A heartwarming letter 【小题1】 (write) by Yuan Longping has caught international attention as the world is mourning (哀悼) over his passing away. At the age of 80, Yuan wrote the letter in memory of his late mother, Hua Jing, and many are 【小题2】 (deep) touched by its sincerity.

In the letter named “The Rice is Ripe, Mom”, Yuan 【小题3】 (look) back to the old days with his mother in Anjiang town in Hunan province, where his mother was buried. “Mom, the rice is ripe. Can you smell it? After 【小题4】 seemed to be so many years, I can still hear your laugh 【小题5】 (ring) in Anjiang. I can still see my son holding your hands to help you walk through the 【小题6】 (entirely) rice field,” he wrote.

Born in a wealthy family in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, Hua was well educated and open - minded. She taught Yuan English and the thoughts of Nietzsche (尼采) when he was very young. Having never worked in the fields, Hua moved to Anjiang 【小题7】 (support) her son’s research.

“Mom, the rice is ripe and I come back to Anjiang to see you. Every time when I was able to deliver 【小题8】 speech to the audience from around the world or take a prize in my study, I always thought of you and your 【小题9】 (devote). You made me who I am. People say I’ve changed the world with one tiny rice seed, but l know you had planted the seed 【小题10】 me when I was still a little boy, mom.”

Distinguished scientist Lu Yuanju（陆元九）, 101, has urged China's scientists, researchers, engineers and technicians 【小题1】 （make）full use of their talents to contribute to the motherland and her people.

"People in my generation 【小题2】 （study）under enemy bombing and built our country from ruins," he said at his home in Beijing 【小题3】 （late）. "My comrades（同事）and I spent our 【小题4】 （young）in sending our country's rockets and satellites into space. Our successors have managed to place spacecraft on the moon and Mars, 【小题5】 （accomplish）our country's thousand-year dreams of exploring the universe. I am very 【小题6】 （hope）that our younger scientists, researchers, engineers and technicians can see their work 【小题7】 a long-distance race, stay true to their missions, and use all their passion and energy to advance the nation's science and technology."

One of the founders of China's space industry, Lu played 【小题8】 important role in the design and construction of the country's first satellite 【小题9】 was lifted into orbit in April 1970.

In recognition of his service and contribution to China, Lu 【小题10】 （award）the July 1 Medal.

Yuan Longping, 【小题1】 (know) as the “world father of hybrid rice”, has won the life science section of the Future Science Prize, with two other scientists.

“There is no limit 【小题2】 scientific research, and I still have a dream 【小题3】 is hybrid rice going global and covering the whole world,” Yuan said in a video address at the award ceremony for the 2018 Future Science Prize in Beijing on Sunday. “I hope hybrid rice can be 【小题4】 (benefit) to people around the world and play a big role in 【小题5】 (enhance) world food security.”

Hybrid rice can feed an additional 70 million Chinese people every year, 【小题6】 (make) huge contributions to ending hunger in the country, Yuan said.

Yuan is a pioneer in hybrid rice research. He 【小题7】 (develop) the first hybrid rice in 1974.

The 88-year-old agricultural scientist shared the Life Science Prize along 【小题8】 Zhang Qifa and Li Jiayang for their pioneering work in breeding (培育) new rice【小题9】 (vary) with high produce and better quality.

Touted (誉为) as “China’s Nobel Prize”, as both are privately funded, the Future Science Prize was instituted by a group of entrepreneurs (企业家) and scientists in 2016【小题10】 (honor) top Chinese scientists in life science, physical science, mathematics and computer science.