1 . When I was 10 years old, my friend Sydney suffered from a brain cancer. Sydney fought against it, but the cancer did not _______ to the treatment. Sydney died at the age of 11.

After her death, I felt sad and discouraged. I decided to turn these _______ emotions into positive actions. When I was 15 years old, I _______ the Pink Polka Dots Guild (PPD协会) with two friends. My goal is to raise enough money to find a _______ for brain cancer, which is the second most common cancer in children.

Over the _______, PPD has held fund-raisers across the city. The first Pink Polka Dots event, a garage sale, just _______ $900, but our latest fund-raiser, the 2012 golf tournament, _______ over $73,000. In the past five years, we have raised almost a million dollars.

I’ve been shocked by the _______ recognition that the guild has earned. PPD received a(n) _______ from President and spoke at a TED Conference. Each of these honors has raised awareness and money for our ________.

The effort we have made has ________ helped cancer research. PPD has provided funding for ________ discoveries, such as “Tumor Paint”, which illuminates (照亮) cancerous cells so that doctors can ________ them with unprecedented accuracy. The ________ appeared in Time magazine. I am very proud to have helped fund the research of this life-saving technology.

Pink Polka Dots has inspired me to be an activist. My experience has taught me that with passion and dedication, it is possible to make a ________ in the world.

When Lin Qiaozhi was five, her mother died, which     1     (affect) her deeply. At age 18, she chose to study medicine against her brother’s will. Eight years later, Lin graduated     2     Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) and became the first woman     3     (work) as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. After several years, she     4     (send) to study in Europe and then in 1939, in the US. She left such a good impression on her American colleagues     5     they invited her to stay. However, Lin rejected the offer and returned to China.

In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman to be appointed     6     (direct) of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. When the department was closed because of the war, she opened a private clinic to continue to treat the patients. She was even seen     7     (ride) a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care.

Lin Qiaozhi held many important positions, but she was     8     (much) interested-in tending patients, training staff in her department     9     publishing medical research. Dr Lin never married and she kept working until her death in 1983. She left her     10     (saving) to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.