Question

Tu Youyou, born in December, 1930, is a Chinese scientist and educator. She is best known for discovering artemisinin (青蒿素) used to treat malaria (疟疾), which has saved millions of lives. For her work, Tu received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Scientists worldwide had tried over 240, 000 medicines to treat malaria without success. In 1969, Tu Youyou, then 39 years old, decided to turn to traditional Chinese herbs(草药) for possible solutions. She looked into the Chinese medical classics in history, visiting traditional Chinese doctors all over the country on her own. She gathered her findings in a notebook, in which she recorded 640 methods of treating malaria. She and her team also experimented with over 2, 000 traditional Chinese herbs.

During this time, her husband was forced to work in the countryside, and their young daughter had to take care of herself in Beijing.

Years of research all came down to one type of herb named qinghao. The animal tests showed it was completely effective in mice and monkeys, So Tu volunteered to be the first human subject. “As head of this research group, I had the responsibility’ she said. It was safe with, her; so she continued to try it out with more human patients.

In 2007, her office was in an old apartment building in Beijing. Before 2011, Tu Youyou had been described as “almost completely forgotten by people1”, Yet in 2015, the Nobel Prize committee said her discoveries had given the world powerful new ways to fight a powerful disease which affected hundreds of millions of people every year. In terms of improving human health and reducing suffering, Mrs. Tu’s contribution is beyond words.

1.How did Tu Youyou find qinghao as a treatment?

A. By testing it on children.    B. By researching for years.

C. By reading foreign books.                            C. By asking malaria patients.

2.What does the underlined word “effective” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. Successful.    B. Useless.    C. Unclear.    D. Normal

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph about Mrs. Tu?

A. She couldn’t afford an apartment in Beijing.

B. She didn’t want her findings to be known.

C. She didn’t care much, for fame while researching.

D. She wasn’t able to describe her findings dearly

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】本文主要讲述了诺贝尔奖获得者屠呦呦的故事．

1.B 细节题．根据关键词 qinghao 定位到文章第四段首句 Years of research all came down to one type of herb named qinghao．数年来的研究发现了一种名为青蒿的药草．"Years of research"与"researching for years"形成同义替换．故选B。

2.A 猜词题．根据文章内容The animal tests showed it was completely effective in mice and monkeys．动物研究表明这个药物在猴子和老鼠身上有效．所以屠自愿成为第一个人类受试者．根据前后句因果关系可猜出词义．故选A。

3.C 推断题．由原文中的 Before 2011，Tu Youyou had been described as"almost completely forgotten by people"在2011年以前，人们几乎忘记了屠呦呦，说明她没有刻意的宣传自己，可推测出屠呦呦不在乎名利．故选C。