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专题02 阅读理解（记叙文+新闻报道+议论文） 1. 【2024届贵州省六盘水市高三第二次诊断性试题】 In 1997, the Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko met another struggling researcher, the American immunologist Drew Weissman, as they queued to copy scientific papers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). Due to the lack of funding for their work, the two scientists found a common scientific interest and decided to cooperate. Then they jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. But while both scientists endured years of professional struggle on the way to the huge approval, Kariko had to overcome greater difficulties than Weissman. Kariko worked in a few different research jobs before landing a junior position at the University of Pennsylvania. And for many years her career at the UPenn was fragile. She migrated from lab to lab, relying on one senior scientist after another to take her in. She never made more than $60,000 a year. She struggled to raise the funding essential for a scientific career and never had a stable position. Kariko said she endured being made fun of by university colleagues for her dogged pursuit. In 2013, she was kicked out from UPenn — forced to retire. She said in an interview that the university told her that she was unfit for her work. Yet the scientist’s commitment to her work did not falter. “When I was terminated (终止), I didn’t feel sorry for myself,” she said. “I have to focus all the energy on seeking out what’s next.” In a news conference held at UPenn, she encouraged young scientists to love learning to solve problems and to be prepared for failure. Researchers in her field are full of admiration for her generosity and persistence. “She is really the soul of perseverance and what it takes to be a great researcher,” Elliot Barnathan, a cardiologist who hired Kariko, said. 4．What was the difficulty that Kariko faced at the UPenn? A．Little support. B．Being laughed at. C．Working in different jobs. D．Migrating from place to place. 5．What does the underlined word “fa