Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in women’s diseases, lived from 1901 to 1983. She was very busy in her chosen career, 【小题1】   (travel) abroad to study as well as writing books and articles. Among them was a small book explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple 【小题2】   (rule) to follow for keeping babies clean, healthy and free from sickness. This book 【小题3】   (intend) for women in the countryside in case that they could not reach a doctor when they had 【小题4】 emergency.

It was very difficult for a woman 【小题5】 (get) medical training at that time when girls' education was always placed second 【小题6】 boys’. However, it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school. 【小题7】 made her succeed later on was the kindness and 【小题8】   (consider) she showed to all her patients. There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day’s work, went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.

Lin Qiaozhi chose not to have a family of 【小题9】 (she) own. Instead, she made sure that about 50,000 babies were 【小题10】   (safe) delivered.

When Lin QiaoZhi was five, her mother died, 【小题1】 affected her deeply. At 18, she chose to study medicine against her brother’s will. Eight years later, Lin graduated from Peking Union Medical College(PUMC) with the Wenhai Scholarship, the highest prize 【小题2】 (give) to graduates. She 【小题3】 (immediate) became the first woman to work as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. After several years, she 【小题4】 (send) to study in Europe and then, in 1939, in the US. She left such a good impression 【小题5】 her American colleagues that they invited her to stay. However, Lin rejected the offer and returned to China.

In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman 【小题6】 (appoint) director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. When the department was closed because of the war, she opened 【小题7】 private clinic to continue to treat patients. She was even seen riding a donkey to faraway village to provide medical care.

Although Lin QiaoZhi held many important position in politics, she was 【小题8】 (interested) in tending patients, publishing medical research on training staff on her department. Dr Lin never married and she kept working 【小题9】 her death in 1983. She left her 【小题10】 (saving) to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.

China held a meeting 【小题1】 Tuesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to praise role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

The Medal of the Republic was conferred on a famous respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan. The 【小题2】 (nation) honorary title, "the People's Hero," was conferred on Zhang Boli, 【小题3】 expert who was responsible for the research of the COVID-19 treatment plan 【小题4】 (combine) traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, and Chen Wei, a military medical scientist 【小题5】 made major achievements in the development of vaccine and protective medicine.

"I would like to 【小题6】 (sincere) thank the Party and the state for granting this honor to us four medical 【小题7】 (worker)," Zhong said. “There should be no relaxation 【小题8】 China won victory at the beginning of the COVID-19 fight and I promise 【小题9】 (work) together with colleagues around the country and the world.” In addition, 1,499 persons, 500 groups, 186 CPC members and 150 primary-level Party organizations 【小题10】 (praise) for their roles in fighting the epidemic.