阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply (1)________ (affect) by her mother's death. At the age of 18, instead of following the traditional path of (2)________ (marry) like the (3)________ (major) of girls, she chose to study medicine. “Why should girls learn so much? Finding a good husband should be (4)________(them) final goal!” her brother complain-ed, (5)________ (think) of the high tuition fees. She responded, “I’d rather stay single to (6)________ (study) my life!” Eight years later, Lin graduated (7)________Peking Union Medical College(PUMC) for the Wenhai Scholarship, (8)_______ highest prize given to graduates. She (9)________(immediate) became the first woman (10)________was hired as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital.