
Betty is a biologist. She studies brain diseases that come along with aging. Her ___1___ is not an easy one. She is trying to understand what goes wrong with the brain over time, and how people can age in a healthy way. It is very important, especially when people are living a ___2___life now.
Betty does not have a natural gift (天赋) for math. She never ___3___ that she could be a scientist one day when she was little. Now, she has got a doctor’s degree in biology and become a famous___4___ researcher. Betty has made it partly because she is curious about everything. This is a very ___5___ quality for a scientist. Another ___6___ is that she is a creative thinker. “After all, science is all about problem-solving,” Betty said.
Betty thinks the best part of her research is trying out an idea to see if it will work. Her heart is filled with joy when her idea is proved right and___7___by other scientists. But when things don’t go___8___ as she plans, she feels no disappointment. She says mistakes may ___9___ a new idea.
Few are born to be ___10___. According to Betty, curiosity and creativity play the biggest role.