A. make B. made C. to make D. making
7.A. wanted B. remembered C. learned D. stopped
8.A. little B. clever C. colourful D. tall
9.A. leaving B. painting C. enjoying D. building
10.A. worried B. angry C. sad D. pleased
—Do you often help your parents with some housework at home?
— ________．I have to wash the dishes after dinner every day.
A. Never B. Maybe
C. Certainly，I do D. Usually
Your son often smokes.Please advise him ________ cigarettes.
A. to smoke B. not to smoke
C. smoking D. not smoking
He got ________ before he was famous.
A. a education B. an education
C. few education D. any education
He often ________ in spelling last year.
A. makes a mistake B. makes mistakes
C. made a mistake D. made mistake
