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Eighty-five-year old Chinese pharmacologist(药理学家) Tu Youyou became China’s first winner of the Nobel...
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Eighty-five-year old Chinese pharmacologist(药理学家) Tu Youyou became China’s first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine when it was announced that she was one of three scientists awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in developing effective drugs against parastic diseases.
Tu was honored for developing artemisin(青蒿素),a drug for malaria that has saved millions of lives across the globe,especially in the developing world,the Nobel Assembly at karolinska Institue disclosed on its website on Monday.Tu,a Chinese trained pharmacologist and a researcher at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing,went to Stockholm,Sweden in December to receive her award,according to Cao Hongxin,the science and techology department head of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
"She was calm and said she has received lots of congratulatory calls." Cao told China Daily on Monday after he telephoned Tu to congratulate her."It’s an overdue(迟来的)honor for Tu and the world’s recognition of traditional Chinese medicine," he said.
"Tu’s breakthrough in winning the Nobel Prize in a natural science is the pride of the whole nation and the whole Chinese scientific community," said Zhou Dejin,spokesman of the Chinese Academy of Science,China’s national research body that consists of more than one hundred research insistutes,universities and research branches,
"The achievement of discovering artemisinin was made in the 1970s,but it only received international recognition in later years ,which suggests that we might have more achievements that have reached the Nobel Prize level but have not been recognized." Zhou said.
1.Why was Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize?
A. She made a breakthrough in the Chinese scientific community
B. She came up with a revolutionary theory about medicine
C. She devoted her whole life to medicine research
D. She developed a very effective drug in the 1970s
2.What do we know about Tu Youyou ?
A. She secretly accepted the Nobel Prize by herself
B. She 's the second Chinese to win the 2015 Nobel Prize
C. She has an ordinary heart though winning the Nobel Prize
D. She won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with three scientists
3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. China lacks talented scientists like Tu Youyou
B. Tu’s achievement was recognized by the world a long time ago
C. Chinese scientists should work harder to win more Nobel Prizes
D. More Chinese scientific achievements should be acknowledged
4.What type of writing does this passage belong to?
A. A scientific report B. An official document
C. A news report D. A medical record
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