Zhong Nanshan,【小题1】84-year-old man, is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of engineering, a famous respiratory expert, and a leading figure in the【小题2】(prevent) and control of respiratory infectious diseases in China.

In the spring of 2003, the SARS epidemic broke【小题3】in China and across the globe. Zhong Nanshan not only led【小题4】took an active part in the battle against SARS. Dangerous【小题5】it was, Zhong Nanshan worked hard day and night treating the patients. Through their hard work for several months, Zhong Nanshan and his workmates achieved a【小题6】(remark) result. Soon the SARS epidemic was stopped in its track.

17 years later, when the novel coronavirus pneumonia appeared, he still fought against the virus in the first line of the battle to find the best medicine【小题7】(overcome) the virus. With him, there is a belief in victory. You are the sea god needle in our heart!

Zhong Nanshan【小题8】(award) for the Medal of the Republic, a working committee for honor-granting said on Monday, which honored a number of exemplary figures in 2019 for their outstanding contributions【小题9】the People’s Republic’s development since【小题10】(it) founding in 1949.

For some, cloning (克隆) is a problem, since it means that the awkward day 【小题1】 somebody proposes cloning people is unavoidable. For others, it will help medical researchers mass-produce animals for 【小题2】 (they) experiments.

That sort of cloning is the goal of Dr Sun Qiang of the Chinese Academy of Science. In 2018, Dr Sun made headlines by 【小题3】 (raise) a crab-eating monkey. The following year, he performed 【小题4】 same trick with five crab-eaters. On January 16, 2024, he reported in Nature Communications that he has invented a better way to clone monkeys in quantity and that he has in his lab a healthy two-year-old male monkey 【小题5】 (produce) with the new method.

Cloning has become 【小题6】 (popularity) since it gave the world Dolly, a sheep that, in 1996, became the first animal to be cloned from an adult with this method. But success 【小题7】 (rate) are low. For most species only, 1—3% of implants produce a surviving new-born. Even for cattle, where the odds are better, they are still only 5—20%. At the moment, the only people making money from cloning are companies that clone pets and horses. If cloning animals is to become a 【小题8】 (scientific) useful technology, then better ways of doing it have to 【小题9】 (find).

“【小题10】 we have just obtained one healthy baby monkey from 11 implants, it’s not a bad outcome for the first trial of a new technique,” said Dr Sun.

The Shenzhou-13 return capsule, carrying the three Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu,【小题1】(safe) landed back on Earth on Saturday morning after a record breaking six-month mission in space. China declared the Shenzhou-13 mission【小题2】complete success after the medical team waiting on site confirmed that all three astronauts were【小题3】good health.

Zhai, the commander of the mission, was the first【小题4】(come) out of the capsule, waving his hand to the cheering crowd on site with a big smile. He said he felt very good. He【小题5】(follow) by Wang, the first female Chinese astronaut who had entered China’s space station. “I want to tell my daughter, mom returned after reaching for the stars,” she said. Ye【小题6】(exit) last from the capsule.

“My first flight to space lasted six【小题7】(month), which was a challenge to me. My space dream came true,” he said.

During the six-month journey in the space station, the crew confirmed key technologies for the construction of the space station,【小题8】(involve) in-orbit transposition of spacecraft and robotic arm operation of heavy loads. Besides【小题9】(science) missions, the crew also gave two live science lectures from the space station, during【小题10】they conducted various experiments and answered questions from students watching the class on Earth.