A Courageous and Pioneering Woman

Charlote Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of 5 with her family. While【小题1】 (take) care of her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had an interest in medicine. At 18 she married and started a family. Several years later, Charlote said she wanted to be a doctor. Her husband supported her decision. Unfortunately, Canadian medical schools did not accept women students at the time. Therefore, Charlote went to the United States【小题2】 (study) medicine at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia.【小题3】took her five years to earn her medical degree.

Upon graduation, Charlote returned to Montreal and set up a private clinic. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba,【小题4】she was once again a busy doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlote found herself operating on damaged limbs and setting broken bones, besides【小题5】 (deliver) all the babies in the area.

But Charlote had been practising without a license. She had applied for a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg,【小题6】she was refused. The Manitoba College of Medicines,【小题7】 all-male organization, wanted her to complete her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to leave her patients to spend time studying【小题8】she already knew. So in 1887, she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to issue a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte continued to practise【小题9】a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

In 1993, 77 years after her death, a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision   【小题10】 (make) by the Manitoba Legislature to honour “this courageous and pioneering woman”.

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.

Zhong Nanshan,【小题1】84-year-old leading respiratory disease specialist, who became a household name for “daring to speak” in the fight against SARS seventeen years ago,【小题2】(be) the public face of China’s effort to control a new virus COVID-19.

In 2020 before the Chinese Lunar New Year, a terrible unknown disease broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province. Despite his【小题3】(advance) age, Zhong immediately took a high-speed train from Guangzhou to the front time Wuhan,【小题4】he and the other professionals, started to look into the new virus. He was the first man【小题5】(announce) that the new virus could spread between humans. He suggested strict control of【小题6】(move) in and out of the city to stop the spread of the virus.

Zhong【小题7】(admire) for his integrity(正直) and sense of responsibility ever since the outbreak of SARS. Obviously, he has acted as a role model for millions of teenagers. Zhong was presented the Medal of the Republic, the【小题8】(high) state honor by President Xi Jinping【小题9】September 8th, 2020 in Beijing.【小题10】(receive) the award, he said he was very excited and would do more for people’s health.