41.填空题（20分）Direction: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by the complete word.mercial B.deficiency C.devotion D.eradicate E.focused F.geneticG.miracle H.nurture I.offspring J.priority K.skeptical L.soared M.tended N.traits O.yieldsOn a hot summer day in 1961 when he was inspecting a test field in Hunan, Yuan Longping came across a single rice plant bearing 230 grains. He carefully collected all the grains and planted them the following spring, hoping to find a way to increase rice 41The resulting new plants showed a variety of useful 42but to his disappointment, none was as productive as the parent plant.At that time, some people were 43__________输入答案__________ about hybridizing rice. However, Yuan Longping, with his knowledge of 44__________输入答案__________ engineering, was confident about hybrid rice. He believed that crossbreeding was universal and that it would always lead to stronger 45__________输入答案__________.Then Yuan Longping 46__________输入答案__________ on developing hybrid rice. The first breakthrough (突破) came in 1970, when his team found a male-sterile wild rice plant in Hainan. Having carefully 47__________输入答案__________ the plant, Yuan Longping successfully developed a good quality hybrid-rice strain in 1973.Thanks to his efforts, about eight million hectares of hybrid rice have since been grown in more than 60 countries. Yuan Longping's 48__________输入答案__________ to developing hybrid rice has helped 49___________输入答案__________ poverty and solve the problem of food 50__________输入答案__________ in both China and the world.He said, "Hybrid rice technology belongs not only to China, but also to the rest of the world. As long as I live, I will never stop pursuing and dreaming about super high-yield rice."

41.填空题（20分） Direction: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by the complete word. mercial B.deficiency C.devotion D.eradicate E.focused F.genetic G.miracle H.nurture I.offspring J.priority K.skeptical L.soared M.tended N.traits O.yields On a hot summer day in 1961 when he was inspecting a test field in Hunan, Yuan Longping came across a single rice plant bearing 230 grains. He carefully collected all the grains and planted them the following spring, hoping to find a way to increase rice 41 The resulting new plants showed a variety of useful 42 but to his disappointment, none was as productive as the parent plant. At that time, some people were 43 __________输入答案__________ about hybridizing rice. However, Yuan Longping, with his knowledge of 44 __________输入答案__________ engineering, was confident about hybrid rice. He believed that crossbreeding was universal and that it would always lead to stronger 45 __________输入答案__________. Then Yuan Longping 46 __________输入答案__________ on developing hybrid rice. The first breakthrough (突破) came in 1970, when his team found a male-sterile wild rice plant in Hainan. Having carefully 47 __________输入答案__________ the plant, Yuan Longping successfully developed a good quality hybrid-rice strain in 1973. Thanks to his efforts, about eight million hectares of hybrid rice have since been grown in more than 60 countries. Yuan Longping's 48 __________输入答案__________ to developing hybrid rice has helped 49_ __________输入答案__________ poverty and solve the problem of food 50 __________输入答案__________ in both China and the world. He said, "Hybrid rice technology belongs not only to China, but also to the rest of the world. As long as I live, I will never stop pursuing and dreaming about super high-yield rice."