Tu Youyou is the first Chinese woman scientist（1）

to be awarded

to be awarded

（award） the Nobel Prize.She was born on December 30，1930 in Ningbo，Zhejiang Provjye.aice.In 1955，she graduated from Beijing Medical College and （2）

began

began

（begin） working in China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences，where she is now Chief Scientist.At the age of 39，she became the leader of a research team（3）

aiming

aiming

（aim） to discover treatment for malaria （瘧疾）.Three years later，the team managed to extract （提?。?Qinghaosu from a Chinese herb，which is very （4）

effective

effective

（effect） in fighting malaria.In 1986，after about 14 years of efforts，they obtained a New Drug Certificate for Qinghaosu，（5）

which

which

was issued by the Ministry of Health of China.
    Tu had spent decades on scientific research attentively before the（6）

inspiring

inspiring

（inspire） news came in 2015 that Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Physiology Medicine（7）

for

for

discovering a novel therapy （獨特的療法） against malaria.The（8）

discovery

discovery

（discover） of Qinghaosu is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine. "It is the collective achievement of the research team.Winning the prize is（9）

an

an

honor for China's science and traditional Chines medicine，" Tu Youyou told Xinhua.
    In 2019，Tu Youyou was nominated （提名） for China's Medal of the Republic.In my mind，she is（10）

absolutely

absolutely

（absolute） one of the greatest persons that make difference to the world.