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 ________．
Ever since I was little, my favorite season was winter．I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate．
Unfortunately(不幸地), winter 1 gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday．I would ask my grand mother 2 it didn't snow on my birthday．She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions． 3 one day, she promised(许诺)that she would make it snow on my next birthday．
That year, 4 my birthday, my grandmother died．I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow．The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window, hoping to see just one snowflake．But there was no 5 ．I felt mad at my grandmother．She had broken a promise．
By my sixteenth birthday, I 6 all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for 7 ．During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy．I 8 the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow 9 all around．I was so excited that I ran around screaming(尖叫)and laughing．My friends all laughed 10 me, but I didn't care．
When I 11 home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me．I was 12 because he had given me a gift．It was a small white box, which looked old．I opened it．There was a crystal snow-flake(冰晶雪花)with a card that 13 , “Happy Birthday．”
How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother's final 14 on my “sweet sixteenth”．I cried．
I was 15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me．
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