Question

【題目】 Who is the old man? I believe you must know him very well without me saying anything. 【1】. Yes, he is Yuan Longping, a famous farmer and scientist. People call him the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. But the farmers call him “Rice Bodhisattva(米菩薩)”. Some people even think that his achievement is as important as the “Four Great Inventions” in ancient China. Someone said his name was worth more than 100 billion yuan.

Many people think Chinese people hate the rich, 【2】. But a lot of people support Yuan Longping. More and more people hate Wang Shi who only gave out ten yuan at the Sichuan earthquake, but many speak highly of Yuan Longping. No people will hate such a great scientist. He is a real hero to the farmers. When we asked him how he felt that some people on the Internet called him “the scientist of people”， the old man said, “I am not fit for it. I am only a science worker. 【3】.” “What is your dream next？” the reporter asked. The old man said, “I want to make rice as tall as sorghum(高粱), 【4】, each rice as big as a peanut. I want to plant my rice in Taiwan.” 【5】. “We must keep our body, spirit, emotions healthy. We must not only have rich knowledge but also have good thoughts，” he said.

A．At last, the old man told us that every person was like a seed

B．the rice ear as long as a broom

C．If you call me a scientist, I think I am a farmer scientist

D．But I want to tell you something about this great man today

E．so a lot of rich people are afraid of talking about money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

這篇短文主要介紹水稻之父——袁隆平。

【1】根據(jù)上文I believe you must know him very well without me saying anything.及后文對(duì)袁隆平的介紹，可知此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選D，但今天我想告訴你這位偉人的事情。

【2】根據(jù)上文Many people think Chinese people hate the rich“許多人認(rèn)為中國(guó)人討厭富人”，故選E，所以很多富人害怕談?wù)摻疱X。

【3】根據(jù)上文許多人稱袁隆平為“人民的科學(xué)家”及袁隆平自己的話I am not fit for it. I am only a science worker.可知此處進(jìn)一步解釋自己是個(gè)什么樣的人，故選C，如果你叫我科學(xué)家，我想我是農(nóng)民科學(xué)家。

【4】根據(jù)上文I want to make rice as tall as sorghum(高粱)“我想使水稻像高粱一樣高大”及后文each rice as big as a peanut“每一粒米像花生豆一樣大”，故選B，稻穗像掃帚一樣長(zhǎng)。

【5】根據(jù)A項(xiàng)中的At last，可知該句應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)在記者采訪的最后，根據(jù)前文記者和袁隆平的問(wèn)答，故此處選A，最后，老人告訴我們，每個(gè)人都像一粒種子。