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Tu Yoyo，84， (honor)with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct 5．She was the first Chinese citizen
(win) a Nobel Prize in science．Tu
(share)the prize with the Irish-born William Campbell and Satoshi Omura of Japan．
Tu is a researcher at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine now．She was given the prize for (develop) artemisinin(青蒿素)，a new drug therapy against malaria(疟疾)，
has saved millions of lives worldwide，especially in developing countries．
Tu and her colleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug the late 1960s．They made 380 herbal extracts from two thousand recipes from traditional Chinese medical books．In 1971，after nearly two hundred
(failure)，Tu’s team
(final)found an extract that was 100％effective against the malaria parasites—artemisinin．In 2001．the World Health Organization made artemisinin
(it)first choice in the treatment of malaria．
“The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine．It’s the collective achievement of the research team. Winning the prize is honor for Chinese science and traditional Chinese medicine，” Tu said．
When I was seven years old, my family grew our first square watermelon. No one (see) a square watermelon before, so it became famous instantly. People visited our garden to see
unusual fruit. What’s so great about square watermelons? Well, besides their
(usual) shape, the melons pile nicely, fit in the refrigerator, and won’t roll off the table.
Whenever people ask
they can grow their own square watermelons, my dad tells them to “use square seeds”. Truthfully, though, my dad discovered the key square fruit by accident.
We have a small vegetable garden we plant watermelons every summer. The young melons were placed on cinder blocks (空心砖) to keep them from rotting on the wet ground. In 1996, we went to London for vacation. When we returned weeks later, we were surprised
(find) a young melon stuck in the centre of a cinder block. The watermelon had grown inside the block until
was squeezed too tightly to remove.
“We didn’t want to kill it, so we just left it there, ” my father remembers. “ (surprise), when we broke the cinder block at harvest time, we found a perfectly healthy melon–but it was also perfectly square.” Since that summer my family has been growing square watermelons on purpose because they are always well
(receive).
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Among the few scientists who have had a great effect on science and history, Albert Einstein is perhaps the ___ (great). An American university president once commented that Einstein had created _
_ new view of the universe. Now, more and more people agree that the universe is something more complicated than _
__ they have ever thought before.
Einstein ____ (bear) in Germany in 1879. In 1914, young Einstein, already internationally famous, became a professor at an institute in Berlin. However, _
__ peaceful life was soon broken by the First World War. Einstein hated violence. He was deeply affected by the war; he sat __
_ (happily) in his office doing nothing and __
_ (lose) interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.
In the years ___ (follow) the First World War, people showered honor upon him. He became the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble Prize __
__ Physics and was greatly honored and respected in Germany. However, the Second World War broke out and Einstein had to move to the US，__
_he lived until his death in 1955.
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Tim: Jeff, do you prefer working in a group or working ____?
Jeff: I’m good at ____(work) by myself because if I am doing something I like, I can get it ___
___(do) quickly. __
_, if I am working with a team where people all want to do a good job, I think __
_ team is fun.
Tim: Do you prefer working wearing a uniform or putting whatever you want?
Jeff: I think ___ you wear a uniform, sometimes you get respect.
Tim: So, how about a working schedule? Would you prefer a set time job?
Jeff: No. I think ___ is difficult to do a set time job. Last year, I _
__(produce) furniture in a factory. Every morning, I had to get up at six. When I got home after work, it was almost eight.
Tim: You __ be very tired. By the way, do you prefer being paid by the hour or do you prefer salary?
Jeff: I think salary may be a ____(good) way to go than being paid by the hour.
Eating habits are different in different countries. The Chinese have a (say) –Eat good things for breakfast, “eat a big meal for lunch, but eat
(little) at dinner. Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast,
their ideas about lunch and dinner are
(difference).
Most Americans only give (they) a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family
(talk) about their day is a way to take
good rest after a long. hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants(be) also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing _
(loud), and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They want a quiet place
they can eat a good meal far away from the noises of the outside world.
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Recently a new science behind incentives（激励）, _ （include） in education, has been discussed．For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children
_（do） better in school．__
_some cases, he gave students incentives based on input（输入）, like reading certain books, while in
___, the incentives
（base） on output, like results on exams．His main __
_ （find） was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output．Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be
____（effect） because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”．Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over
__they have much more control．
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have __ much higher chance of success．And it’s easier to start again
_you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do．