《2025年新课堂新坐标高三一轮总复习高三英语外研版》

高频短语
1. ______ 承诺；保证(做某事、遵守协议或安排等)
2. insist on 坚决要求
3. ______ (开始)掌权；上台
4. ______ 担任；任职
5. sum up ______
6. wear and tear ______

答案： 1.commit oneself to (sth./doing sth./do sth.) 2.insist on 3.come to power 4.take up a position 5.总结；概括 6.（正常使用造成的）磨损；损耗

Academician Yuan Longping, the winner of the China’s top science award, 1. is acknowledged (acknowledge) as the “father of hybrid rice” in China.
Upon graduation, Yuan took up a position as a teacher in a college. He insisted on 2. studying (study) agriculture while teaching.
In 1960, Professor Yuan unexpectedly found an “outstanding” rice plant with excellent 3. properties (property). He carefully analysed it and came to the conclusion 4. that this extraordinary rice was a natural hybrid rice. This crucial finding fueled his enthusiasm for the study of hybrid rice. Despite encountering numerous difficulties, he continued his 5. scientific (science) research under hard circumstances with great passion. As 6. a consequence, Yuan and his team obtained remarkable success, 7. significantly (significant) increasing China’s rice output. 8. To sum (sum) up, Yuan committed all his life 9. to defeating the world problem of hunger.
Yuan passed away in 2021 at the age of 91, and the whole nation 10. mourned (mourn) his death. He will be remembered forever by people at home and abroad.

答案： 1.is acknowledged 2.studying 3.properties 4.that 5.scientific 6.a 7.significantly 8.To sum 9.to 10.mourned