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fact,TuisnottheonlyscientistinChinawhoiscatchingtheworld’sattention.In2016,theNaturejournalpublishedalistofthetop10sciencestarsinChina.GaoCaixiaandCuiWeichengaretwoofthem.
Gao
Caixiahasbeendevotedtogeneticengineeringforherwholecareer.SheisknownforusingCRISPR-Cas9,therevolutionarygene-editingtechniquethatissweepingthroughbiologylabsaroundtheworld–incrops.
At
first,GaowasunwillingtotakeupgeneeditingusingCRISPR-Cas9becauseherlabattheChineseAcademyofSciences’InstituteofGeneticsandDevelopmentalBiologyinBeijinghadalreadycreatedmutations(变异)in82genesusinganoldertypeoftechnology.Butafterthinkingcarefullyaboutit,shedecidedtogiveitatry.
Afterayearofhardwork,herlabfinallysucceeded.Gaoworkedongeneticengineeringinwheat,acropthatisfamousforbeingdifficulttoworkwith.Nowsheisconsideredoneofthebestintheworldatengineeringwheat.
Cui
WeichengisthedeveloperofChina’srecord-settingJiaolongsubmersibl(e
潜水器).HeisnowaprofessoratWestlakeUniversity.In2012,CuirodeinsideChina’sJiaolongsubmersibleandreachedadepthofmorethan7,000metersinthePacific.
ThankstoJiaolongandthe57-year-olddeveloper,Chinaisnowoneofonlyafewnationsthatcanexplorethedeepsea.Jiaolongcantraveldeeperthananyothermannedresearchsubmersiblecurrentlyinuse,whichshowsChina’sincreasingambitionandleadershipindeep-searesearch.
(1)WhyisTuYouyoumentionedatthebeginningofthepassage?
A
ToshowoneofChina’slong-helddreams.
B
TostresstheimportanceoftheNobelPrize.
C
TopraiseTuYouyouforhercontributions.
D
TointroducemoretopChinesescientists.
(2)WhydidGaoCaixiaworkonwheat?
Becauseshefailedinherattempttostudyothercrops.
Becauseshewasexpertatwheatengineering.
Becausewheatishardtobegeneticallyengineered.
BecausewheatisthemostwidelyplantedcropinChina.
(3)WhatisCuiWeicheng’sbiggestcontributiontoChina?
Heteachesaboutseaatauniversity.
HedevelopedJiaolongsubmersible.
Heisdevotedtogeneticengineering.
Hereachedthebottomoftheocean.
(4)Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?
China’sScienceStars
China’sNobelPrizeDream
GaoCaixia-China’sCropEngineer
CuiWeicheng-China’sDeepDiver
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Halloweenisagreattimeinthelivesofbothchildrenandadults.However,
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twashoff.HowcanyoukeepyourhomesafeonHalloween?
Therearesomemeasuresyoucantake.
Make
itknownthatyou'
reathome.________arelesslikelytoplayatrickiftheyknowsomeoneisathome.Youmaywanttoclosetheglassonyourscreendoorandopenyourfrontdoorsothatyoucanseeeveryonemovingaroundoutside.Thisalsoallowspranksterstoseethatyou'
reathome.
Turn
onthelightsinsideyourhomeandoutside.Havingallthelightsonletsprankstersknowthatyou'
renotonlyathome,
butyou'
reawake.Ifapranksterknowsyou'
reawake,
he'
llbemorelikelytoskipyourhouseandheadforanotherone.Evenifyouneedtogetinbedearly,
keepallthelightsonexceptinyourbedroom.Prankstersaren'
tgoingtoknowwhichroomisyourbedroom.
Ask
thepoliceto"
patrol"
thearea.It'
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noprankstersaregoingtothroweggsatyourhousewhenthepolicemenarepatrollingthearea.
Set
upaneighborhoodwatch.OneofthebestwaystokeepyourhomesafeonHalloweenistogettheneighborsinvolved.Noonewantshistreescoveredwithtoiletpaper.Askyourneighborstokeeptheireyesopenandtofollowthesamestepsyou'
vetakentohelpkeepyourhomesafe.Iftheentireneighborhoodislitup,
prankstersarelesslikelytostopby.
(1)Theunderlinedword"
Prankster"
inParagraph2probablymeanssomepeoplewho________.
likeHalloweenverymuch
oftencommitacrimeatnight
playpracticaljokesonpeople
enterone'
shousebyforce.
(2)Howcanyoumakeprankstersknowyouareathomeandskipyourhouse?
________
Byturningoninsideandoutsidelights.
Bymovingaroundoutsideyourhouse,
Byclosingyourfrontdoor.
Bystayingupandbeingawake..
(3)Whatcanw