2021学年Unit 5 Working the Land课堂检测

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Think and discuss
Discuss the fllwing questins with yur partner.
1. If yu were given a chance t grw a plant, what kind f plant wuld yu chse? Hw wuld
yu grw it?
2. What d yu knw abut agricultural scientists? D yu think their wrk is imprtant? Why?
Understand the text
I. Match the fllwing sentences with the qualities they represent.
Sentences Qualities
1. What cncerned him mst was that farmers ften had pr
harvests and smetimes even had a serius shrtage f fd t eat.
2. Thrugh intense effrt, Yuan vercame enrmus technical A. selfless
difficulties t develp the first hybrid rice. B. kind-hearted
3. Deep dwn, Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. C. energetic
4. Instead, he makes large dnatins t supprt agricultural D. determined
research. E. mdest (质朴的)
5. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Lngping is still yung at
heart and full f visin.
1-5 ________________
II. Find ut what the underlined wrds refer t.
1. T tackle this crisis, he chse t study agriculture and received an educatin at Suthwest
Agricultural Cllege in Chngqing. (Para. 2) ________________
2. The cmmn assumptin then was that it culd nt be dne. (Para. 3) ________________
3. Hwever, this is far frm the case. (Para. 5) ________________
Cmplete the summary
Belw is the summary f the text. Read it and fill in each blank with ne prper wrd r the
prper frm f the given wrd.
Because he wrks the land, scientist Yuan Lngping, the “father f hybrid rice”, cnsiders
himself 1. ________ (be) a farmer. Yuan was brn in Beijing in 1930 and his parents wanted
2. ________ (he) t study science r medicine. Hwever, he was 3. ________ (cncern) abut
farmers’ pr harvests and chse t study agriculture at Suthwest Agricultural Cllege in
Chngqing instead. After 4. ________ (graduate) in 1953, he realised that the 5. ________ (slve)
lay in bsting yields with hybrid rice. Overcming great difficulties, he 6. ________ (prduce)
his first hybrid rice in 1974 and tday abut 60% f China’s rice cnsumptin cmes 7. ________
Yuan’s hybrid strains. What’s mre, they have helped t feed ther cuntries 8. ________ well.
His latest visin fr “seawater rice” has als becme a reality, 9. ________ (ptential) enabling
rice prductin in China’s salty land. Despite his age, everyne is waiting t see 10. ________
Yuan will achieve next.
Develp critical thinking skills
Think f anther majr develpment that wuld help slve the wrld hunger prblem and share
yur idea with yur partner.
答案
Think and discuss
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Understand the text
I.
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II.
1. Farmers ften had pr harvests and smetimes even had a serius shrtage f fd t eat.
2. Develping a hybrid f self-pllinating plants.
3. Yuan Lngping wuld retire t a life f leisure.
Cmplete the summary
1. t be 2. him
3. cncerned 4. graduating / graduatin
5. slutin 6. prduced
7. frm 8. as
9. ptentially 10. what
Develp critical thinking skills
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