Seventy-five years ago, getting enough to eat was a serious problem in China. Every day he saw many people die of being1 . Yuan Longping, then a teenager, felt sad about this. He wanted to grow enough rice to2 everybody. This dream became a seed in Yuan's heart. After finishing high school, he3 to study agriculture（农业）.
China is large, but the farmland that can be used to grow4 is quite small. That's why it was5 to grow enough rice in China. In 1960, as an agricultural researcher, Yuan6 the idea for hybrid rice. After years of hard work, in 1973, he7 the world's first high-yield（高产量的）hybrid rice. It was a(n)8 piece of news. With this rice, 70 million people could be fed each year. The seed in Yuan's heart finally sprouted（发芽）！
Yuan's rice has been grown worldwide. Yuan, however,9 wanted to grow rice more productively. Even in his 90s, the "Father of Hybrid Rice" was busy doing research.
Yuan died in May in 2021, but his10 will continue. People will never forget this good "seed" in the rice field.
