
Have you ever heard of Huang Xuhua, the main designer of China’s first nuclear submarines (核潜艇)? ___1___ Because of his great achievements, he was given the Medal of the Republic, China’s highest honor in 2019.
Huang Xuhua graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1949. ___2___ At that time, his team didn’t have computers or technology. They couldn’t get any help from other experts, either. ___3___ They had to search for information from magazines and newspapers. After studying the information carefully, they came up with their own plans. ___4___ After years of hard work, they built China’s first nuclear submarine successfully in 1970.
Huang Xuhua kept researching throughout his whole life. Even in his 90s, he offered suggestions to young researchers on solving technical problems. The spirit is really worth learning. ___5___ Our nation has lost a great scientist. We will remember him forever.
A. He passed away on February 6th, 2025.
B. It was rather difficult and challenging.
C. After graduation, he began to research shipbuilding.
D. He is known as “the father of China’s nuclear submarines”.
E. Based on the plans, they made efforts to do experiments (实验) with simple tools.