Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday．Yuan developed the world first popular and widely known hybrid rice．Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than common ones．
News 2
Liu Xiang won China’s first gold medal in the world championships(锦标赛)in 12.95 seconds．
“Everybody wants to win a world title．I was nervous before the race．But I dealt with it so I'm very happy,”Liu said with a smile after the race．
Some reporters noticed that at the start, Liu Xiang was crying．He said that is his way of letting off pressure．“My start wasn’t good, maybe because I was nervous or because I was a bit slow,”he said．
Liu will run next at the Shanghai Grand Prix(大奖赛)meeting at the end of September．He is confident(自信的)after winning the gold medal．“I want people to know how fast I am,”he said．“This is number one speed．There’s nothing I can’t do．”
News 3
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes?Don’t worry, things will get better soon．Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country．The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June．
News 4
Last Wednesday Medvedev(梅德韦杰夫)took over from Vladimir Putin(普京)．At the age of 42, he becomes the youngest president of modern Russia．
Medvedev was born to a family of teachers．He read a lot from a young age．After university, the soft-spoken young man went on to teach law at university and became very popular with his students．
In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister(第一副总理)．But he was as friendly as before．“He has not changed．He invited me to his home,”said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev’s first teacher．“In Russia, only two politicians(政治家)have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and Putin．”
(1)
Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he ________．
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A．
is the father of his children
B．
likes to eat hybrid rice
C．
developed hybrid rice
D．
spent a long time to research hybrid rice
(2)
Why was Liu Xiang crying at the start?
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A．
He wanted to reduce pressure．
B．
He was happy．
C．
He was a bit slow．
D．
He felt excited．
(3)
Checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will ________．
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A．
make sure the books are not too expensive
B．
make the children unhappy
C．
make sure there are few mistakes in them
D．
make the government lots of money
(4)
According to News 4, Medvedev is now ________．
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A．
a lawyer
B．
a teacher
C．
the first deputy prime minister
D．
the youngest president of modern Russia
(5)
What Medvedev’s first teacher said shows ________．
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A．
Medvedev is as friendly as before
B．
Medvedev and Putin were her students
C．
Medvedev has changed
D．
Medvedev and Putin invited her to their homes
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Mary was four years old．Her neighbour, Donald, owned a 1 company．One day Donald gave Mary a new toy．Mary played with it．She said,“This is fun!”A few weeks 2 Donald gave her another toy．She played with it and said,“I don't like this toy．It doesn't work．”She was a(an) 3 little girl．Donald liked her honesty, and they became 4 For years Donald gave Mary new toys, and she gave him very good ideas 5 the toys．
6 Mary was thirteen years old, Donald showed her a new ball．The ball 7 a balloon inside it．Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water．She wanted to 8 the ball different colours．She wanted to put rice in it to make it noisy．The company made these 9 and sold thousands of the balls．
That Christmas, Donald gave Mary a 10 gift．He made her a vice(副的)president of the toy company．Her job was to see 11 the new toys were fun．She made ＄200,000 a year．She 12 for three hours a day at her job, and then she had to do her homework．Mary was 13 , but she also spent time with her family．14 parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important．
Today Mary works at a college．She 15 students make decisions about their careers(生涯)．Today the little president with bright ideas helps students think about their future．
