一Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize for her ____ of artemisinin(青蒿素).

一And she is the first Chinese who has won the prize in science.

A. design B. thought C. invention D. discovery

D

句意——屠呦呦因为她发现青蒿素而获得诺贝尔奖。——她是第一个获得该科学奖的中国人。考查名词辨析题。A. design设计；B. thought思想；C. invention发明；D. discovery发现。根据句意结构和语境，可知选D。