人教高中英语必修4unit2Reading.ppt

Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. Yuan Longping Appearance _________ face and arms slim and strong body sunburnt _________________ developed super hybrid rice became the first __________________ in the world to grow high output rice helps the UN reduce _______ in the world agricultural pioneer Achievements hunger Experiences born in 1930 and _________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 finding ways to grow more rice has been his life _____ to _________ his knowledge in less developed countries such as India and Vietnam circulate graduated goal Personalities is satisfied with his life doesn’t care about being famous gives a large amount of money to help others to do their _________ in agriculture has many dreams and never gives up loves and __________ his people research care for to produce a kind of rice that could _____ more people to _______ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe ________ feed Dreams export 1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at the age of 40. 2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain. 3. According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950. True (T) or False (F): F F T Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. 1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph? A. The low rice output. B. Ridding the world of hunger. C. Fighting against farming. D. The freedom to do research. * * Enjoy a Poem By Li Shen Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Do you know these grains (谷物)? wheat rice sorghum 高粱 corn cotton broomcorn peanut soybean Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it? select the weeds plough the soil turn o