题目内容
C完形填空。(30分)
Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator,known for developing the 1 hybrid rice (杂交水稻) varieties in the 1970s. He is called “The Father of Hybrid Rice”. By his achievement,the Earth is able to produce extra rice to feed tens of 2 of population.
Mr Yuan was born in Beijing,China in 1930. He loves 3 erhu,swimming and motorcycling. He graduated 4 the Southwest Agriculture Institute in 1953. Then Yuan began teaching 5 an agriculture school in Anjiang,Hunan Province.
He 6 up with an idea for hybridizing rice in the 1960s. Then large 7 of people died of 8 and disease. Since then,he has devoted 9 to the research of a better rice breed.
In 1964,he 10 to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had 11 advantages (优势) over others. In 1973,in cooperation with 12 ,he was able to cultivate (培育) a type of hybrid rice species. It yielded 20 percent more than that of common ones.
The next year they developed a set of technologies for 13 more rice. It put China in the 14 worldwide in rice production. For this achievement,he was called “The Father of Hybrid Rice”.
At present,half of China’s total rice fields grow Yuan’s hybrid rice species. Because of his hard 15 , China’s total rice output rose from 5. 69 billion tons in 1950 to 19. 47 billion tons last year.
The “Super Rice” Yuan is now testing yields 30 percent higher than those of common rice.
() 1. A. first B. third C. second D. one
() 2. A. hundreds B. thousands C. millions D. million
() 3. A. played B. play C. plays D. playing
() 4. A. out B. from C. of D. off
() 5. A. at B. on C. with D. without
() 6. A. got B. caught C. came D. went
() 7. A. number B. numbers C. lots D. member
() 8. A. thirsty B. hunger C. hungry D. illness
() 9. A. him B. his C. he D. himself
() 10. A. happen B. happened C. happens D. happening
() 11. A. many B. no C. much D. little
() 12. A. others B. another C. other D. the other
() 13. A. planting B. having C. growing D. producing
() 14. A. headmaster B. lead C. chairman D. importance
() 15. A. stone B. job C. heart D. work
1.A (本文主要介绍袁隆平是培育杂交稻第一人。故选A.)
2.C (地球上的人口众多，应用millions of表达。故选C.)
3.D (love doing sth.是“爱好做某事”，表示一种习惯，故选D.)
4.B (graduate from “毕业于某学校”。故选B〇)
5.A (表示在一个学校，是较小的地点，选择介词at。故选C.)
6.C (come up with意为“想出办法/建议/答案”，联系本文时态 应该用它的过去式came。故选C.)
7.B (large numbers of意为“许许多多故选B.)
8.B (由常识可知，那时许多人死于饥饿和疾病。故选B.)
9.D (devote oneself to sth. “献身于某事”，用反身代词 himself。 故选D.)
10.B (happen to do sth.意为“碰巧做某事”，联系全文这里要用 过去时态。故选B.)
11.A (many+可数名词复数。故选A.)
12.A (袁隆平与他人合作,不是一个人完成的，other意为“其他 的人”，这里要用其复数形式。故选A.)
13.D (为了生存，人们要“生产”更多的水稻，应选producing。 故选D.)
14.B (put... in the lead意为“把……放到领先地位”。这里是 说袁隆平的成绩把中国推到世界水稻生产的领先地位。)
15.D (因为袁隆平的辛勤工作，才能换来如此巨大的成绩。)
