Dreams are like stars. You may never catch them, but if you follow them, they will lead you to success. Yan Ning is such a dream follower.
Yan is a rising star in the science world. When Yan Ning was only a little girl, she dreamed of being a great scientist. After years of hard work, in 1996, she went to Tsinghua University to study biology. After graduating from Tsinghua in 2000, she went to Princeton University and finished her study abroad in 2007. Then she returned to Tsinghua and set up her own lab. At the age of 30, she became the youngest professor(教授) at Tsinghua.
Now Yan, 42, has become a leading biology researcher at Princeton. On April 30, she was included among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates(院士) into the US Natinal Academy of Science(国家科学院).
However, it was a long and difficult road for her to make such achievements. She said that in order to realize her dream, she experienced a lot of failures and pains. But she never gave up her dream. Instead, she followed her dream and fought for it.
She usually works at least 14 hours a day. Sometimes she even forgets to eat and rest and works until late night. She never gets tired because she thinks doing research is the most “comfortable” job for her.
In a TV interview, Yan encouraged young people to work hard for their dreams. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to follow them.”
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1.Yan went to Tsinghua to study _______ in 1996.
A chemistry
B physics
C medicine
D biology
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文中第二段After years of hard work, in 1996, she went to Tsinghua University to study biology.可知，1996年，她去清华大学学习生物。故选D。
2.We can learn from the passage that _______.
A Yan wanted to give up when she had failures and pains in research
B Yan never gets tired because doing research is the easiest job
C Yan achieved her dream because she had the courage to follow it
D Yan made these achievements mainly by asking others for help
解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文中第四段She said that in order to realize her dream, she expericnced a lot of failures and pains. But she never gave up her dream.Instead, she followed her dream and fought for it.可知，燕宁实现了她的梦想，因为她有勇气去实现它。故选C。
