Doctor Lin Qiaozhi is a famous woman in China. When she     1    (be) five, she was     2    (deep) affected by her mother’s death. Then she determined     3     (study) medicine,    4    her brother complained. Nothing could change her mind. Later she became the     5    (one) Chinese woman to be appointed     6    (direct) of the OB­GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. She thought as doctors they should be     7    (responsibility) for patients. Doctor Lin never    8    (marry), but she was known    9    the mother of ten thousand babies. She made great    10    (contribute) to the medical industry.

When the construction of the new factory came to an end, a pump was put in. Then, all the settlers     1    (defeat) by a severe disease whose characteristic was similar to cholera (霍乱). An expert physician     2     was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case showed great enthusiasm, but he didn’t foresee that it was     3     hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the     4    (pollute) water was to blame. But without positive     5    (evident), people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no     6    (sensible). Being much stricter with himself     7     before, he contributed himself to the case. Apart from     8    (make) enquiries, he made detailed charts and analysed the data carefully. Finally, he drew some scientific     9    (conclude), linking the disease to the radium in the pump. He found out why people there got sick     10    (immediate).

Dr Lin Qiaozhi once sad, “Life is precious... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust,     1    (say) I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” These words carried her    2    a life of hard choices. She    3    (choose) to study medicine instead of following the     4    (tradition) path like the majority of girls. After graduating from university, she     5    (immediate) became the first woman ever to be hired as     6    resident physician. When studying in the US, her American colleagues invited her to stay in the US.    7    , she refused because she wanted to serve the woman and children at home. In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman     8    was appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. But a few months later, the department was closed because of the war. Lin Qiaozhi,    9    (know) as the “mother of ten thousand     10    (baby)”, devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.

Cholera     1    (think) as one of the most     2    (frighten) diseases in the world before John Snow, a British doctor, demonstrated     3     to overcome it. The illness was so severe     4     it could cause diarrhoea, dehydration, and even death. In the early 19^th century, when cholera broke out in Europe, millions of people     5    (kill) by the disease. The disease     6    (frustrate) John Snow as a young doctor at that time because it couldn’t be prevented or treated. With time     7    (go) on, Snow grew to be a well-known doctor, who even attended     8     Queen Victoria when she gave birth. However, his desire to destroy cholera     9    (complete) never     10    (death).

With the wide spread of the deadly COVID-19, the healthcare workers have been working day and night to take care of the     1     (infect) patients. Here are the details about International Nurses Day.

International Nurses Day     2    ( celebrate) first in 1965 to honour the nurses all over the world for their     3     (commit) to medical health and service,     4     (urge) people to show care and respect towards nurses.The day also commemorates Florence Nightingale’s birth - the woman    5    is widely regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th, 1820, and served     6     a trainer of nurses during the Crimean War. During the War, she     7     (manage) to care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. Her contributions gave nursing a favorable reputation and she became a symbol of Victorian culture,     8     (especial) as “The Lady with the Lamp”, because of the touching fact     9    she usually visited wounded soldiers at night. She was also regarded as     10    English reformer of modern nursing. Later, she won the Royal Red Cross award in 1883 and Order of Merit award in 1907.

It is a    1     (move) story between Zhong Jing, a doctor, and the villagers in Longhe Village, Longchang Town, Qianxinan Bouyei and Miso Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province.

Before Zhong’s arrival, there was no clinic in the village. If villagers had to see     2     doctor when they suffered from serious health problems, they had no     3     (choose) but to go to the hospital in town which is more than four     4     (hour) walk away. Since Zhong set up the only small clinic (诊所) there with all her life savings at the time, things have changed.

With her excellent medical skill and selfless devotion for a long time, she     5     (final) won the locals’ heart. She often makes calls to some with diseases such as high blood pressure. “I need to remind them     6     (come) to have their blood pressure and blood sugar tested,” she says. If they can’t make it, Zhong will visit them. For the past two years, Zhong     7     (make) more house calls to her patients so that they needn’t move around during the COVID-19 times.

Thanks to the guidance of Zhong, the local villagers increasingly develop a     8     (strong) health awareness than before. The number of patients     9     visit the clinic has been becoming less in recent years. Zhong says, “I’m glad that I’m not only a doctor in the village now. It feels great to be of some help and be trusted     10     them.”

Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist     1     women’s disease, was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies” and delivered over 50,000 babies,     2     she didn’t have children of her own. It was her mother’s dying of uterine cancer(子宫癌) that aroused her dream of being a doctor. At her age, girls’ education     3    (place) second to boys’, but she finally managed to     4    (admit) to Peking Union Medical College and graduated with Wenhai scholarship. When studying abroad, she was invited to stay but she refused     5     offer without any hesitation. She devoted all her life to     6    (tend) her patients. Apart from     7    (diversity) medical papers, she even wrote brochures     8     she gave some simple rules of keeping babies clean, healthy and free from diseases and gave them to people in faraway villages for free. Though     9     (elect) to many important positions, she always focused on her     10    (responsible) as a doctor.

My father and I haven’t met for more than two months. It is due to the horrible novel coronavirus epidemic (传染病)     1     we can see each other only through phone video calls. My father is a warrior     2     (dress) in white in the war without smoke     3     the virus although he is not a soldier. My father told me that the ward is     4     (he) battlefield, saying that he is duty bound to fight the virus and protect as many patients as possible. Today, I saw he     5    (wear) a blue medical cap and a pair of transparent     6    (protect) glasses over his own glasses. The eyes were full of love, tears,     7    (strong), power and courage. I know he is in a     8    (danger) situation, but his eyes seem to say, “I’m fine.” He is a real hero,     9     will live in our hearts forever. May God bless all the courageous doctors and nurses     10    (fight) on the front line.

Kate Elkins is one of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and 911     1     (specialist). As an active paramedic, Elkins also responds to 911 calls and serves in an urban search and rescue team. First-hand experience has shown her     2     important having a well-stocked and maintained first-aid kit can be. "There are certain things you need to have at hand in the moment. In a crisis, you're not going to have time to go to the store to get     3     you need," Elkins points out.

Known     1     “the mother of ten thousand babies”, Lin Qiaozhi, a physician in the PUMC Hospital,     2     (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her career.

When she was five, her mother’s death affected her     3     (deep). She chose to study medicine instead of getting married like the majority of girls. She became the first woman to be hired as a resident physician in the PUMC Hospital.     4     (work) for a few years, she went abroad for     5     (far) education. Although she had the chance to work abroad, she returned to China. In 1941, she became the first Chinese woman     6     (appoint) director of the PUMC Hospital. A few years later,     7     the war broke out, the department was closed. Thinking of the patients     8     were still in need of help, Dr Lin set up a private clinic where she lowered the fees for poor patients. Sometimes she was even seen     9     (ride) a donkey to provide medical care.

After the founding of the new People’s Republic of China, Lin Qiaozhi still devoted herself to caring for patients and doing medical research. After she passed away, Dr Lin left her     10     (save) to a kindergarten and a fun for new doctors.