1 . There was a time in my life when things got bad. We had a failing business and owed lots of _______. What’s worse, our oldest daughter became very _______.

It started as a cough, and then she started running a fever. I _______ took her to the doctor and he confirmed that she got pneumonia(肺炎). “She needs to be _______ to the hospital,” he said. I told him about the _______ time we were having. Hearing that, he comforted me and then _______. After a while, he returned and said, “The hospital is full. There is no _______ for her. We are going to start her IV(静脉滴注), and after that, you can take her _______.

For the next five days, I want you to bring her back to my office at 7: 30 am. We will _______ the IVs until we close.”

I couldn’t believe my ears and ________ him sincerely. Every morning we made the trip to the hospital at 7: 30 sharp. The medical ________ always made sure we were taken good care of. I was deeply ________. Gradually, my daughter got better.

On our last day, the doctor came and said to my daughter, “You made us worried, young lady, but you ________!”

He added, “Our hospital has decided that your family wins the most loyal patient award, which is actually one free ________.” I’ll never forget that it was this wonderful doctor and his staff that treated us with ________ and respect.

2 . I believe I have a personal duty to make a positive impact on society. I’ve tried to ________ this goal by choosing a career in public service. As a physician dealing with the challenge of infectious diseases, I consider my job a ________ which allows me to help ease the suffering of humankind. I have three principles to ________ my life, which I always think about.

Firstly, I have a strong thirst for ________. I regard myself as a(n) ________ student. I keep learning every day—from taking care of a patient to an experiment in the lab. Because of this, I ________ get bored. I think I will never know as much as I ________. This is what keeps the ________ of knowledge hot. And it is why I would ________ my job every day even if I cannot get high income.

Secondly, I believe in fighting for ________. I sweat over all the stuff, without feeling ________ for it. One of the byproducts of being a perfectionist is anxiety. But this anxiety creates a ________ tension that drives me to fulfill my limited potential. Without this ________, I wouldn’t be perfect.

Thirdly, I believe that my goal to be a physician is to ________ humankind. I have spent my ________ on public service. Most of it involved research, the care of ________ and the public health policy on AIDS. However, when I chose to ________ it in the 1980s, many of my col- leagues couldn’t understand it.

I think, to control this terrible disease ________ I must be guided by these principles: continually thirsting for knowledge, accepting nothing ________ of excellence and knowing that the ________ of society is more important than my gains.

3 . Shuai Xiaoyun is a 41-year-old doctor in Qituo village in Apengjiang, Southwest China's Chongqing. And she has ______ the health and well-being of the locals for almost two decades.

The village was always hit by heavy snowfall, which resulted in layers of ______ snow and ice covering the roads. Shuai knew this would trouble those seeking ______ , so she visited her patients on foot and offered her ______ door to door. “I cannot ______ the villagers’ illnesses just because the road is hard to ______ .” said Shuai.

A graduate from a junior college of Western medicine in 1995, Shuai ______ worked away from Qituo at a pharmacy (药店) in the city of Chongqing. As she felt ______ over the years, she eventually decided to ______ to Apengjiang she missed day and night and ______ a small shop in her hometown. After learning how ______ it was for the villagers of Qituo to ______ proper medical treatment due to the lack of doctors, Shuai wanted to help the place where she ______ with her medical expertise. Putting her ______ into action, she became a maternal and child health care worker (妇幼保健工作者) for all 963 villagers in 393 households.

Over the years, Shuai has dropped in at every corner of the village. She ______ the hearts of the villagers with her enthusiasm and professionalism and they ______ her as their own daughter and sister. “Shuai Xiaoyun is quite ______ every time asking about illnesses in detail. We all love her very much and treat her like a ______ ,” said Zhang Yugui, a resident of Qituo.

“We are not family by blood but we are as close as a family. There is a ______ between us,” said Shuai, “I will continue working and provide treatments whenever a need is ______ .”