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On May 22，people in China and around the world felt sad.China's "Father of Hybrid Rice （雜交水稻）"Yuan Longping（1）

died

died

at 91 on this day.Yuan created hybrid rice and ended hunger for millions of people not only in China，but around the world.Hybrid rice is grown in 57 percent of China's rice fields （田野）.It is also grown in over 40 countries，including India，the US and Brazil.
   Yuan grew up in a time of war and famine （饑荒）.He stuck to （堅持） studying agriculture （農(nóng)業(yè)） in college even （2）

though

though

his mother didn't support （支持） his（3）

decision

decision

at first."I told my parents that having enough food was people's utmost priority （頭等大事），"Yuan wrote in an article. " （4）

Finally

Finally

，my parents agreed."
   After finishing university，he worked as a teacher at an agriculture school in Hunan.After seeing many people die of hunger，he decided to study hybrid rice.At that time，people thought rice couldn't be crossed （雜交） with other（5）

plants

plants

.But Yuan decided（6）

to challenge

to challenge

this.He spent four years（7）

looking

looking

for a wild rice strain （品種） that could be crossed.In 1964，he found it.In 1973，he succeeded in growing the world's first high-yield hybrid rice strain.It could reach a yield （收益） of over 500 kg per mu， （8）

higher

higher

than the 300-kg yields from normal rice.
   Yuan once said he had two dreams.One was to enjoy the shade （陰影） under rice crops that were taller than men.The（9）

other

other

was that hybrid rice would be grown all over the world.One day（10）

his

his

dreams might come true.