Dong Yaxue, a Chinese researcher working for NASA(美国国家航空航天局) said she finds great pleasure in both researching Mars and eating hot pot.

Born in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, 30-year-old Dong is a member of NASA’s .

On Nov 5, Dong was invited to give a speech at a NASA news conference(记者招待会), She is the first Chinese female scientist to attend in a NASA news conference.

Dong graduated from Chengdu’s Shishi High School in 2003 and later entered University of Science and Technology of China. She got her master’s and doctor’s degree in astrophysics from Rice University in the United States.

Last year, Dong joined the LASP(大气太空物理实验室) at the University of Colorado and began working for NASA after taking part in a phone interview. Now her main job is to analyze(分析) satellite data and compare the results to predictions(预测).

"The findings announced during the news conference are very important and may change the content of school textbooks," Dong told the Chengdu Business Daily.

"It has also provided new information and guidance for future Mars study."

Interested in technical work, Dong said she was never bored at work and will continue her data analysis next year.

While working in the US, Dong said that she feels as if she had never left Chengdu. She usually comes back every one or two years.

"No matter what job I do, I’m always an ordinary girl," said Dong, adding that she is a fan of Harry Potter and loves hot pot, Maocai, and Danhonggao, all famous foods from Chengdu.

"Indeed, I’m only one of the many postdoctoral researchers in this field. This is the first time that my job has got so much attention."

He Jianming, Dong’s high school teacher, said that Dong was not the top student in her school. “She never got first in the class, usually ranking tenth to twentieth. But her scores of all subjects were even.”

1.What can we know about Dong Yaxue?

A.She is the first Chinese scientist to work for NASA.

B.She studied abroad after graduating from high school in China.

C.She got her doctor’s degree in a university in US.

2.What does the underlined word “ astrophysics” mean?

A.天体物理 B.物理学 C.宇航员

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Dong Yaxue worked for the NASA after a phone interview then joined the LASP.

B.Dong Yaxue said the findings may make a difference to the school text book.

C.Dong Yaxue is the only postdoctoral researcher in this field.

4.Dong Yaxue may do the following in her spare time EXCEPT _____.

A.She may come back to China twice a year.

B.She may watch Harry Potter film after work.

C.She may often have Sichuan food for dinner.

5.What is the article mainly about?

A.From a top student to a female scientist

B.Dong Yaxue, a Chinese female scientist working for NASA

C.The latest and important findings on Mars

A girl riding a bike hit and scratched(刮)a parked expensive car by accident when she was busily looking at a road sign. That poor girl was Zhang Yu, an 18-year-old college student from Yunnan Province. Instead of running away, she decided to wait for the owner of the car. She made that decision just because she wanted to say sorry for the accident.

Zhang Yu was worried when Li Hao, the owner of the car, saw her standing beside his car. Knowing that she had waited in the hot sun for an hour and that she was from a poor family, he was deeply moved. He told her that she didn’t need to pay any money for the scratched part of the car. Hearing the words, Zhang Yu bowed at once and thanked Li Hao sincerely.

The heartwarming moment didn’t end there. Li Qiang was the boss of the factory where Li Hao worked. After hearing what had happened, he was also deeply moved. He told the story to his workers and announced (宣布), “It is great that Li Hao didn’t ask Zhang Yu to pay, and I would like to help her to complete her college education.”

During the following three years, Zhang Yu made great efforts to study and took an active part in different activities to develop her abilities with the help of Li Qiang. By the time she left college, she had been an excellent student. Having competed(竞争) with many others, she got a job at Li Qiang’s factory. That excited her most.

One good turn deserves another.

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1.Where was Zhang Yu from?_______________________________

2.Why did Zhang Yu decide to wait for the owner of the car?

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3.How did Zhang Yu feel when Li Hao saw her?

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4.Who helped Zhang Yu complete her college education?

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5.Did Zhang Yu get a job after she left the college?

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