Chinese scientist Yuan Longping，famous（1）

for

for

developing the first hybrid rice strains that have pulled many people out of hunger，passed away at 91 last year.Yuan Longping，born in（2）

September

September

[sep'temb?r]1930，helped China work a great wonder — feeding nearly one（3）

fifth

fifth

（five） of the world's population with less than 9 percent of the world's total land.He cultivated the world's first high- yielding hybrid rice strain in 1973，which was later（4）

grown

grown

（grow） on a large scale in China and other countries to substantially raise output.Since the 1980s，Yuan's team has offered training courses in dozens of countries in（5）

Africa

Africa

/'?fr?k?/，the Americas and Asia 一 providing a robust food source in areas with a high risk of famine.
   Yuan Longping was quite（6）

satisfied

satisfied

（satisfy） with his life.In his free time，he enjoyed listening to violin music，playing mah-jong，swimming and reading.He was well-known at home and abroad.（7）

However

However

，he himself didn't care about being famous.He felt it gave him less freedom to do his（8）

research

research

[r??s??t?].Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also meant very little to him.He believed that a person with too much money would not have less but（9）

a

a

trouble.So he gave（10）

millions

millions

（million） of yuan to help others for their study in agriculture.