TuYouyou,an84-year-oldfemale(女性)scientist,becamethefirsrChinesetowinaNobelPrezeinscienceonOct5.Beforethat,sheeverwonthe2011LaskerAwardforfindingoutartenisnin(Qinghaosu),whichsavedmillonsoflives
TuYouyou,an84-year-oldfemale(女性)scientist,becamethefirsrChinesetowinaNobelPrezeinscienceonOct5.Beforethat,sheeverwonthe2011LaskerAwardforfindingoutartenisnin(Qinghaosu),whichsavedmillonsoflives.Shewasgrateful(感激的)fortheLaskerprize,butsaid,"Itisjustascientist'duty.Iwillgoonfightingforthehealthofallhumans."
Tukeptherworkinthe1960sand1970s.Inthatage,Malaria(疟疾)couldtookawaypeople'shealth.Scientistsallovertheworldhadalreadytriedover240000timestbutfailed.TuYouyou,amemberoftheAcademyofTraditionalChineseMedicine,Beijing,begantostudyChineseherbs.
Before2011,peopledidn'tknowTuverymuch.Manyfriendsplayedjokeswithher"theProfessorofThreeNone's":nodegree(学位),nostudyexperienceabroad,notamemberofanyChinesenationalcolleges.Butsheishard-working.ShereadalotoftraditiongalChinesemedicinebooksanddidalotofresearchesonthedisease.
InFebruary,2012,TuwasnamedNationalOutstandingFemales(OneoftheTen)TuisnowamodelofChinesemedicalworkers.
56.Artemisininisusedto___.
A.makemedicine
B.makefood
C.getaward
D.dotheexperiment
57.Inthe1960sand1970s___couldfindwaystostoptheMalaria.
A.ScientistsinChina
B.onlyTuYouyou
C.Scientistsallovertheworld
D.noscientist
58.TuYouyoubecameveryfamous___.
A.inthe1960s
B.in1970
C.before2011
D.after2012
59.FromTuYouyou'sstory,weknowthatsheisa___woman.
A.friendly
B.kind
C.clever
D.hard-working
60.Whatcanwenotlearnfromthepassage?___
A.TuYouyouwasthewinnerof2011LaskerAward
B.TuYouyouwasaprofessorofmuchexperienceabroad
C.TuYouyouisthefinderofartemisinin
D.TuYouyouwasoneofthetenNationalOutstandingFemales.