B
Think of somebody you really admire. You will probably find that their success didn't come easily. As "Father of Hybrid Rice(杂交水稻)", Yuan Longping got over great difficulties and spent his whole life working to reduce(减少) world hunger and helping to feed
the country with the largest population.
Wu Mengchao, the "Father of Chinese Hepatobiliary Surgery(肝胆外科)", focused on saving people's lives for nearly eighty years. He performed more than 16, 000 operations during his life. Holding the surgeon's knife for such a long time deformed his fingers. Wu once said, "It would be my greatest happiness if I could work at the operating table until my dying day."
Qian Sanqiang and He Zehui are famous Chinese nuclear scientists. They studied and worked together in France. They made important discoveries in nuclear physics. Later, they gave up the life abroad and returned to China. They faced poor conditions and lacked enough equipment and money. However, they didn't change their mind and devoted(奉献) all their lives to China's atomic(原子的) energy research. They are respected as "China's Marie and Pierre Curie".
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, believed that every failure was a step towards success. He once said, "If I find 10, 000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong try is another step forward."
Sometimes, their success was a surprise, even to themselves. The famous scientist Alexander Fleming said, "When I woke up just after daybreak on 28th September, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionise(变革) all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic(抗生素). But I guess that was exactly what I did."
Some people only became successful after their deaths. Not like Pablo Picasso who became famous and very rich during his lifetime, the artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting all through his life and that was to a friend. But he kept painting and he painted more than 2, 000 artworks in the following ten years. Now his paintings are very popular, and they sell for millions of pounds.
One thing all these people have in common is sticking to their goals no matter what.
()56. What do Yuan Longping and Wu Mengchao have in common?
A. They succeeded in solving world problems.
B. They spent all their lives serving people.
C. They achieved a lot in the medical field.
D. They are remembered for their happiness.
()57. The underlined phrase "deformed his fingers" could be replaced by "".
A. changed the shape of his fingers
B. made him feel down
C. gave him too much pressure
D. got his fingers cut off
()58. It is clear that .
A. Pablo Picasso became famous after his death
B. Vincent Van Gogh painted 2, 001 artworks in his life
C. Thomas Edison tried 10, 000 ways before he invented the light bulb
D. Qian Sanqiang and He Zehui devoted themselves to China's nuclear science
()59. When Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic, he .
A. felt too tired to stay awake
B. didn't plan to study all medicine
C. knew exactly what his success meant
D. didn't fully realise its importance
()60. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A. Not everyone can be successful.
B. The more difficulties, the better.
C. Great achievements come from perseverance.
D. Great hopes make great men.

56.B 57.A 58.D 59.D 60.C

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文内容逐一分析各题：1.第56题定位袁隆平和吴孟超的事迹，提炼两人共同点；2.第57题结合语境猜测短语含义；3.第58题逐一核对选项与原文表述，排除错误项；4.第59题定位弗莱明的表述，判断其对发现的认知；5.第60题结合最后一段核心，归纳文章主旨。
【解析】
56题：原文袁隆平“spent his whole life working to reduce world hunger”，吴孟超“focused on saving people's lives for nearly eighty years”，共同点是一生服务他人，故选B。
57题：由“holding the surgeon's knife for such a long time”可知，长期握手术刀会改变手指形状，deformed意为“使变形”，对应A选项。
58题：A项毕加索生前出名，错误；B项梵高画超2000幅，错误；C项爱迪生说的是“找到10000种行不通的方法”，并非发明灯泡前试10000种，错误；D项钱三强和何泽慧献身中国核研究，符合原文，故选D。
59题：原文弗莱明“didn't plan to revolutionise all medicine”，说明他未完全意识到发现抗生素的重要性，故选D。
60题：最后一段点明核心“sticking to their goals no matter what”，即伟大成就来自坚持，对应C选项。
【答案】
56.B 57.A 58.D 59.D 60.C
【知识点】
阅读理解、词义猜测、主旨大意
【点评】
本题围绕名人成功的共性展开，考查学生对英语阅读中细节、词义、主旨的理解能力，是常见的初中英语阅读题型，需精准定位原文信息。
【难度系数】
0.6