When she was five years old，Lin Qiaozhi was（1）

deeply

deeply

（deep） affected by her mother's（2）

death

death

（dead）．At age 18，she chose to study medicine.Eight years later，Lin（3）

graduated

graduated

（graduate）from Peking Union Medical College and immediately became the first woman ever（4）

to be hired

to be hired

（hire）as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital.In 1941，the department was closed because（5）

of

of

the war.（6）

Thankful

Thankful

（think） of all the people still in need of help，Dr Lin opened（7）

a

a

private clinic.She charged very low fees to treat patients and often reduced costs for poor patients.In 1954，she（8）

was elected

was elected

（elect） to the first National People's Congress.Dr Lin did not retire（9）

until

until

the day she died，22 April 1983.Since she had no children of her own，she left her（10）

savings

savings

（save） to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.