C. The government supported him.

D. Other researchers joined him.

3.In Yuan's opinion, the only way to produce more rice and to produce it more quickly was to_____.

A. increase rice planting areas

B. develop a new kind of fast growing rice

C. search for a special type of rice plant

D. develop a new kind of rice which can give a higher yield

4. The last two paragraphs mainly talk about__________.

A. The development of China's agriculture.

B. Yuan Longping's late life.

C. Foreign countries' agriculture

D. Yuan Longping's contributions to China and the world.

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Yuan L ong ping He was interested in ________from an early age.

School education (1)He was __________in many schools as a boy.

(2)He studied _________in college.

The process of his experiments He ________________different types of rice, The results were published in China ________.Then he began his search for a naturally______ male rice plant. It was finally discovered in 1970, which was the __________.

Influence (1)Chinese ____________rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990's.

(2)50 thousand square kilometers of rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other_________.

(3)His rice was _________ to other countries, such as Pakistan and the Philippines.

Part 3. Find out the following sentences and translate them into Chinese.

1 He thought that the key to feeding people was to have more rice and to produce it more quickly.

2 He thought there was only one way to do this-by crossing different species of rice plant, and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher yield than either of the original plants.

3 Researchers were brought in from all over China to develop the new system.

4 As a result of Yuan Longping's discoveries Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990's.