Famous scientist as he is, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer. He grows 【小题1】 is called super hybrid rice. As a young man, Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a 【小题2】(disturb) problem in China. He wanted to increase rice harvests without 【小题3】(expand) the area of the fields. In 1973, a special strain of rice made 【小题4】 possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields. Thanks 【小题5】 his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of 【小题6】 (hungry). Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. He is now circulating his rice knowledge in less 【小题7】 (develop) countries 【小题8】 (increase) their rice harvests and he wants to export his rice so that it can be grown 【小题9】(wide) around the globe. Though he

【小题10】(struggle) for the past five decades, Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, singing and reading.