阅读理解,回答问题ProfessorYuanLongping,thefatherofhybridrice,expressedthehopethathewouldgrowmorecropsonlessfarmland.The77-year-oldscientististhepioneerofhybridriceresearchandhehasbeencarryingouthisworksin

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　　ProfessorYuanLongping,thefatherofhybridrice,expressedthehopethathewouldgrowmorecropsonlessfarmland.The77-year-oldscientististhepioneerofhybridriceresearchandhehasbeencarryingouthisworksincethe1960s.Thescientistinventedhybridriceandwasalsothefirsttosuccessfullychangetheself-pollinating(自花传粉)characteristicsofrice.Hishardworkanddevotionmadelarge-scalefarmingofhybridricepossible,thusmakingthenationself-reliant(自立的)onrice.

　　Talkingaboutfarmers’happinessandtheirstrongresponse(反应)tohybridrice,ProfessorYuanrecalled（回想起）howanoldfarmerinHunanProvincebecameoverjoyedduringphase(阶段)1.“Thankyouforteachingmehowtoplantthesuperhybridrice.I’veneverhadsuchagoodharvestinfortyyearsofricefarming.Ihavethehighestregardforyouandyourfellowscientists,”theprofessorsaid,recallingthewordsofthefarmer.

　　Apartfrombeinghighlyproductive,thehybridriceisalsotasty.Recallinganotherincident,ProfessorYuansaidthreeyearsagosomereportersfromHongKongandShenzhenhadachancetotastetherice.Ayoungfemalereporterhad2bowlsofrice.Onanotheroccasion,arichbusinessmanevenhadthreebowlsofriceandtookhomesomeofthericeforhisfamily.

　　UnderthesuperricebreedingprogrammesetupbyChina’sMinistryofAgriculture,atotalof10.5tonsofhybridriceperhectare(公顷)wasproducedinphaseIfrom1996to2000.Theproductiontarget(目标)wasincreasedto12tonsperhectareinphaseIIfrom2001to2005,withthetargetachievedin2004.ProfessorYuansaidphaseIIIbreedingwaswellunderway,andhewasconfidentthatthetargetcouldbeachievedin2010.ProfessorYuan’sachievementsinhybridriceresearchhavewonhimalargenumberofinternationalawards,liketheUNESCO(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization)SciencePrize.

　　1.What’sProfessorYuanLongping’shope?

　　2.WhywasanoldfarmerinHunanProvincesopleased?

　　3.What’sthemainideaofthethirdparagraph?

　　4.AccordingtoProfessorYuanLongping,whenwillthephaseIIIproductiontargetbeachieved?