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短文填词（共10题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，根据汉语或手字母提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词所填单词要求意义准确，拼写完整，正确。

Mr. Chen is a farmer. He lives in western China w 1. his wife and two sons. One year ago, he found that he had cancer. The doc tor told him that he needed an operation(手术) at once.  A 2. he said the operation would cost thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They had no jobs and both their sons were at school. The s    3.  （局势,状况）seemed hopeless.

Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some 4. (好的)  news. A health care project would provide medical treatment for poor patients in western China. They need to pay only half the cost or even less. T 5.  to the project, he was able to receive an operation in time to prevent(防止) the illness from getting  6. （更糟的）.  Now he has returned to his family.

The purpose of this health care project is t 7.   improve the situation of poor people in western China. So f 8.  （到目前为止）, the project has h    9.   more than 5,000 people. The Chinese government hopes to  10.  (发展)  a new health care model for China. As our country develops, we must remember to care for the weakest members.