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Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old Chinese female scientist, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology (生理学) or Medicine on Oct. 5. She found a medicine that cures the deadly disease called malaria(疟疾). Tu shared the prize with two scientists from the US and Japan. Tu is the first native Chinese person to get the Nobel Prize in natural science.
Tu found artemisinin (青篙素) in sweet wormwood(青篙) back in 1971. She spent the following years trying to improve the medicine. According to World Health Organization, about 200 million people suffer from malaria around the world, and about half a million die each year. Today, artemisinin is still the most useful medicine that fights against malaria.
When Tu joined the national research team to find the malaria medicine in the 1960s and the 1970s, things were hard. The team didn’t have advanced equipment then. Tu used to medicines by taking taking them herself. Tu’s team searched old Chinese medicine books by hand and tested over 2,000 traditional recipes (配方).
To do research, Tu also had to travel a lot. Once she returned to her family after six months away from home. Her little daughter didn’t recognize her and hid from the “strange woman”. However, Tu never complained. “ I feel rewarded when I see so many cured patients,” she said.
1.Malaria is a kind of .
A. food B. deadly disease C. cancer
2.How many people shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4
3.Tu Youyou found artemisinin .
A. at the age of 40
B. after an American scientist found it
C.When she joined the national research team in the 1960s
4.Why did Tu use to test the medicine by taking them herself?
A. Because she liked to do so.
B. Because someone forced her.
C. Because she didn’t have good equipment.
5.Which is True according to this passage?
A. About 100 million people die from malaria every year.
B. Old Chinese medicine books are useless.
C. Tu’s little daughter didn’t know her after she left home for six months.
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Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old Chinese female (女性) 1. , was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology (生理学) or Medicine on Oct.5. She found a medicine that cures the malaria (疟疾) and became the first native Chinese person to get the Nobel Prize in natural science.
Tu found artemisinin (青蒿素) in sweet wormwood (青蒿) back in 1971. She 2. the following years trying to improve the medicine. According to World Health Organization, about 200 million people suffer from malaria 3. the world, and about half a million die each year. Today, artemisinin is still the most 4. medicine that fights against malaria.
5. Tu joined the national research team to find the malaria medicine in the 1960s and 1970s, things were hard. The team didn’t have advanced equipment (先进设备) then. Tu even tested medicines by taking them 6. . That was actually very dangerous for her. Tu’s team searched old Chinese medicine books by hand and tested over 2,000 traditional recipes (配方).
To do research, Tu also had to travel a lot. Once she returned to her family 7. six months away from home, her little daughter didn’t recognize(认出) her and hid from the “strange woman”. 8. , Tu never complained. “I feel happy when I see so many cured patients,” she said.
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Tu Youyou, 85-year-old Chinese female scientist, was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2015.
A. a, the B. the, an C. an, the D. the, an
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Tu Youyou,___85-year-old Chinese female scientist,won the Nobel Prize on Oct.5,2015.
A.aB.an C.the D./
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根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。（每空限填一词）
Tu Yoyo, an 84-year-old female scientist, is now ____1.___(广泛地) known to the people all around the world as the____2.__ (第一) Chinese to win the Noble Prize in the year of 2015.
Yoyo was ___3.___(出生的) on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, China. She started to be interested in Chinese___4._____(传统的) medicine when she was only a little girl. She even spent all her__5.___(私人的) time reading books on it. In 1951, She went to study in Beijing University where she took up researches on how to treat Malaria(疟疾). Finally, she succeed in ______6.___(发现) artemisinin(青蒿素) as the most effective treatment.
When ___7.____(采访), Yoyo said slowly: I have met many difficulties that I don’t know how to ____8.___(处理) with, but I just fight on and never give up. The road to ___9.____(成功)is not easy, It __10.____(需要) talents and hard work. Thanks to all the people around me!”
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根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。
1.Tu Youyou, a female scientist, became the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in science in her (八十).
2.Song Wencong made great contributions to the Chinese aviation __ _ (工业). He was the pride of the whole Chinese.
3.All the people in Syria(叙利亚) are looking forward to a_____ ____(持久的）peace.
4. As students, we shouldn’t do anything ____ ____ (反对) the laws or rules.
5.The Chinese government has (选择) Zhenjiang to be one of the first sponge cities(海绵城市)。
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Artemisinin (青蒿素) was first________ by Chinese scientist Tu Youyou in the 1970s.
A.invented B.created C.produced D.discovered
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---The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize.
---Her has saved millions of lives across the world.
A. victory B. story
C. discovery D. industry
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Tu Youyou, aged 85, is a medical scientist at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.she has just become the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel prize, for helping discover artemisinin,a new kind of medicine known as "Qing-hao-su" in Chinese in 1971 and dihydroartemisinin, used also to treat malaria(疟疾).
The discovery of “Qing-hao-su” and its use in treating malaria are regarded as the most important breakthrough(突破) in tropical medicine in the 20th century. It is also a major health improvement for people in developing tropical countries in south Asia, Africa, and South America.
This is the first time her work has been widely recognized in China, and it also marks the first time China has won a Nobel prize in the sciences.The last time a Chinese national won a Nobel Prize was in 2012, when Mo Yan got the literature award.
Tu also received several medical awards in the past including the 2011 Lasker Award in Clinical Medicine for the same achievements.Tu was the first native Chinese who was educated and works in China to win the Lasker award, too.
1.Tu Youyou was born in _________ .
A.1920 B.1930 C.1940 D.1950
2.Tu’s discovery is mainly used in __________
A. Africa, Asia or South America
B.Africa,South Europe or South America
C. Africa,South Asia or South America
D.Africa,South Europe or America
3. ______ Chinese national won the Noble Prize in the sciences.
A. One B.Two C.Three D,Four
4.Tu won another medical award called Lasker Award in_________.
A, 1971 B.2011 C.2012 D.2015
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Tu Youyou, born in 1930, is a Chinese medical scientist. She won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for finding out artemisinin (also known as Qinghaosu), which saved millions of lives. When Tu was a high school student, she became interested in both traditional Chinese medicine and modern western medicine. She kept her work in the1960s and1970s. In that age, Malaria (疟疾) could take away people's lives. Scientists all over the world had already tried over 240,000 times but failed. Tu Youyou, a member of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, BeiJing, began to study Chinese herbs (药草).
Before 2011, people didn’t know Tu very much. Many friends played jokes on her “the Professor of Three None’s”: no high degree (学历), no study experience abroad, not a member of any Chinese national academies. But she is hard-working. She read a lot of traditional Chinese medicine books and did a lot of research.
In February, 2012, Tu was named “National Outstanding Females” (One of the Ten). Tu is now a model of Chinese medical workers.
1.Tu Youyou won the2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine because ________.
A.she found out Qinghaosu B.she grew some new herb
C.she studied traditional Chinese medicine D.she saved many lives with Chinese herbs
2.Tu Youyou became interested in medicine as ________.
A.a member of an academy B.a Junior school student
C.a high school student D.a college student
3.Tu Youyou is a successful scientist with ________.
A.a high degree B.a sense of duty
C.an unhealthy body D.a study experience abroad
4.How old was Tu Youyou when she was named “National Outstanding Females”?
A.80 years old. B.81 years old. C.82 years old. D.83 years old.
5.From the passage, we can lean Tu Youyou is a ________ woman.
A.funny B.friendly C.serious D.hard-working
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