19.The 2011 Lasker DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors a scientist who discovered artemisinin and its utility for treating malaria.Tu Youyou (China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing) developed a therapy that has saved millions of lives across the globe,especially in the developing world.Sweet wormwood(青蒿)is a common plant in China,(61)but it has the power to cure the deadly disease called malaria(疟疾).Tu Youyou is the woman who uses the plant's special power to save millions of lives.The Chinese scientist won a Nobel Prize because of her great contribution.
On October 5,Tu (62)was awarded (award) the 2015Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.She shared the prize with two other scientists from the US and Japan.Tu is the first native Chinese person (63)to receive(receive) a Nobel Prize in natural sciences.
Tu was modest about receiving the award:"It's a success for the whole research team."She also thinks that (64)it is scientists'duty to fight for the health of all humans.
When Tu joined the national research team to find the medicine (65)that/which could fight against malaria in the 1960s and 1970s,things were hard.The team didn't have advanced equipment back then.Tu used to test (66)medicines(medicine) by eating them herself.Her team searched old Chinese medicine books by hand and tested over 2,000traditional recipes.
Once Tu returned home after traveling for six months.Her little daughter(67)hid(hide) from the"strange woman".To do research,Tu also had to move around a lot.
Finally,Tu found artemisinin(青蒿素)in sweet wormwood in 1971.She spent the next decades (68)trying(try) to improve the medicine.According to World Health Organization,about 200million people suffer (69)from malaria around the world,and about haft a million die each year.Artemisinin is the most effective treatment against malaria known today.
Tu never complains about (70)how hard she works."I feel more rewarded when I see so many cured patients,"she said.
分析 本文主要讲述屠呦呦找到了治疗疟疾的药物--青蒿素,拯救了成千上万的人生命,因而获得了2015年诺贝尔医学奖,是中国第一个获得的自然科学奖.
解答 61.but 考查连词.前后两个单句之间是转折关系,用连词but.
62.was awarded 考查动词时态和语态.根据时间状语On October 5用一般过去时态,且Tu与award之间是动宾 关系,用被动语态,即用一般过去时的被动语态.
63.to receive 考查动词不定式.此处动词不定式作后置定语修饰person.
64.it 考查it用法.it是形式主语,真正的主语是动词不定式短语to fight for the health of all humans.
65.that/which 考查定语从句.分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句,先行词 the medicine在从句中作主语,用关系代词that/which.
66.medicines 考查名词复数.medicine一般为不可数名词,但作"各种各样的药"解时可用作可数名词,可以有复数形式.此处指治疗"疟疾"的"各种各样的药".
67.hid 考查动词时态.此处是过去发生的事情,用一般过去时态.
68.trying 考查动名词.spend time in doing sth.意为"花费时间做某事",in后接动词-ing形式,in也可以省略.
69.from 考查介词.suffer from意为"患(某种病); 受(某种病痛)折磨",是固定搭配.
70.how 考查感叹句.由how引导的感叹句结构形式是:How+adj./adv.+主语+谓语.
点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇(短文或对话)中留出10处空白,部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式,要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式,所填写词语不得多于3个单词.要做好语法填空题,理解短文是解题的前提,扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础,英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充.考生须灵活运用语法知识,如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容.答完后,还要通读全文,核对所填单词形式是否正确,是否符合语境.