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At the end of May, events were held to honor the 110th anniversary of the birth of nuclear physicist Wu Chien-shiung.    1    (compare) with physicists such as Marie Curie, Wu is not a household name in China, but she was one of the most important nuclear physicists of the 20th century, who changed human’s view of    2    universe.

Wu was born on May 31, 1912, in Taicang,    3    the Yangtze River flows into the East Sea. Her father, Wu Zhongyi,    4    (found) the first school for girls in Taicang in 1913. He aimed    5    (break) the old belief that it was women’s virtue to have no talents. The father,       6     (absorb) the merits (长处) of Western ideas while bearing the great thoughts rooted deep in Chinese culture in mind, made a real impact     7    Wu Chien-shiung’s life.

She spent most of her life in the US, but always wore qipao, a    8    ( tradition) Chinese dress. Working in the scientific world dominated (主宰) by men, she never gave up or lowered her standards even if    9    (unequal) treated.

During her 44-year career as a nuclear physicist, Wu’s great    10    (achievement) won her nicknames such as “Chinese Madame Curie”, “queen of nuclear research “and “first lady of physics”.

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