1 . In 2006, Calvin Lowe’s four-year-old son Tyler needed to have a serious surgery. On the day of the _________, he and his wife brought Tyler to the children’s hospital.

As they waited _________ and nervously in the waiting room, a young doctor who would be performing the _________ came up and explained to Lowe and his wife how the operation would be _________. Lowe’s mind went blank. He just couldn’t help feeling _________, unable to bear what he would do if he lost his son.

But then the doctor did something _________. He looked both Lowe and his wife in the _________, put a hand on each of their shoulders and _________, “Today, your son is my son.” Lowe said he would never _________ what the doctor said because that made him __________. It was very helpful and meaningful.

After the surgery was over, the doctor came back to __________ the family. “He walked up to us and he had a big __________ on his face and he said, ‘Our son is just fine, and you can see him in a few minutes,’” Lowe __________.

All these years after his son’s surgery, Lowe says he is still __________ to have the doctor there and for what he said to them the minute he thinks about the young doctor’s __________.

2 . I was nervous as I had never worked in a hospital before. However, my advisers were amazing and instantly put me _________ . From my first day, I realised that my highlighter pens were my most important _________ in understanding the information given in handover. Never did I know these pens would help make a real _________ to the care of one patient.

I was helping to look after Lily, who had _________ a total left hip (髋部) replacement. My adviser and I were _________ Lily for discharge (出院), but problems with her short-term memory meant she found it _________ to understand her prescribed medications (医嘱). Although we explained it, she was still _________ and became upset. To make it simpler, I decided to create an easy-to-understand medication _________ using my highlighter pens. I _________ all her medications, the amounts and the time of day. By spending just ten minutes creating something __________ to Lily, I made it.

When Lily received a follow-up call later, the nurse __________ a message from her, thanking me for my colour chart, which had helped her __________ . I was pleased by this: it was only a small act, but it made me realise how much the little things __________ and that you can never __________ patients fully understand what is being said. I am always happy to spend that extra few minutes to make sure a person understands what is fully __________ about their care.

3 . 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.

4 . 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 ______ .”

5 . People ________have been ill in hospital are always ________to the nurses ________. ________ their clean, white uniform (制服) , they move from bed ________bed, helping ________. They are always hardworking, cheerful ________ friendly, doing ________ they can ________ make the sick people comfortable.

But hospital were not always________ this. Many years ________ hospital were dirty and crowded. The nurses ________ not well trained. At that time there was a lady ________ Florence Nightingale ________became________ in hospital and went to ________ as a nurse though she had no ________ to work. She ________a good example to all the ________, and is always remembered as the ________ nurses in the world.

6 . Dr Vellayan looks like any other animal doctor. But he does more than what his job _______ of him as the head of the hospital at Zoo Negara.

Dr Vellayan is not only the _______ animal doctor but the anaesthetist (麻醉师), sweeper as well as light fixer. _______ , Dr Vellayan doesn't mind having to _______ these non-medical duties, though having six full-time zoo workers to help him.

His day begins at 7:30 a. m. when he goes on his rounds _______ the animals in the zoo. Dr Vellayan takes along some treats for his _______ when making his rounds. He always _______ along with him some leaves, fruit and lemon grass.

During his _______ , he will observe the sick animals to know how they have _______ to treatment and update their medical __________ and fill in a daily report book.

His rounds usually end at 10:30 a. m. Then he will catch up with paperwork, prepare __________ and so on. Other daily tasks he has to do are record-keeping, ordering of drugs,   __________ daily reports, handling the preparation of food for the animals and taking __________ of the cages.

His day does not end at 5:30 p. m. He may be __________ at home but he is on call 24 hours a day. Actually, he has been __________ to work while on holiday or while attending meetings. However, he has made a (an) __________ with the experts from University Putra Malaysia to treat the animals. The experts must come to help if something is __________ with the animals.

Although Dr Vellayan's __________ is very demanding (费力的), he has never had another vet to help him. __________ , he considers himself fortunate that he has several zoo workers to help him make sure of the __________ of the 4000 animals in the zoo.

7 . A mobile(移动的)hospital for treating injured wildlife has just begun a journey to its new base in Byron Bay, on Australia's east coast.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital founder and Professor Stephen Van Mil said that Australia's annual disastrous(灾难性的)wildfire season could _______ the animals’variety. Seeing the _______ koalas sitting in baskets waiting for care was _______ .

By now, several charities, and help from animal protection groups have turned the mobile hospital into a _______ .

It is housed in a 16-meter _______ that was partially helped by the World Wildlife Fund, which was _______ by a group of international environmentalists to raise money _______ global efforts. Inside, the truck comes with all the _______ an animal hospital needs, including X-ray machines, ultrasound(超声)facilities, and special cages. To make sure that the mobile hospital can help even in the most _______ conditions, it is 100 per cent self-sufficient(自给自足). It uses solar energy to produce electricity and has its own water collection and management systems so that it can arrive anywhere and be set up and ready to go in ________ .

“Being able to work in a mobile hospital ________ that I can actually help these animals quickly. I can get there and I can concentrate on the ________ that they need," said wildlife specialist Dr. Bree Talbot, who will be aboard the mobile hospital along with a small team of volunteers.

Australia can be a ________ place to live for wild animals. Experts determined that up to a billion wild creatures were ________ by the 2020 wildfires alone. Offering help to these animals in times of crisis is a major challenge, and this amazing mobile hospital seems to have arrived at the ________ time.

8 . When I was in school, I took an internship (实习期的工作). This meant that I would spend time with some hospital _________.

On one _________, I carefully entered a dark room to find an elderly man lying in bed. I firstly thought he was sleeping. When I moved closer, _________, I realized he was very much _________, but also very confused. He seemed to be _________something. He wanted to communicate something, but I couldn’t make _________ of what he was saying. He seemed quite weak, and I couldn’t _________if he was in pain, or just frightened. I knew nothing about him, and I feel totally helpless. He clearly didn’t want me to _________ him, but I felt so lost and _________ that I had to leave the room after only a couple of minutes.       

The next time I was at the hospital and saw him again, I was certain that he didn’t __________me at all. But he immediately said, “I remember you. You gave me __________in my darkest hour that evening!” I was so amazed that, __________ , I didn’t know how to __________.

In the __________ moments of my staying there, I did nothing at all. But __________ he found in me something he needed, just because I was there.

I have thought about this __________ often over the past years. It has __________ the way I see life, the way I see myself, and the way I see others. It makes me want to __________ whatever kindness I can to others, and I try to recognize and appreciate the kindness that others __________ with me.

So a stranger in the form of a weak, old man changed the rest of my life with just a few __________.