第5斩 阅读理解精练精析15篇（期末真题+名校模拟）-2021-2022学年七年级英语下学期期末复习挑战满分百题斩（广州专用）

2021-2022学年七年级英语下学期期末复习挑战满分百题斩（广州专用）第5斩 阅读理解精练精析15篇（期末真题+名校模拟） （2020-2021·广州海珠区·七年级期末） Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, widely known for developing the first hybrid rice strain(杂交水稻品种), died of illness on Saturday, May 22, 2021. The top rice scientist in China passed away in a hospital in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, at about 1 p.m., according to the news report. Having spent over fifty years in hybrid rice research, Yuan Longping has helped China work a great wonder—feeding nearly one-fifth of the world’s population with less than 9 percent of the world’s total land. Born in Beijing in 1930, Yuan succeeded in growing the world’s first hybrid rice strain in 1973. It was later grown on a large scale in China and other countries to greatly increase production, and it pulled countless people out of hunger. For the next forty years, he continued to research and upgrade hybrid rice, which has reached its third generation. Until early this year, he had been doing research in Hainan.