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Although he is one of China's most famous _______________ (scientist), Yuan Longping considers himself ____ farmer, for he works the land ______ (do) his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and _______ (arm) and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for ________ he _______________ (struggle) for the past five decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows ________ is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became ______ first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice _______ has a high output. This special strain of rice makes ____ possible ______________ (produce) one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice ______________ (produce) in China each year is from this hybrid strain. ________ (bear) in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, ___________ (find) ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As ___ young man, he saw the great need for ____________ (increase) the rice output. At that time, hunger was a ____________ (disturb) problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without _____________ (expand) the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In ___ recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice ______________ (produce). These ___________ (increase) harvests mean that 22% of the world's people _________ (feed) from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks _____ his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world ___ hunger. ________ (use) his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests ________ (two) ___ large as before. Dr Yuan is quite ____________ (satisfy) with his life. ______________, he doesn't care about _________ (be) famous. He feels it gives him ________ (little) freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his ___________ (hobby). He enjoys ___________ (listen) to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. __________ (spend) money on himself or ____________ (lead) a _______________ (comfort) life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than _________ (few) troubles. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. Just ____________ (dream) for things, however, costs nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall ___ sorghum. Each ear of rice was ____ big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan _______ (awake) from his dream with the hope of _____________ (produce) a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has ___________ dream: to export his rice so that it can ____________ (grow) around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person ______ loves and cares for his people.。