
Because cancer treatment can include hair loss, the search for wigs (假发) that look like one’s natural hair best can be challenging. Dianne Austin, one of the sisters who founded “Coils to Locs”, has experienced this struggle personally. So, she and her sister set out to change the lives of women of color ___1___ (live) with cancer.
In 2015, Dianne Austin was diagnosed with cancer. She ___2___ (tell) the treatment would cause hair loss, so her doctor gave her a wig prescription (处方). Seems normal, right? ___3___(lucky), the search for a wig presented additional challenges. “So I went to the hospital where I was going to be treated and they ___4___ (do) sell any tightly coiled (卷的) wigs,” Dianne said. “They only sold straight haired wigs.”
___5___ (sweep) the country, Dianne and her sister searched everywhere to find an appropriate wig. However, they couldn’t find a wig that looked like their beautiful tight coils and curls. So the sisters decided to make a ___6___ (different) for hospitals and patients experiencing medical hair loss. They created Coils to Locs, an organization ___7___ mission is to provide wigs to people of color being treated for cancer. Once they developed Coils to Locs, they found a manufacturer for their wigs and had their product go through ___8___ is called “a wig fitter test”.