Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old Chinese female scientist, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology (生理学) or Medicine on Oct. 5. She found a medicine that cures the deadly disease called malaria(疟疾). Tu shared the prize with two scientists from the US and Japan. Tu is the first native Chinese person to get the Nobel Prize in natural science.

Tu found artemisinin (青篙素) in sweet wormwood(青篙) back in 1971. She spent the following years trying to improve the medicine. According to World Health Organization, about 200 million people suffer from malaria around the world, and about half a million die each year. Today, artemisinin is still the most useful medicine that fights against malaria.

When Tu joined the national research team to find the malaria medicine in the 1960s and the 1970s, things were hard. The team didn’t have advanced equipment then. Tu used to medicines by taking taking them herself. Tu’s team searched old Chinese medicine books by hand and tested over 2,000 traditional recipes (配方).

To do research, Tu also had to travel a lot. Once she returned to her family after six months away from home. Her little daughter didn’t recognize her and hid from the “strange woman”. However, Tu never complained. “ I feel rewarded when I see so many cured patients,” she said.

1.Malaria is a kind of .

A. food B. deadly disease C. cancer

2.How many people shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4

3.Tu Youyou found artemisinin .

A. at the age of 40

B. after an American scientist found it

C.When she joined the national research team in the 1960s

4.Why did Tu use to test the medicine by taking them herself?

A. Because she liked to do so.

B. Because someone forced her.

C. Because she didn’t have good equipment.

5.Which is True according to this passage?

A. About 100 million people die from malaria every year.

B. Old Chinese medicine books are useless.

C. Tu’s little daughter didn’t know her after she left home for six months.

Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black become angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).21世纪教育网版权所有

One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with two badly burnt(烧伤的) ears.

"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.

"Well," said the man." I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes. She had put the iron(熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"

"And what happened to the other ear ?"

"When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"

1._____, so he almost drove the car into the river.

A.Mr Smith was not careful

B.Mr Smith drank too much

C.Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge

2.Mr Smith went to watch the football match on _______.

A.Monday B.Saturday C.Sunday

3.We can guess _________.

A.Mr Smith drank much after the match

B.Mr Smith was angry with his team

C.Mr Smith didn't drink those days

4.The _____ badly burned Mr Smith's ears.

A.telephone B.drinking C.iron

5.What would happen to Mr Smith?

A.He would go on driving for Mr Black.

B.He would never watch any match

C.Mr Black would send him away.

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