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1、Eighty-five-year-old Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou became China's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine when it was announced that she was one of three scientists awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in developing effective drugs against parastic diseases.
“Tu was honored for developing artemisin(青蒿素),a drug for malaria that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing worldthe Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institue disclosed on its website on Monday. “Tu,a Chinese trained pharmacologist and a researcher at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, went to Stockholm, Sweden in December to receive her award,” according to Cao Hongxin,the science andtechnology department head of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
\told China Daily on Monday after he telephoned Tu to congratulate her. “It’s an overdue(迟来的) honor for Tu and the world’s recognition of traditional Chinese medicine,” he said.
“Tu’s breakthrough in winning the Nobel Prize in a natural science is the pride of the whole nation and the whole Chinese scientific community,” said Zhou Dejin,the spokesman of the Chinese Academy of Science, China's national research body that consists of more than one hundred research institutes, universities and research branches.
“The achievement of discovering artemisin was made in the 1970s,but it only received international recognition in later years, which suggests that we might have more achievements that have reached the Nobel Prize level but have not been recognized,\
1.Why was Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize?
A.She made a breakthrough in the Chinese scientific community. B.She came up with a revolutionary theory about medicine. C.She devoted her whole life to medicine research. D.She developed a very effective drug in the 1970s.
2.What do we know about Tu Youyou?
A.She secretly accepted the Nobel Prize by herself. B.She's the second Chinese to win the 2015 Nobel Prize. C.She has an ordinary heart though winning the Nobel Prize. D.She won the 2015 Nobel Prize with three other scientists. 3.What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.China lacks talented scientists like Tu Youyou.
B.Tu's achievement was recognized by the world a long time ago. C.Chinese scientists should work harder to win more Nobel Prizes. D.More Chinese scientific achievements should be acknowledged. 4.What type of writing does this passage belong to? A.A scientific report. B.An official document. C.A news report. D.A medical record.
2、 It’s a white Christmas in theUnited Statestoday, with snow falling from Seattle to Maine. ? Northeast
Biting winds with snow swept the Northeast.
Earlier, up to 15 inches of snow fell during a snow storm in Maine, while up to one foot fell in New Hampshire. Winds reached 76 mph on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while up to 61 mph winds tore through Long Island, New York. Falling snow collected on the runways at Boston’s Logan International Airport, causing temporary flight delays.
The wind was so severe in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that the annual (重演) of George Washington and his soldiers’crossing the Delaware River was canceled, the Washington Crossing Historic Park told ABC News. ? Midwest
Heavy lake effect snow fell in western Michigan.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind-chill warning and advisory (公告) from Montana to Michigan. Bitter cold air in the Midwest produced wind chills Monday morning as low as minus 48 degrees in North Dakota and minus 47 in northern Minnesota.
As this bitter cold made its way east overnight, it was expected to move over relatively mild Great Lakes, producing intense lake-effect snow bands capable of producing 2 to 4 inches of snow in an hour. ? West Coast
That storm system moved overnight through the Rockies, bringing more snow and the threat of avalanches(雪崩). The National Weather Service has issued an avalanche warning for the Wasatch Range Mountains outside Salt Lake City. 1.Why was the annual reenactment of George Washington and his soldiers’ crossing the Delaware River canceled? A.Because the river was frozen. B.Because the wind was too strong. C.Because the snow was too thick. D.Because the temperature was too low.
2.Which of the following is the bad weather that has set in according to the passage? A.The avalanches. B.A white Christmas. C.A mess of people’s life.
D.Heavy snow, biting wind and chills. 3.What is the style of the passage? A.Weather report.
B.News about the effect of bad weather. C.News about bad weather.
D.A bad-weather warning and advisory.
3、LUKLA, Nepal—Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, once negatively recognized as the “world’s highest junkyard’’,is set to become cleaner as 30,000 porters(搬运工) have been mobilized(动员)for waste collection and disposal from the
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