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 . The World Health Organization says it believes between 80,000 and 180,000 health care workers may have died from COVID-19 in the period between January,2020 and May, 2021. In a ______ issued Thursday, the group ______ those deaths are tragic loss and an irreplaceable gap ______ the world’s pandemic response. It said the reported ______ of infections and deaths among health ______ workers has gone down ______ time but added that more work needs to be done to ______ the risk of infection in the health carework place. It said as of September, 2021 ______ data from 119 countries, only an average of two and five health care workers were ______ vaccinated. It said fewer than one in ten are fully vaccinated in the African and Western Pacific regions ______ 22 mostly high-income countries report that above 80 percent of their personnel are fully vaccinated. WHO said it is deeply concerned about the probable number of deaths, the overall low rate of vaccinations and the vaccinein equities among health care workers in low- and middle-income countries.

3 . 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.

4 . 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.

5 . A woman thought to be Britain’s oldest and longest-serving nurse says she has no plans to hang upher scrubs (手术服) after 60 years of working for the NHS (英国国家医疗服务体系).

Norma Newcombe started her __________as a cadet (实习生) at a hospital for babies in August,1958. She has been a full-time school _________ at Wrightington,Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 1973.

Rabina Tindale,chief nurse at WWL said,“we are ________ proud to have Norma as part of the WWL team and access to her significant _________and wisdom. Norma’s commitment (奉献) to her ________ over so many years is astonishing, and we_______ her all the best as she continues to care for the school-age population in the Hindley area.

Modest Norma ________ herself as “a school nurse who just does her job ”. She said,“I’m proud to be where I am and I’m very passionate about the local area and everything ________ to Hindley and school nursing. I have no plans to _________ down. I’ll probably do school nursing until I die.”

Zoe Corday-Taylor, a school nurse at Hindley Town Hall, said she has been “________”to have worked with Norma for the last 11 years. Zoe said,“She ________a very special place in the hearts of the children and families that she has helped over the years. She never________ a face or name and is now_________ the grandchildren of the children that she used to look after. Norma is a very________ part of our school nursing A family and is loved by all of the team for her heart of gold and her ________ to the students.

6 . Andrew Chilton was diagnosed with autism (自闭症) at age eight. There was a lot to _________. Would he ever have a job? Live _________? Doctors and school officials _________ that Andrew might not even graduate from high school.

Andrew’s family would do anything for him. Christy Chachere, the boy’s personal care attendant, saw the _________ right away. “You have to let him _________,” she told the family. “It’s the _________ way he learns to do things on his own.”

No longer would Andrew’s mother write his papers. His younger brother wouldn’t _________ him to operate the computer. Christy wouldn’t help him with homework either.

Andrew _________ loudly at times. But then what Christy expected began to _________. Andrew would come home from school, get a snack and start on his homework. Christy was ____________ there. She wouldn’t do his papers for him. But she showed him how to get organized. Best of all, Christy offered ____________ once his work was done. She’d ____________ him to a store where he could buy Pokémon cards. To the movies. Or out to eat his favorite food.

Christy has been with Andrew for six years. She has successfully helped ____________ the life of a boy with autism. One ____________ at a time, Andrew gained independence. He graduated from high school and entered community college. “Life has never been ____________,” said Andrew.

7 . 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.

8 . 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 ______ .”

9 . 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.

10 . 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.