Despite being a leading figure in epidemiology in China, Li regards herself as an ordinary medical worker. So when the novel coronavirus pneumonia ____2____ in late December, Li, without any hesitation, ___3____ the epidemic expert group on Jan 18 and headed for Wuhan to fight against the disease.

    As soon as the team found that the new virus can be transmitted from person to person, Li ___4____proposed that Wuhan should ____5____ immediately .

    At that time, experts still knew little about the novel coronavirus’ spread, Li’s proposal indicated that a city with over 11 million population would be in an emergency status. ____6____ her judgment was incorrect, both the city and Li’s reputation would suffer greatly.

    But Li cared about nothing more than ___7____ people in the city and the whole nation. She handed her proposal to the ___8_____ government again. It was adopted the next day and proven to be effective later.

    Yet it was only the beginning of the battle. Since she arrived in Wuhan, Li ___9_____ nonstop.

    On Feb 1, Li’s emergency medical team from Shulan Hospital in Hangzhou was geared up for their aid to Wuhan, heading directly to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University to start their work. “We can bring our ___10_____ to Wuhan and we hope that critically ill patients can be treated in a timely manner,” she told China News.

    But constant work has taken a hefty toll on Li, giving her very ___11____time to sleep.

    When a picture of her exhausted face was posted on the ____12____, many Internet users shed tears, ___13_____concerns about her health. One wrote, “Li is a real hero ____14____ has devoted herself to public health.”

    But Li smiled and said, “I’m in good health”, and continued to “race against time”, according to China News.

    Any job well done must have been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated. Li Lanjuan devoted herself to her work. No wonder many ____15____her “a female fighter on the frontline”.

1.A.73-years-old  B.73-year-old  

   C.73 year old   D.73 years old

2.A. broke out    B. broke down  

   C. broke into   D. broke up

3.A. joined        B. took part in    

   C. joined in     D. attended

4.A. brave          B. braver    

   C. bravely       D. more bravely

5.A. lock down   B. be locked down

C. locked down D. have locked down

6.A. When         B. As          C. If         D. Although

7.A. million of   B. millions      

  C. million       D. millions of

8.A. centre        B. center      C. central       D. centres

9.A. worked       B. working      

  C. is working   D. has worked

10.A. experience    B. experiment      

     C. ideas      D. effort

11.A. few       B. a few      C. little        D. a little

12.A. Internet     B. newspapers       C. TV       D. blog

13.A. describing  B. writing    

    C. expressing  D. explaining

14.A. who       B. which      C. what      D. how

15.A. call         B. look        C. like         D. give