阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Chinese female scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 -组卷网

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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese female scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the 1 (discover) of artemisinin, which has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria. It is believed that it saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.

Born in Ningbo, China in 1930, Tu Youyou is a 2 (commit) and patient scientist. In 1967, some scientists were chosen to form a team 3 the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, one of 4 was Tu Youyou. To find a new treatment, Tu and her team looked through many ancient Chinese medical texts and evaluated 280,000 plants before 5 (obtain) the pure substance artemisinin. Inspired by a text from the fourth century, Tu's team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves and used the liquid by boiling fresh wormwood, 6 they didn't work. Tu Youyou realized that the high temperature might have destroyed 7 (it) medical properties. She tried using a lower temperature to draw out the extract. After failing more than 190 times, the team 8 （final) succeeded in finding a substance that worked. After the drug showed promising results, Tu and her team members insisted that the drug should 9 （test) on themselves to make sure that it was safe.

Awarded the Nobel Prize, Tu said, the honor was not just hers but the team's and all the people of her country's. This success is indeed 10 honor for China's scientific research and Chinese medicine.

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