Tu Youyou, born in 1930, is a Chinese medical scientist. She won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for finding out artemisinin (also known as Qinghaosu), which saved millions of lives. When Tu was a high school student, she became interested in both traditional Chinese medicine and modern western medicine. She kept her work in the1960s and1970s. In that age, Malaria (疟疾) could take away people's lives. Scientists all over the world had already tried over 240,000 times but failed. Tu Youyou, a member of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, BeiJing, began to study Chinese herbs (药草).
Before 2011, people didn’t know Tu very much. Many friends played jokes on her “the Professor of Three None’s”: no high degree (学历), no study experience abroad, not a member of any Chinese national academies. But she is hard-working. She read a lot of traditional Chinese medicine books and did a lot of research.
In February, 2012, Tu was named “National Outstanding Females” (One of the Ten). Tu is now a model of Chinese medical workers.
【小题1】Tu Youyou won the2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine because ________.
| A．she found out Qinghaosu | B．she grew some new herb |
| C．she studied traditional Chinese medicine | D．she saved many lives with Chinese herbs |
【小题2】Tu Youyou became interested in medicine as ________.
| A．a member of an academy | B．a Junior school student |
| C．a high school student | D．a college student |
【小题3】Tu Youyou is a successful scientist with ________.
| A．a high degree | B．a sense of duty |
| C．an unhealthy body | D．a study experience abroad |
【小题4】How old was Tu Youyou when she was named “National Outstanding Females”?
| A．80 years old. | B．81 years old. | C．82 years old. | D．83 years old. |
【小题5】From the passage, we can lean Tu Youyou is a ________ woman.
| A．funny | B．friendly | C．serious | D．hard-working |
