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Unit1 People of achievement
Reading and Thinking
呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。
—《诗经.小雅.鹿鸣》
Tu Youyou, whose name is taken from the Book Of Songs(诗经)
, won Nobel Prize for the discovery of Artemisinin(青蒿素).
a modern scientist who uses artemisinin as a new treatment for malaria.
The discovery of artemisinin and its treatment of malaria is regarded as a breakthrough of tropical medicine in the 20th century.
For her work, Tu received the 2011 Lasker Award in clinical medicine and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Where would you most likely find this passage?
A. in a blog .
B. In a book .
C. in a letter .
D. In a newspaper
Tu Youyou received her 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Sweden.
Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
6 October 2015
Para. 1
Para. 3
Para.2
Para.4
Task 1: Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
B.The self-assessment of her achievement.
the discovery of artemisinin.
C.Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize for
discovering artemisinin
D.the brief introduction of Tu Youyou
and her research
Nobel Prize __________ and her _______________.
2. Passages like this are most often written in _______ and _______.
A. the active voice/ offer many opinions
B. the first person/ talk about feelings
C. both active and passive voices/ mostly contain facts
3. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage?
A. A quote from Tu Youyou
B. The details of how artemisinin was discovered
C. Tu Youyou's important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal life.
E. Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
F. What Tu Youyou was awarded.
G. Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
Task 2: Choose the correct answers.
Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?
Can you list the exact number?
Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it. Artemisinin has saved 100,000 lives a year in Africa a