When I was young，I read many kinds of books，including fairy tales. Most of the books described handsome heroes and beautiful heroines. 【小题1】I believed I had to be beautiful if I wanted to become a great person. It was a hard time for me. Whenever I looked at someone 【小题2】was more beautiful than me，I was 【小题3】（stress）.

As I grew up，I began 【小题4】（realize）outer beauty was not so important to make someone good. I remember a friend of 【小题5】（me）who was so beautiful that every classmate wanted to talk with her. She was proud of that and believed that she could do everything she wanted because she was so beautiful，but she lost friends one 【小题6】one. My poor friend！But she learned a good lesson: inner beauty is more important than outer beauty. After she 【小题7】（learn）that，she changed her attitude and made friends again.

In many novels and fairy tales，such as in Cinderella，the main characters are usually beautiful or handsome. Beauty is representative of good deeds and kindness. In our society，beauty also gives us many 【小题8】（advantage）such as having a good social life，making friends，getting a job，and getting a 【小题9】（promote）.Whenever we look at good-looking guys and girls，we usually form stereotypes（模式化的思想）.We think he or she is a good and kind person. This is 【小题10】cosmetic surgery（整容外科手术）is so popular in our society.

   I was born in New York City. My first seven years were spent in Manhattan, and then we moved to the Bronx. As a child with a strong ___for knowledge, I went to a public school and received a good ___education there.

At the end of my high school I decided to major in science and, in particular, ___. One of the ___factors may have been that my grandfather, whom I loved dearly, died of cancer when I was 15. I was ___motivated to do something that might eventually ___a cure for this terrible disease.

With great efforts and help from my parents, I ___graduate school at New York University in 1939. I was the only female in my graduate chemistry class, and ___my Master of Science degree in chemistry in 1941.

I was doing my research into ___with other scientists. When we began to see the results of our ____in the form of new drugs which filled real ____needs and benefited patients in very ____ways, our feeling of ____was immeasurable.

Over the ____, my work became both my vocation and avocation(业余爱好). ____, I became an enthusiastic photographer and ____. I have traveled fairly widely over the world, but there still remain many places for me to explore. ____major interest is music and I am an opera lover. I also ____concerts, ballet and theater.

In my ____career I was promoted frequently, and in 1967 I was appointed Head of the Department of Experimental Therapy, a position which I ____until I retired in 1983.