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Exercise1
Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that pulled countless people out of hunger, died of illness 1_________.
Having spent over five decades in hybrid rice research,the academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering has helped China work a great wonder -feeding nearly one-fifth of the world's population with 2._________of the world's total land.
In 1949,Yuan applied for Southwest Agricultural College and began his special connection with rice.A discovery of a peculiar wild rice species by Yuan 3._________in 1970 became the prelude of China's decades of hybrid rice research.He cultivated the world's first high-yielding hybrid rice strain in 1973.Hybrid rice recorded an annual yield about 20 percent higher than that of conventional rice strains一meaning it could feed an extra 70 million people a year.
Yuan once said he had two dreams-to “enjoy the cool under the rice crops taller than men” and that hybrid rice could be grown all over the world to help solve the global food scarcity.
Since the 1980s,Yuan's team has offered training courses in 4._________in Africa, the Americas and Asia--providing a robust food source in areas with a high risk of famine.
Yuan Longping, a great scientist, who 5._________by the people who knew him all around the world. His legacy will provide inspiration to generations far into the future, in China and across the world.
Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that pulled countless people out of hunger, died of illness 1_________.
Having spent over five decades in hybrid rice research,the academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering has helped China work a great wonder -feeding nearly one-fifth of the world's population with 2.________________of the world's total land.
In 1949,Yuan applied for Southwest Agricultural College and began his special connection with rice.A discovery of a peculiar wild rice species by Yua